Fort Wayne, IN — The Komets earned three out of six points for week 19 of 2009-10 and begin week 20 with a 30-16-1-2 record for 63 points and third place, 12 points behind first-place Muskegon with eight weeks and 27 games remaining in the race for the Huber Trophy.

The Komets started the week suffering their first overtime loss of the season 4-3 to the visiting Bloomington PrairieThunder.  The Komets fell to 6-3 in games needing extra time.  Friday the Komets lost only their fifth home game in regulation to Port Huron 4-1.  It's the first time this season the Komets are winless in two straight home games.  Saturday the Komets completed the week with their third straight win at Dayton 3-2.

Komet streaks.....Four Komet point-streaks ended in Friday's 4-1 home loss to Port Huron.  However, Saturday at Dayton Leo Thomas (C) dished an assist to extend his point streak to three games (1 goal, 2 assists), goaltender Tim Haun earned his third straight win and the victory gave the Komets a three-game road winning streak.

Home cookin'....in addition to being on pace to lead the league in attendance for the eighth consecutive season, after 23 home games the Komets are an improved 15-5-1-1 (.739) on home ice compared to last year's 11-8-1-3 (.565).  Fort Wayne's special teams led the IHL at home on the power play (25.7%) and have the best home penalty kill at 88.9%.  The Komets have the stingiest defense at home allowing only 52 goals on Coliseum ice.

Shooting the puck.....Sean O'Connor (RW) has emerged as a contender for the Komets' shots title, currently tied with usual leading shooter Guy Dupuis at 151 shots.  Close behind is P.C. Drouin (LW) with 142 shots.  However, Matt Syroczynski (LW) leads with a 4.7 shots per game average.  The Komets lead the IHL with a 34.7 shots per game average.

Leading the "I".....Tim Haun leads goalies with a 2.21 goals-against average and 1,822 minutes; Guy Dupuis leads defensemen with 151 shots while rookie Frankie DeAngelis tops blueliners with three game-winning goals, two short-handed goals and a +18.

The week ahead
This week the Komets will skate a pair on the road before returning to Coliseum ice Saturday.  Wednesday the Komets skate at Quad City at 8:05pm (Fort Wayne time).  The Mallards are battling for a playoff spot, trailing fourth place Bloomington by five points. Quad City improved last week gaining four of six points after losing three straight the week before and are 1-3-0-2 in their last six outings.  The Komets whitewashed the Mallards in their last meeting 5-0 Feb. 13 in Fort Wayne to take an 8-1-0-1 series lead.

Friday the Komets return to Hara Arena in Dayton to face the Gems at 7:30pm.  Last Saturday's 3-2 win at Dayton gave the Komets a 5-3-0-0 series lead over the Gems, 4-1-0-0 at Dayton. Friday's game will be the Komets' sixth of nine visits this season.  The Gems are paired with Flint in the IHL's cellar with 44 points and are 1-5-0-0 in their last six games.  Dayton travels to Bloomington Wednesday before hosting the Komets Friday.

Saturday the Komets return home to host the Flint Generals for the fourth of six occasions this year.  The Generals are winless on Fort Wayne ice after three visits and the Komets lead the series 4-1-0-1.  While tied with Dayton at the bottom of the IHL, the Generals, coming off an 8-7 home loss to Muskegon Sunday, are 7-4-0-0 in their last 11 games and have not been winless in two straight games since Jan. 22.  The Komets and Generals have gone the longest since meetings with the last meeting Jan. 15 when the Komets posted a 3-0 home shutout over the Generals.  Flint skates at Muskegon Wednesday and will welcome Bloomington Friday before visiting Fort Wayne Saturday.

Save Eyeglasses for Lions Club Recycle for Sight Feb. 27.....fans can make a difference at the Komet game this 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.24........Komets at Quad City Mallards, 8:05pm (Fort Wayne time), WOWO Radio AM 1190
Friday, Feb. 26...............Komets at Dayton Gems, 7:30pm, WOWO Radio AM 1190
Saturday, Feb. 27...........Flint Generals at Komets, 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 have switched to the new Canlan Ice Sports arena, 3869 Ice Way in Fort Wayne, effective this week.
Tuesday, Feb. 23...........10am-11:30am at Canlan Ice Sports
Friday, Feb. 26..............10am-11am at Canlan Ice Sports
Saturday, Feb. 27..........10am-11am at the Coliseum
Monday, March 1...........10am-11:30am at Canlan Ice Sports
Tuesday, March 2..........10am-11:30am at Canlan Ice Sports

