Fort Wayne, IN — The Komets completed week 24 maintaining second place in the IHL after collecting three points in three games last week.  The Komets will enter the last three weeks of the season with a 42-20-1-3 record for 88 points trailing first-place Muskegon by seven points with one game in hand and 10 games remaining.

The Komets started last week with a 4-1 setback at Muskegon Friday and recovered with a 5-1 win at Dayton Saturday.  Sunday the Komets suffered a 5-4 shootout loss at Flint after rallying from a 4-1 deficit with three unanswered goals in the third period to force overtime.

This week the Komets will begin the final month of the regular season hosting the Dayton Gems on Thursday at 7:30pm.  The Komets lead the series 9-3-0-0.  However, the Komets are even with Dayton on Coliseum ice at 2-2-0-0.  The Gems will host Muskegon Wednesday before traveling to Fort Wayne Thursday.

Friday the Komets return to Flint to face the Generals at 7:30pm.  Flint has won the last three meetings with Fort Wayne and is 8-2-1-0 in their last 11 games.  It will be the Komets' sixth and final trip to Flint this year where the Generals are 4-0-0-1 against the Komets after winning the last four straight encounters.  Flint will host Bloomington Wednesday before facing the Komets Friday.

Saturday the Komets return home to host Port Huron at 7:30pm.  The Icehawks are chasing the Komets for second place and trail Fort Wayne by four points entering the week.  Port Huron will host Bloomington Tuesday and welcome Quad City Friday before making the trip to Fort Wayne Saturday.  The Icehawks are 3-2-0-0 in their last five games after splitting a two-game series at Bloomington over the weekend.  Saturday will be the last visit of the regular season by Port Huron.  The Komets are 3-2-0-0 against the Hawks on Coliseum ice and an even 5-5-0-0 overall.

Road warriors.....the Komets were the first team in the IHL to hit 20 road wins with a 5-1 victory at Dayton Saturday.  It's the fourth straight year that the Komets have reached 20 wins on the road and their sixth time out of the last seven seasons.

Goodbye March….the Komets registered a 9-4-0-1 record to gain 19 points in 14 games for a .679 winning percentage for the busiest month of the season.  Colin Chaulk led the Komets during the month with seven goals, 10 assists and 17 points while posting a team-high plus-15 and appearing in all 14 games.  Goalies Tim Haun and Nick Boucher shared the action evenly with Haun serving 421:47 earning a 5-2-0-0 record and 1.99 goals-against average.  Boucher tallied a 4-2-0-1 record, 1 shutout and a 2.28 goals-against average in 420:43 of play.

Hello April…..the Komets will finish the season with 10 games in the first 18 days of April; seven at home and three on the road.  The month starts with the Komets skating three games in three nights this weekend and four games in five nights next week including three home games in five nights April 7 through 11.  The Komets complete the regular season playing three games in three nights on the final weekend of the season.

Huck hits 100, Drouin skates 800^th game……David Hukalo (RW) notched his 100^th career goal Sunday at Flint and P.C. Drouin (LW) skated his 800^th career game Sunday.

Streaking Komets…..Matt Syroczynski (LW) has a five-game point-scoring streak (5 goals, 3 assists) and Guy Dupuis (D) has a three-game goal-scoring streak (3 goals).

Season Ticket Exchange Night Thursday.....Hey season ticket holders!  Hang on to those unused tickets.  The Komets feature several Season Ticket Exchange Nights throughout the season and this Thursday is another one.  Any unused ticket from a previously scheduled Komet home game can be exchanged at the Coliseum Ticket Office for a ticket to this Thursday's Komet game against the Dayton Gems at 7:30pm.

Komets to make 50th playoff appearance.....the Komets will be in the playoffs for the 50th time in their 58-year history.  When the Komets defend their back-to-back Turner Cup championship titles later this month it will be their 43rd appearance as a member of the IHL.  The Komets also qualified for seven UHL playoff runs.

"Bus Stuff" coming......the Komets, Citilink, IPFW and Ivy Tech are proud to announce the annual "Bus Stuff" will take place at the Komet home games Wednesday, April 7 against Muskegon and Friday, April 9 when Dayton visits.  Fans are asked to donate non-perishable food items at both games.  All proceeds will go to the Community Harvest Food Bank.

Komets Open House April 14.....the Komets have announced that their annual Season Ticket Holder Open House will be held on Wednesday, April 14 from 6pm-8pm at the Coliseum.  Season ticket holders are invited to watch an open Komet practice session from 6pm-6:45pm with the coaches explaining the drills.  The practice will be followed with a 15-minute question and answer session.  There will be an open skate with Komet players from 7pm-7:45pm with photo and autograph opportunities.

