Fort Wayne, IN — The Komets posted a perfect 3-0 week last week netting six points, a hat trick and a shutout along the way.  Wednesday night the Komets turned back the visiting Bloomington PrairieThunder 6-2 as Matt Syrocyzynski (LW) registered the Komets first hat trick of the season scoring three goals including the game winner.  Defenseman Brandon Warner also passed four assists for his first career four-point night.  It was the first time a Komet passed four assists in a game since David Hukalo dished four Dec. 27, 2007, also on Coliseum ice against Bloomington.

Saturday Komet goaltender Nick Boucher stoned the Mallards at Quad City 5-0 on 19 saves and successfully faced seven power plays for his first shutout of the season.  It was the third shutout of the season for Fort Wayne.  Sean O'Connor (RW) registered his third two-goal game of the season and added an assist for his second three-point night.

Sunday the Komets completed the week with their fifth straight win over the Thunder 5-2 at Bloomington and extended their win string to three games.  Goalie Tim Haun posted his career high 18th win of the season and second straight win stopping 35 of 37 shots.

The Komets improved to 29-15-0-2 and reached 60 points after 46 games, bettering their mark of 60 points in 50 games last year.  Fort Wayne pulls to within three points of second-place Port Huron and trails first-place Muskegon by 11 points with nine weeks and 30 games remaining in 2009-10.

The week ahead
This week the Komets host their third straight Wild Wednesday as Bloomington (21-20-2-5) returns to Coliseum ice for a 7:30pm faceoff.  It's the 10th of 12 meetings with the Komets leading the series 7-2-0-0.  In their last five games, the Thunder are 1-3-0-1 including two losses to Fort Wayne.  Bloomington is fighting to hold their fourth-place playoff spot leading fifth place Dayton by five points.

Friday the Komets welcome the Port Huron (30-16-0-3) Icehawks for an 8pm faceoff.  The Komets grounded the Iceahawks 9-1 in their last meeting two weeks earlier, Feb. 5 in Fort Wayne.  The Komets are 2-1-0-0 against Port Huron on Fort Wayne ice but trail in the series 3-4-0-0.  The Hawks are 1-4-0-0 in their last five games after suffering two losses in three straight games against Flint over the weekend.  Port Huron is idle until they visit Fort Wayne Friday.

Saturday the Komets finish the week in Dayton (20-26-3-1) at 7:30pm at Hara Arena.  The Komets lead the series 4-3-0-0 after dropping the last meeting 2-1 in Fort Wayne Feb. 3.  The Gems are 2-3-0-0 in their last five outings and trail Bloomington by five points in a battle for the last playoff spot in the IHL going into week 19.  Dayton skates at Flint Friday before hosting the Komets Saturday.

DeAngelis IHL Rookie of the Week.....the IHL announced Monday that Komet defenseman Frankie DeAngelis has been named the Rookie of the Week for the second time this season.  DeAngelis, celebrating his 25th birthday today, scored two goals and two assists for four points and posted a plus-six after appearing in all three games. 

The Woodbridge, Ontario native scored the the game winner Saturday at Quad City in a 5-0 Fort Wayne win and had points in each game of the week for a three-game point streak. 

DeAngelis leads Fort Wayne defensemen with eight goals and is second among IHL rookies with seven power play assists.  DeAngelis was also Rookie of the Week for the week ending Nov. 1. 

Wild Wednesdays continue this week.....It's another Wild Wednesday at Komet Hockey this week!  Wild Wednesdays continue when the Bloomington PrairieThunder return Wednesday at 7:30pm.  Wild Wednesdays at Komet Hockey features various animals from the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo and $2.50 beers and $1 Pepsi's at Wednesday homet games.  Wild Wednesdays will continue with two more in March and one in April.

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. 19 at 8pm.  Fill Up Cards are available at participating Marathon stations.

Save Eyeglasses for Lions Club Recycle for Sight Feb. 27.....fans can make a difference at the Komet game Saturday, Feb. 27 against the Flint Generals by bringing any old eyeglasses for donation to the Indiana Lions Club Recycle for Sight Program.  Donated glasses help millions of people experience corrected vision for the first time.

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. 

Komet Hockey with Bob Chase......follow the Komets worldwide at www.komets.com Comcast KometCast with Bob Chase, in his 57th consecutive season calling Komet action.  The Komet Hockey broadcast can also be heard on Fort Wayne radio outlets WOWO AM 1190 or ESPN AM 1380 depending on availability.  All games broadcast can be heard at www.komets.com 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.17........Bloomington PrairieThunder at Komets, 7:30pm, WOWO Radio AM 1190
Friday, Feb. 19...............Port Huron Icehawks at Komets, 8pm, WOWO Radio AM 1190
Saturday, Feb. 20...........Komets at Dayton Gems, 7:30pm, WOWO Radio AM 1190
All games broadcast on radio are webcast free at www.Komets.com Comcast KometCast.
Komet practice schedule
*Note:  All Komet practices originally scheduled for McMillen Ice Arena will switch to the new Canlan Ice Sports arena, 3869 Ice Way in Fort Wayne, effective this week.
Tuesday, Feb. 16...........10am-11:30am at Canlan Ice Sports
Wednesday, Feb. 17......10am-11am at the Coliseum
Thursday, Feb. 18..........10:30am-11:30am at Canlan Ice Sports
Friday, Feb. 19..............10am-11am at the Coliseum
Monday, Feb. 22............10am-11:30am at Canlan Ice Sports
Tuesday, Feb. 23...........10am-11:30am at Canlan Ice Sports

