Fort Wayne, IN
— The Komets capped week 16 and the month of January with two
wins to give them four out of six points for the week. The
Komets finished their strongest month of the season to date with
an 8-2-0-1 record, improving to 25-13-0-2 for 52 points and
third place in the IHL and trail first-place Muskegon by 11
points with 11 weeks remaining in 2009-10. By comparison,
last year after 40 games the Komets were in third place trailing
first-place Port Huron by four points.
The week started with the Komets suffering their largest margin
of defeat 6-1 at Port Huron Tuesday. The Komets recovered
with a 4-1 home win over Quad City Friday in front of 9,359 fans
at the Coliseum. Sunday at Port Huron the Komets finished
the week and the month of January with their first win of the
season in four trips to McMorran Arena 4-2.
Three games in four nights this week for the Komets
This week the Komets will skate three games in four nights
starting with a visit from the Dayton Gems Wednesday at 7:30pm.
It's the seventh meeting of the season with the Komets leading
the series 4-2-0-0. The Gems upended the Komets 6-4 the
last time they visited on Dec. 29 to even the series on Fort
Wayne ice at 1-1. The Komets blanked the Gems at Dayton
3-0 in the last meeting Jan. 10. Dayton is coming off a
week of three losses and are 1-6-0-0 in their last seven games.
Friday the Komets stay home to host the Port Huron Icehawks at
8pm. It will be the third meeting with the Icehawks in
five games for Fort Wayne. The Komets trail Port Huron in
the season series 2-4-0-0. The Icehawks are taking a
three-game losing streak into this week's action and will skate
at Quad City Wednesday before visiting Fort Wayne Friday.
Saturday the Komets finish week 17 at Quad City at 8:05pm (Fort
Wayne time). The Komets are undefeated in regulation by
the Mallards this season in eight meetings (7-0-0-1). It's
the sixth of eight trips to Fort Wayne by Quad City. The
Mallards are 3-1-0-0 in their last four games and enter the week
with a two-game win string. Quad City plays host to Port
Huron Wednesday before welcoming the Komets Saturday.
Home cookin'.....the Komets have won six straight
home games and are an improved 14-3-0-1 at the half-way mark of
18 home games this season. Last year the Komets were
8-7-1-2 after 18 on home ice.
Komet streaks.....P.C. Drouin has a three-game
point streak (1 goal, 2 assists). Colin Chaulk (C) is
riding a three-game assist streak. Netminder Nick Boucher
has appeared in four straight games and has won two straight.
Number 100 for Boucher.....Nick Boucher marked his
100th appearance as a Komet goaltender Tuesday when he entered
the game in relief of goalie Tim Haun.
It's a new Komet record......Guy Dupuis set a new
Fort Wayne franchise record for a career defenseman when he
scored the Komets' lone goal of the game Tuesday at Port Huron.
It was his 188th all time goal as a Komet defenseman breaking
the record of 117 set in 1989 by Jim Burton.
Wild Wednesdays begin this week.....It's time for
Wild Wednesdays at Komet Hockey! Wild Wednesday get
underway this week when the Dayton Gems visit Wednesday at
7:30pm. Fans will be treated to various animals from the
Fort Wayne Children's Zoo and $2.50 beers and $1 Pepsi's at the
game. This week's game starts a string of three Komet home
Wild Wednesdays in a row. Wild Wednesdays continue with
two in March and one in April.
Got an "A"? Get a Free Ticket!!.....the
annual Komets' Comcast Report Card Night is this Friday when the
Komets host Port Huron at 8pm. Always popular, students
are treated to a free ticket for Friday's game when they show
their report card with an "A" grade or equivalent at the
Coliseum Ticket Office. It's always smart to get your
tickets early for this game.
Friday night Marathon Nights.....Friday
nights are Marathon Nights at Komet home games. Fans can
take advantage of a buy-one-get-one-free ticket offer
with two fill-ups when the Komets host the Port Huron Icehawks
this Friday,
Feb. 5 at
8pm. Fill Up Cards are available at participating Marathon stations.
