Fort Wayne, IN — The Komets completed the month of February with a perfect week collecting six points in three games and pulled to within a point of second-place Port Huron.  After 20 weeks of 2009-10 the Komets have 69 points (33-16-1-2) to trail first-place Muskegon by 12 points with three games in hand and 24 games remaining, 14 at home and 10 on the road.

The Komets extended their road win streak to five games with wins at Quad City Wednesday and Dayton Friday and pushed their win string to four games with a 6-5 home victory Saturday against Flint.

This week the Komets will start the month of March skating four games in five nights beginning with another home test against Dayton Wednesday at 7:30pm.  The Gems (21-31-3-1) are tied for the IHL cellar with Flint at 46 points and are coming off a 6-4 loss at Muskegon Sunday.  The Komets won their first home meeting in three Dayton visits last Friday and lead the series 6-3-0-0.

Friday the Komets visit Bloomington for an 8:05pm faceoff.  The PrairieThunder (25-22-2-5) are in fourth place and trail the Komets by 12 points entering March.  Friday night's tilt will be the sixth and final trip of the season to Bloomington for the Komets where they lead 3-2-0-0 in five previous meetings.  The Thunder are idle this week until they host Fort Wayne Friday.

Saturday the Komets skate at Flint at 7:30pm for the first of a home-and-home series to finish the weekend.  The Komets lead the series 5-1-0-1 but are .500 in three previous meetings at Pearni Arena (1-1-0-1).

Sunday the Komets and Generals meet at 5pm on Coliseum ice where the Komets are a perfect 4-0-0-0 against Flint.  The Generals will welcome Port Huron Wednesday before facing the Komets Saturday and Sunday.

Streaking Komets.....Matt Syroczynski has a three-game goal and point-scoring streak (5 goals, 2 assists); Colin Chaulk has points in four straight games (3 goals, 4 assists) and a three-game assist streak (4 assists); Konstantin Shafranov is riding a four-game point streak (1 goal, 4 assists); Goaltender Tim Haun has won four straight games and has a seven-game home win streak.

Dupuis sets another record.....Guy Dupuis' assist in Saturday's 6-5 home win over Flint set the regular season point record for a career Fort Wayne defensemen at 493. Dupuis eclipsed Lionel Repka's record of 492 set in 1968-69.  Dupuis has 109 goals (Fort Wayne defenseman record) and 384 assists for 493 points and has appeared in a Komet-record 857 regular season games. 

Drouin pushing 500.....left winger P.C. Drouin passed his 499th career assist in Friday's 4-2 win at Dayton.  Saturday's home game against Flint was his 786th career game.

February leaders:  Konstantin Shafranov and Colin Chaulk each led the Komets with 16 points in 12 February games.  Chaulk led with 12 assists and three game winning goals while Matt Syroczynski topped the team with 10 goals.  Frankie DeAngelis led in plus/minus with plus-10 and Brad MacMillan spent the most time in the sin bin with 56 minutes.  Tim Haun led IHL goalies with a 1.95 goals-against average in seven appearances.

March roars in.....the Komets will begin the month of March skating four games in five nights this week and seven home games in 18 days.  The first five Fort Wayne home games of the month span 11 days.  The Komets will host three games in four nights next week, March 10 thru March 13.  Overall, the Komets skate a season-high 14 games during the month. 

The great Fort Wayne crowd.....10,480 turned out for the fourth sell-out of the season at Fort Wayne's 6-5 home win Saturday night against Flint.  The Komets lead the IHL in attendance with an average of 8,010 per game and rank second in the nation in minor league hockey attendance after 24 home games.

Hottest Ticket In Town.....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, March 3......Dayton Gems at Komets, 7:30pm, WOWO Radio AM 1190
Friday, March 5..............Komets at Bloomington PrairieThunder, 8:05pm (Fort Wayne time), WOWO Radio AM 1190
Saturday, March 6..........Komets at Flint Generals, 7:30pm, WOWO Radio AM 1190
Sunday, March 7............Flint Generals at Komets, 5pm, 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, March 2...........10am-11:30am at Canlan Ice Sports
Wednesday, March 3......10am-11am at the Coliseum
Thursday, March 4..........10am-11:30am at Canlan Ice Sports
Friday, March 5..............10am-11am at Canlan Ice Sports
Tuesday, March 9...........10am-noon at the Coliseum