IHL STANDINGS  thru games of 2/21/2010
TEAM                GP    W     L     OTL   SOL   PTS   WPCT   GF     GA     PIM    HOME        ROAD        L-TEN     STREAK   
Muskegon            51    36    12      0     3   75    .735   185    143    1152   23-5-0-0    13-7-0-3    8-2-0-0   1-0-0-0  
Port Huron          52    33    16      0     3   69    .663   172    141    955    18-6-0-0    15-10-0-3   5-5-0-0   4-0-0-0  
Fort Wayne          49    30    16      1     2   63    .643   155    119    1066   16-5-1-1    14-11-0-1   6-3-1-0   1-0-0-0  
Bloomington         50    22    21      2     5   51    .510   160    175    1382   16-10-2-0   6-11-0-5    3-6-0-1   0-1-0-0  
Quad City           51    18    23      4     6   46    .451   135    175    767    14-7-1-3    4-16-3-3    4-3-0-3   0-0-0-1  
Dayton              52    20    28      3     1   44    .423   143    166    763    11-13-1-1   9-15-2-0    3-7-0-0   0-2-0-0  
Flint               51    19    26      2     4   44    .431   139    170    1096   12-7-1-4    7-19-1-0    6-4-0-0   0-1-0-0  
TOTALS              356   178   142    12    24   392   .551   1089   1089   7181   -           -           -         -        

FORT WAYNE KOMETS TEAMSTATS  thru games of 2/20/2010
#     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    44  15   38   53   +16    82    4   15    0    1    4   5     0   0   2    1      1    1.000  110    .136 
71    Drouin, P.C.        LW   49  17   34   51    +4    40    8   15    0    2    4   0     1   0   0    1      3    .333   142    .120 
44    Thomas, Leo         C    49  22   19   41   +11    44    6    6    3    0    4   4     2   1   0    0      3    .000   126    .175 
24    Shafranov, Konstan  LW   36  12   24   36   +16    10    4    9    0    0    1   3     0   0   0    2      3    .667   66     .182 
29    OConnor, Sean       RW   45  11   17   28    +3    33    4    2    2    0    2   0     0   1   0    0      1    .000   151    .073 
2     Dupuis, Guy         D    49  7    21   28   +15    67    4   10    0    0    1   0     0   1   0    1      1    1.000  151    .046 
14    DeAngelis, Frankie  D    46  8    18   26   +18    6     2    7    2    0    3   1     0   0   0    0      0    .000   91     .088 
27    Syroczynski, Matt   LW   21  12   11   23   +13    12    3    3    0    0    3   2     0   0   0    0      0    .000   98     .122 
96    Chwedoruk, Justin   F    39  7    15   22    0     25    3    4    0    1    0   1     0   0   1    0      2    .000   101    .069 
79    Schrock, Kaleigh    RW   49  13    7   20    +2   120    0    0    1    2    2   2     0   1   1    0      1    .000   123    .106 
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    39  1    12   13    +2    18    0    3    0    0    0   1     0   0   0    0      0    .000   56     .018 
22    Bertram, Kevin      D    40  2     8   10   +16    57    0    0    0    0    0   1     0   0   0    0      0    .000   34     .059 
15    MacMillan, Brad     RW   32  6     2   8     +2   190    0    0    0    0    1   1     0   1   1    0      0    .000   47     .128 
19    Rodger, Keith       D    43  2     6   8     +1    91    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   43     .047 
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    45  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    45  0     4   4     +2    57    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   40     .000 
35    Haun, Tim           G    31  0     3   3     0     14    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   0      .000 
17    Woods, Mitch        RW   11  0     2   2     0     38    0    1    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   10     .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    21  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                   49  155  265  420  +112  1066  46   85    8    7   30   27    7   8   5    5      16   .313   1702   .091 
#       GOALIE              GP  MIN      W   L   OTL  SOL  SO  GA   GAA   SHOW  SHO  SHOGA  SHOAA  SAVES  SPCT 
35      Haun, Tim           31  1822:35  19  9   0    2    2   67   2.21  3     5    5      18     786    .921 
33      Boucher, Nick       21  1142:57  11  7   1    0    1   48   2.52  0     0    0      0      545    .919 
    X   Duffus, Parris      1   0:31     0   0   0    0    0   0    .00   0     0    0      0      0      .000 
        TOTALS              49           30  17  1    2    3   119  2.43  3     5    5      18     1331   .918