Great Komet tickets.......Still plenty of great
seats available for all upcoming Komet home games.
Tickets are on sale at the Coliseum Ticket
Office and online at
www.ticketmaster.com.
Single game
ticket prices for 2009-10 remain the same as last season,
ranging from $8.00 to $20.00 for seniors and adults and starting
at $6.00 for children. The Komets offer discounts on
group tickets sold at the Komet office at 1010 Memorial Way. For more information visit
the Komet office, call 260-483-0011 or visit the Komets' website
at
www.komets.com.
Radio rink-side......follow the Komets radio-rinkside
with Bob Chase, in his 57th
consecutive season calling Komet action on WOWO Radio AM 1190.
The Komet
broadcast can also be
heard worldwide at
www.komets.com at
Comcast KometCast.
Komets.com.....the official website of the Fort
Wayne Komets is
www.komets.com.
In addition to featuring free webcasting of live Komet game
radio, Komets.com also provides fans and media with up-to-date
team stats, news, interactive fan features and information.
Fans can also follow all Komet games with real-time scoring via
the IHL and Pointstreak by clicking the Scoreboard at Komets.com.
KOMETS PLANNER
Komet games this week
Wednesday, Feb. 3.........Dayton Gems at Komets,
7:30pm, ESPN/WKJG Radio AM 1380
Friday, Feb. 5.................Port Huron Icehawks at Komets , 8pm, WOWO Radio AM 1190
Saturday, Feb. 6.............Komets at Quad City Mallards, 8pm
(Fort Wayne time), WOWO Radio AM 1190
All games broadcast on radio are webcast free at
www.Komets.com Comcast
KometCast.