IHL STANDINGS  thru games of 2/28/2010
TEAM                GP    W     L     OTL   SOL   PTS   WPCT   GF     GA     PIM    HOME        ROAD        L-TEN     STREAK   
Muskegon            55    39    13      0     3   81    .736   206    156    1188   25-6-0-0    14-7-0-3    7-3-0-0   1-0-0-0  
Port Huron          55    33    18      0     4   70    .636   180    155    1005   18-8-0-0    15-10-0-4   4-5-0-1   0-2-0-1  
Fort Wayne          52    33    16      1     2   69    .663   169    127    1119   17-5-1-1    16-11-0-1   7-2-1-0   4-0-0-0  
Bloomington         54    25    22      2     5   57    .528   177    188    1446   17-10-2-0   8-12-0-5    5-4-0-1   0-1-0-0  
Quad City           55    20    25      4     6   50    .455   150    189    799    15-8-1-3    5-17-3-3    3-5-0-2   1-0-0-0  
Dayton              56    21    31      3     1   46    .411   153    182    817    12-14-1-1   9-17-2-0    2-8-0-0   0-1-0-0  
Flint               55    20    29      2     4   46    .418   153    191    1149   13-8-1-4    7-21-1-0    5-5-0-0   1-0-0-0  
TOTALS              382   191   154    12    25   419   .548   1188   1188   7523   -           -           -         -        

FORT WAYNE KOMETS TEAMSTATS  thru games of 2/28/2010
#     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    47  16   42   58   +17    86    5   16    0    1    5   5     0   0   2    1      1    1.000  115    .139 
71    Drouin, P.C.        LW   52  17   37   54    +6    44    8   16    0    3    4   0     1   0   0    1      3    .333   146    .116 
44    Thomas, Leo         C    52  24   19   43   +13    46    6    6    4    0    4   5     2   1   0    0      3    .000   133    .180 
24    Shafranov, Konstan  LW   39  13   26   39   +15    12    4   10    0    0    1   3     0   0   0    2      3    .667   70     .186 
29    OConnor, Sean       RW   48  12   20   32    +6    33    4    3    3    1    3   0     0   2   0    0      1    .000   155    .077 
27    Syroczynski, Matt   LW   24  17   13   30   +13    14    5    4    0    0    3   2     0   0   1    0      0    .000   122    .139 
2     Dupuis, Guy         D    52  7    23   30   +13    71    4   12    0    0    1   0     0   1   0    1      1    1.000  162    .043 
14    DeAngelis, Frankie  D    49  8    18   26   +17    6     2    7    2    0    3   1     0   0   0    0      0    .000   95     .084 
96    Chwedoruk, Justin   F    42  9    15   24    0     25    4    4    1    1    0   2     0   0   1    0      2    .000   109    .083 
79    Schrock, Kaleigh    RW   52  14    7   21    +2   122    0    0    1    2    3   2     0   1   1    0      1    .000   135    .104 
9     Warner, Brandon     D    42  1    14   15    +5    18    0    3    0    0    0   1     0   0   0    0      0    .000   57     .018 
21    Hukalo, David       RW   22  7     6   13    0     30    4    3    0    0    2   2     1   0   0    0      1    .000   58     .121 
22    Bertram, Kevin      D    43  2    10   12   +16    63    0    0    0    0    0   1     0   0   0    0      0    .000   42     .048 
15    MacMillan, Brad     RW   35  7     2   9     +3   198    0    0    0    0    1   1     0   1   1    0      0    .000   54     .130 
19    Rodger, Keith       D    46  2     6   8     +3    93    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   45     .044 
20    Phillips, Bobby     D    43  1     7   8    +11    42    0    0    0    1    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   53     .019 
72    Woodard, Matt       D    46  3     3   6     -7    31    2    2    0    0    0   1     0   0   0    0      0    .000   59     .051 
    X Varone, Rick        C    23  1     5   6     -4    14    1    3    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   47     .021 
3     Mironovic, Danko    D    48  0     6   6     +8    63    0    1    0    1    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   46     .000 
    X Klempa, Tomas       RW   24  3     2   5     -6    2     0    2    0    0    0   2     0   0   0    0      0    .000   69     .043 
35    Haun, Tim           G    32  0     3   3     0     14    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   0      .000 
17    Woods, Mitch        RW   14  0     2   2     0     40    0    1    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   12     .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    23  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                   52  169  287  456  +129  1119  50   93   11   10   33   29    7   9   6    5      16   .313   1815   .093 
#       GOALIE              GP  MIN      W   L   OTL  SOL  SO  GA   GAA   SHOW  SHO  SHOGA  SHOAA  SAVES  SPCT 
35      Haun, Tim           32  1882:35  20  9   0    2    2   69   2.20  3     5    5      18     817    .922 
33      Boucher, Nick       23  1262:57  13  7   1    0    1   54   2.57  0     0    0      0      595    .917 
    X   Duffus, Parris      1   0:31     0   0   0    0    0   0    .00   0     0    0      0      0      .000 
        TOTALS              52           33  17  1    2    3   127  2.44  3     5    5      18     1412   .917