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.  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
Thursday, April 1..............Dayton Gems at Komets, 7:30pm, ESPN Radio AM 1380
Friday, April 2..................Komets at Flint Generals, 7:30pm, WOWO Radio AM 1190
Saturday, April 3..............Port Huron 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.
Tuesday, March 30..........10am-11:30am at Canlan Ice Sports
Wednesday, March 31.....10am-11:30am at Canlan Ice Sports
Thursday, April 1.............10am-11am at the Coliseum
Friday, April 2.................10:30am-11am at Canlan Ice Sports
Saturday, April 3.............10am-11am at the Coliseum
Monday, April 5...............10am-noon at the Coliseum
Tuesday, April 6..............10am-noon at the Coliseum

IHL STANDINGS  thru games of 3/28/2010
TEAM                GP    W     L     OTL   SOL   PTS   WPCT   GF     GA     PIM    HOME        ROAD        L-TEN     STREAK   
xMuskegon           67    46    18      0     3   95    .709   251    192    1445   29-7-0-0    17-11-0-3   6-4-0-0   4-0-0-0  
xFort Wayne         66    42    20      1     3   88    .667   222    159    1393   22-7-1-1    20-13-0-2   7-2-0-1   0-0-0-1  
xPort Huron         67    40    23      0     4   84    .627   224    200    1179   23-9-0-0    17-14-0-4   5-5-0-0   0-1-0-0  
Bloomington         66    30    28      3     5   68    .515   215    231    1678   20-13-2-0   10-15-1-5   5-4-1-0   1-0-0-0  
Flint               65    27    31      3     4   61    .469   194    219    1304   16-9-2-4    11-22-1-0   7-2-1-0   1-0-0-0  
Quad City           68    25    32      4     7   61    .449   183    236    1000   19-11-1-4   6-21-3-3    4-5-0-1   1-0-0-0  
Dayton              69    24    41      3     1   52    .377   186    238    1009   14-18-1-1   10-23-2-0   2-8-0-0   0-2-0-0  
TOTALS              468   234   193    14    27   509   .544   1475   1475   9008   -           -           -         -        

FORT WAYNE KOMETS TEAMSTATS  thru games of 3/28/2010
#     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    61  23   52   75   +32   101    5   21    1    1    5   7     0   1   4    1      2    .500   145    .159 
71    Drouin, P.C.        LW   66  21   46   67   +19    54    9   19    0    4    5   1     1   2   0    1      3    .333   188    .112 
24    Shafranov, Konstan  LW   51  19   33   52   +25    16    4   13    0    0    5   6     0   0   0    2      4    .500   84     .226 
44    Thomas, Leo         C    62  28   20   48   +18    53    7    6    4    0    5   5     2   2   0    0      3    .000   151    .185 
27    Syroczynski, Matt   LW   38  23   20   43   +21    43    9    4    0    0    4   2     0   1   1    0      0    .000   192    .120 
29    OConnor, Sean       RW   62  18   25   43   +11    49    6    5    3    1    3   0     0   3   0    0      2    .000   198    .091 
2     Dupuis, Guy         D    66  11   24   35   +23    81    5   13    1    0    2   0     0   1   0    1      1    1.000  201    .055 
14    DeAngelis, Frankie  D    63  9    24   33   +25    14    2    9    2    0    3   1     0   0   0    0      0    .000   123    .073 
79    Schrock, Kaleigh    RW   66  18   11   29    +3   152    0    0    1    2    3   2     0   2   2    0      1    .000   193    .093 
96    Chwedoruk, Justin   F    56  13   15   28    -1    33    5    4    1    1    1   3     0   1   1    0      2    .000   149    .087 
21    Hukalo, David       RW   32  9    13   22    +5    36    4    5    0    0    2   2     1   0   0    0      1    .000   86     .105 
9     Warner, Brandon     D    53  2    15   17    +5    20    0    4    0    0    0   1     0   0   0    0      0    .000   76     .026 
20    Phillips, Bobby     D    57  2    12   14   +18    46    0    0    0    1    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   64     .031 
22    Bertram, Kevin      D    57  2    11   13   +22    84    0    0    0    0    0   1     0   0   0    0      0    .000   60     .033 
19    Rodger, Keith       D    60  2     9   11    +7   108    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   66     .030 
15    MacMillan, Brad     RW   42  7     2   9     +6   223    0    0    0    0    1   1     0   1   1    0      0    .000   65     .108 
    X Woodard, Matt       D    49  4     4   8     -5    33    2    2    0    0    0   1     0   0   0    0      0    .000   64     .063 
3     Mironovic, Danko    D    62  1     7   8    +14    75    0    1    1    1    0   0     0   1   0    0      0    .000   55     .018 
    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 
17    Woods, Mitch        RW   27  1     3   4     0     82    0    1    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   23     .043 
35    Haun, Tim           G    40  0     3   3     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 
33    Boucher, Nick       G    30  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                   66  222  357  579  +236  1393  60   112  14   11   42   36    7  18   9    5      19   .263   2330   .095 
#       GOALIE              GP  MIN      W   L   OTL  SOL  SO  GA   GAA   SHOW  SHO  SHOGA  SHOAA  SAVES  SPCT 
35      Haun, Tim           40  2304:22  25  11  0    2    3   83   2.16  3     5    5      18     976    .922 
33      Boucher, Nick       30  1683:40  17  9   1    1    2   70   2.49  0     1    1      3      803    .920 
    X   Duffus, Parris      1   0:31     0   0   0    0    0   0    .00   0     0    0      0      0      .000 
        TOTALS              66           42  21  1    3    5   159  2.41  3     6    6      21     1779   .918