Komet practice schedule
Tuesday, Feb. 2.............10am-noon at the Coliseum
Wednesday, Feb. 3........10am-11am at the Coliseum
Thursday, Feb. 4............10am-11:30am
at McMillen Ice Arena
Friday, Feb. 5................10am-11am at the Coliseum
Monday, Feb. 8.............10am-11:30am at McMillen Ice Arena
Tuesday, Feb. 9.............10am-11:30am
at McMillen Ice Arena
Wednesday, Feb. 10......10am-11am at the Coliseum
IHL
STANDINGS thru games of 1/31/2010
TEAM
GP W L
OTL SOL PTS WPCT
GF GA PIM
HOME ROAD
L-TEN STREAK
Muskegon
43 30 10
0 3 63
.733 152 118 1017
19-4-0-0 11-6-0-3 8-2-0-0
2-0-0-0
Port Huron
43 28 12
0 3 59
.686 150 114 836
17-5-0-0 11-7-0-3 5-4-0-1
0-3-0-0
Fort Wayne
40 25 13
0 2 52
.650 121 99 885
14-3-0-1 11-10-0-1 8-2-0-0
2-0-0-0
Bloomington 42
19 17 2
4 44 .524 135
139 1181 14-8-2-0 5-9-0-4
5-4-0-1 0-2-0-0
Dayton
43 17 22
3 1 38
.442 123 141 639
9-10-1-1 8-12-2-0 3-7-0-0
0-3-0-0
Quad City
42 15 20
4 3 37
.440 112 147 650
11-6-1-1 4-14-3-2 3-6-0-1
2-0-0-0
Flint
43 14 23
2 4 34
.395 109 144 936
10-6-1-4 4-17-1-0 3-6-1-0
1-0-0-0
TOTALS
296 148 117 11
20 327 .552 902
902 6144 -
- -
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FORT
WAYNE KOMETS TEAMSTATS thru games of 1/31/2010
#
PLAYER
POS GP G A PTS
+/- PIM PPG PPA SHG SHA GWG
FG OTG UAG ENG SHOG SHOA SHO%
SHOTS SPCT
91 Chaulk, Colin
C 35 12 30 42
+13 78 3 10
0 0 2 4
0 0 2 1
1 1.000 87 .138
71 Drouin, P.C.
LW 40 13 28 41
+4 30 7 13
0 2 4 0
1 0 0 1
3 .333 122 .107
44 Thomas, Leo
C 40 18 13 31
+6 42 6 5
3 0 4 4
2 1 0 0
3 .000 102 .176
2 Dupuis, Guy
D 40 6 20
26 +6 59 4
9 0 0 1
0 0 1 0
1 1 1.000
118 .051
24 Shafranov, Konstan LW 27
7 16 23 +11 10
1 6 0 0
1 1 0 0
0 2 3
.667 47 .149
29 OConnor, Sean
RW 36 8 12 20
-2 24 2 2
2 0 2 0
0 1 0 0
1 .000 111 .072
96 Chwedoruk, Justin F
30 6 11 17
0 23 3 2
0 1 0 1
0 0 1 0
2 .000 78
.077
79 Schrock, Kaleigh RW
40 12 4 16 +1
99 0 0 1
1 2 1 0
1 1 0
1 .000 96
.125
14 DeAngelis, Frankie D
37 4 12 16 +7
4 2 7 0
0 1 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 67
.060
27 Syroczynski, Matt LW
12 7 8 15
+11 7 1 1
0 0 2 1
0 0 0 0
0 .000 52
.135
21 Hukalo, David
RW 22 7 6
13 0 30 4
3 0 0 2
2 1 0 0
0 1 .000
58 .121
9 Warner, Brandon
D 30 1 8
9 +3 10 0
2 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
0 0 .000
39 .026
19 Rodger, Keith
D 34 2 6
8 -1 87 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 .000
34 .059
22 Bertram, Kevin
D 31 2 6
8 +15 47 0
0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
0 0 .000
22 .091
20 Phillips, Bobby D
40 1 7 8
+12 35 0 0
0 1 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 50
.020
X Varone, Rick C
23 1 5 6
-4 14 1 3
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 47
.021
72 Woodard, Matt
D 37 3 2
5 -9 31 2
2 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
0 0 .000
50 .060
X Klempa, Tomas RW
24 3 2 5
-6 2 0 2
0 0 0 2
0 0 0 0
0 .000 69
.043
15 MacMillan, Brad RW
24 3 1 4
0 142 0 0
0 0 1 1
0 1 1 0
0 .000 30
.100
3 Mironovic, Danko D
36 0 3 3
+3 49 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 31
.000
35 Haun, Tim
G 25 0 2
2 0 14 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 .000
0 .000
X Stayzer, Blair D
13 1 0 1
0 34 1 0
0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0
0 .000 16
.063
X Whitehead, Travis C 7
1 0 1
0 4 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 6
.167
X Saidachev, Evgeny RW 7
0 1 1 -2
2 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 6
.000
17 Woods, Mitch
RW 2 0 1
1 +1 2 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 .000
0 .000
33 Boucher, Nick
G 17 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
.000 0 .000
X Laise, Vince F
2 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 0
.000
X Duffus, Parris G
1 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 0
.000
X Sims, Tyler
G 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
.000 0 .000
GP G A PTS +/-
PIM PPG PPA SHG SHA GWG FG
OTG UAG ENG SHOG SHOA SHO%
SHOTS SPCT
TOTALS
40 121 204 325 +69 885 37
67 6 5 25
21 7 8 5
5 16 .313
1341 .090
# GOALIE
GP MIN W L
OTL SOL SO GA GAA SHOW
SHO SHOGA SHOAA SAVES SPCT
35 Haun, Tim
25 1483:10 15 8 0
2 2 56 2.27 3
5 5 18
637 .919
33 Boucher, Nick
17 940:11 10 5 0
0 0 40 2.55 0
0 0 0
462 .920
X Sims, Tyler
0 0:00 0 0
0 0 0 0
.00 0 0 0
0 0
.000
X Duffus, Parris 1
0:31 0 0 0
0 0 0 .00
0 0 0
0 0
.000
TOTALS
40
25 13 0 2 2
99 2.48 3 5
5 18 1099
.917