IHL STANDINGS  thru games of 2/14/2010
TEAM                GP    W     L     OTL   SOL   PTS   WPCT   GF     GA     PIM    HOME        ROAD        L-TEN     STREAK   
Muskegon            47    34    10      0     3   71    .755   169    125    1079   22-4-0-0    12-6-0-3    9-1-0-0   6-0-0-0  
Port Huron          49    30    16      0     3   63    .643   161    137    925    18-6-0-0    12-10-0-3   3-7-0-0   1-0-0-0  
Fort Wayne          46    29    15      0     2   60    .652   148    109    1004   16-4-0-1    13-11-0-1   6-4-0-0   3-0-0-0  
Bloomington         48    21    20      2     5   49    .510   155    168    1370   16-9-2-0    5-11-0-5    4-5-0-1   0-1-0-0  
Dayton              50    20    26      3     1   44    .440   140    160    732    11-12-1-1   9-14-2-0    3-7-0-0   1-0-0-0  
Quad City           48    17    23      4     4   42    .438   127    168    721    13-7-1-2    4-16-3-2    5-4-0-1   0-3-0-0  
Flint               48    17    25      2     4   40    .417   124    157    1041   11-6-1-4    6-19-1-0    5-4-1-0   0-1-0-0  
TOTALS              336   168   135    11    22   369   .549   1024   1024   6872   -           -           -         -        

FORT WAYNE KOMETS TEAMSTATS  thru games of 2/14/2010
#     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    41  13   36   49   +17    82    4   13    0    1    3   4     0   0   2    1      1    1.000  104    .125 
71    Drouin, P.C.        LW   46  15   33   48    +5    36    7   14    0    2    4   0     1   0   0    1      3    .333   136    .110 
44    Thomas, Leo         C    46  21   17   38   +10    44    6    6    3    0    4   4     2   1   0    0      3    .000   116    .181 
24    Shafranov, Konstan  LW   33  11   20   31   +15    10    3    8    0    0    1   3     0   0   0    2      3    .667   60     .183 
2     Dupuis, Guy         D    46  7    21   28   +12    65    4   10    0    0    1   0     0   1   0    1      1    1.000  140    .050 
29    OConnor, Sean       RW   42  11   15   26    +2    26    4    2    2    0    2   0     0   1   0    0      1    .000   142    .077 
14    DeAngelis, Frankie  D    43  8    16   24   +16    6     2    7    2    0    3   1     0   0   0    0      0    .000   88     .091 
27    Syroczynski, Matt   LW   18  12   11   23   +14    12    3    3    0    0    3   2     0   0   0    0      0    .000   87     .138 
96    Chwedoruk, Justin   F    36  6    15   21    +2    25    3    4    0    1    0   1     0   0   1    0      2    .000   93     .065 
79    Schrock, Kaleigh    RW   46  13    6   19    +5   110    0    0    1    2    2   2     0   1   1    0      1    .000   114    .114 
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    36  1    12   13    +5    18    0    3    0    0    0   1     0   0   0    0      0    .000   50     .020 
22    Bertram, Kevin      D    37  2     8   10   +19    57    0    0    0    0    0   1     0   0   0    0      0    .000   29     .069 
15    MacMillan, Brad     RW   30  6     2   8     +3   166    0    0    0    0    1   1     0   1   1    0      0    .000   42     .143 
19    Rodger, Keith       D    40  2     6   8     +3    91    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   38     .053 
20    Phillips, Bobby     D    41  1     7   8    +10    37    0    0    0    1    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   50     .020 
72    Woodard, Matt       D    42  3     3   6     -7    31    2    2    0    0    0   1     0   0   0    0      0    .000   58     .052 
    X Varone, Rick        C    23  1     5   6     -4    14    1    3    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   47     .021 
    X Klempa, Tomas       RW   24  3     2   5     -6    2     0    2    0    0    0   2     0   0   0    0      0    .000   69     .043 
3     Mironovic, Danko    D    42  0     4   4     +5    55    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   36     .000 
35    Haun, Tim           G    29  0     2   2     0     14    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   0      .000 
17    Woods, Mitch        RW   8   0     2   2     +2    27    0    1    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   6      .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 
33    Boucher, Nick       G    19  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 
                               GP  G     A   PTS  +/-   PIM   PPG  PPA  SHG  SHA  GWG  FG  OTG  UAG  ENG  SHOG  SHOA  SHO%   SHOTS  SPCT 
      TOTALS                   46  148  250  398  +126  1004  44   81    8    7   29   26    7   8   5    5      16   .313   1594   .093 
#       GOALIE              GP  MIN      W   L   OTL  SOL  SO  GA   GAA   SHOW  SHO  SHOGA  SHOAA  SAVES  SPCT 
35      Haun, Tim           29  1722:35  18  9   0    2    2   63   2.19  3     5    5      18     743    .922 
33      Boucher, Nick       19  1059:12  11  6   0    0    1   42   2.38  0     0    0      0      507    .923 
    X   Duffus, Parris      1   0:31     0   0   0    0    0   0    .00   0     0    0      0      0      .000  
        TOTALS              46           29  15  0    2    3   109  2.37  3     5    5      18     1250   .920