Fort Wayne, IN
— The Komets completed week 25 gaining four points in three
games played to improve to 44-21-1-3 for 92 points and continue
to maintain second place in the IHL with two weeks remaining in
2009-10. The Komets trail first-place Muskegon (48-18-1-3)
by eight points with seven games remaining and hold a four-point
cushion over third-place Port Huron (42-24-0-4). The magic
number that will keep the Komets from winning their fourth
straight regular season crown is seven. Any combination of
points gained by Muskegon and points lost by Fort Wayne equaling
seven will give the Lumberjacks the title (Port Huron has been
eliminated from the race for the Huber Trophy).
The magic number for the Komets to clinch second place and home
ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs is nine.
Any combination of points won by Fort Wayne and lost by Port
Huron equaling nine will guarantee the Komets at least a
second-place finish.
The week ahead
The Komets finish their season series against Muskegon Wednesday
night in Fort Wayne at 7:30pm. The Komets trail the series
4-6-0-0 but are 3-2-0-0 against Muskegon after five meetings in
Fort Wayne and have one game in hand. The Lumberjacks are
unbeaten in their last seven games (6-0-1-0) and are 8-1-1-0 in
their last 10.
Friday the Komets host Dayton at 8pm. It's the sixth and
final visit by the last-place Gems. The Komets lead the
series 10-3-0-0. Dayton hosts Quad City Wednesday before
traveling to Fort Wayne Friday.
Saturday the Komets complete the home-and-home series with the
Gems at 7:30pm. It is the final meeting of the season with
the Komets holding a 7-1-0-0 series lead in games at Hara Arena.
Sunday the Komets return home to welcome Quad City at 5pm.
The Komets own a 10-1-0-1 series lead over the Mallards and are
unbeaten in regulation (5-0-0-1) in the past six meetings on
Colseum ice. Quad City skates at Dayton Wednesday and
hosts Bloomington Thursday and Saturday before making the trip
to Fort Wayne Sunday.
About last week
The Komets won two out of three for the week starting with a 6-2
home win over Dayton Thursday. Komet goalie Nick Boucher
earned his first home win since Feb. 27 making 29 saves on 31
shots. Matt Syroczynsk extended his point streak to six
games while David Hukalo, Sean O'Connor, P.C. Drouin and Colin
Chaulk each completed three-game point streaks.
Friday all point streaks came to an end as the Komets suffered a
3-1 loss at Flint. The Generals improved to 5-1 over the
Komets in six meetings at Perani Arena this season.
Overall the Komets are 5-4-0-2 after 11 meetings with Flint.
One meeting remains when the Generals visit for the Komets final
home game of the season Sunday, April 18.
Saturday the Komets returned home to clip Port Huron 4-3.
Syroczynski had an assist to go with a goal and reached his
career high of 21 assists in a season. Boucher earned his
19th win of the season on 26 saves in his seventh straight
start. It was the last meeting of the season. The
Komets won the series against the Icehawks 6-5-0-0.
Dupuis hits 500.....Guy Dupuis registered his
500th regular season point as a Komet Saturday night.
Dupuis posted a three-point night scoring a goal and adding two
assists in a 4-3 home win over Port Huron. Besides 500
regular season points, Dupuis also owns Fort Wayne career
defenseman records of 114 regular season goals and 124 all-time
career goals (including playoffs).
Special K's.....The Komets only allowed one goal
in 13 penalty kills for the week and lead the IHL with a penalty
kill success rate of 86.6%. The Komets scored on four of
six power plays in two home games last week to lead the league
with a 25.2% success rate when skating with the man advantage on
home ice.
Komets to make 50th playoff appearance.....the
Komets will be in the playoffs for the 50th time in their
58-year history. When the Fort Wayne defends it's back-to-back
Turner Cup championship titles later this month it will be the 43rd
Komet
appearance as a member of the IHL. The Komets also
qualified for seven UHL playoff runs.
"Bus Stuff" Wednesday and Friday......the Komets, Citilink, IPFW
and Ivy Tech are proud to announce the annual "Bus Stuff" will
take place at the Komet home games this Wednesday against
Muskegon and Friday when Dayton visits. Fans are
asked to donate non-perishable food items at both games.
The need is high in our community for those who are less
fortunate. All proceeds will go to the Community Harvest Food Bank.
The Komets appreciate your support in this worthwhile community
effort.
Wild Wednesday once more this week.....The
Komets and Technology Specialists will present their last
regular season
Wild Wednesday Night this week when the Lumberjacks visit at
7:30pm. During the season fans have been treated to various animals from the
Fort Wayne Children's Zoo at Wednesday games and $2.50 beers and $1 Pepsi's.
This Wednesday will be the last time the Komets wear their "Zoo"
jerseys which are being auctioned off online at
http://www.orangecollarcrowd.com/jerseyauction. The
bidding ends April 14th at 11am.
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 Dayton Gems
this Friday,
April 9 at
8pm. Fill Up Cards are available at participating Marathon stations.
Wendy's Family Night Sunday.....One more free family skate
is featured,
courtesy of Wendy's. Fans can skate with the Komets after
this Sunday's home game against the Quad City Mallards at 5pm. Don't
forget your skates!
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
Wednesday, April 7..........Muskegon Lumberjacks at Komets,
7:30pm, ESPN Radio AM 1380
Friday, April 9..................Dayton Gems at Komets, 8:00pm, WOWO Radio AM 1190
Saturday, April 10............Komets at Dayton Gems, 7:30pm, WOWO Radio AM 1190
Sunday, April 11..............Quad City Mallards 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.
Tuesday, April 6..............10am-noon
at the Coliseum
Wednesday, April 7.........10am-11am at the Coliseum
Thursday, April 8.............10am-noon at the Coliseum
Friday, April 9.................10am-11am at
the Coliseum
Saturday, April 10...........10:30am-11am at Canlan Ice Sports
Sunday, April 11.............10am-11am at the Coliseum
Tuesday, April 13............10am-noon
at the Coliseum
IHL
STANDINGS thru games of 4/4/2010
TEAM
GP W L
OTL SOL PTS WPCT
GF GA PIM
HOME ROAD
L-TEN STREAK
xMuskegon
70 48 18
1 3 100 .714
261 199 1497
30-7-0-0 18-11-1-3 8-1-1-0
2-0-0-0
xFort Wayne 69
44 21 1
3 92 .667 233
167 1445 24-7-1-1
20-14-0-2 6-3-0-1 1-0-0-0
xPort Huron 70
42 24 0
4 88 .629 237
207 1227 25-9-0-0
17-15-0-4 5-5-0-0 0-1-0-0
Bloomington 70
31 29 4
6 72 .514 228
245 1740 21-13-2-1
10-16-2-5 4-4-1-1 1-0-0-0
Flint
68 29 32
3 4 65
.478 205 229
1378 18-9-2-4 11-23-1-0
7-2-1-0 0-1-0-0
Quad City
70 25 34
4 7 61
.436 185 247
1022 19-11-1-4 6-23-3-3
2-7-0-1 0-2-0-0
Dayton
71 25 42
3 1 54
.380 192 247
1020 15-18-1-1 10-24-2-0
3-7-0-0 0-1-0-0
TOTALS
488 244 200 16
28 532 .545 1541
1541 9329 -
- -
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FORT
WAYNE KOMETS TEAMSTATS thru games of 4/4/2010
#
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 64 23 54 77
+30 103 5 22
1 1 5 7
0 1 4 1
2 .500 154 .149
71 Drouin, P.C.
LW 69 23 49 72
+20 56 10 20
1 4 5 1
1 2 0 1
3 .333 197 .117
24 Shafranov, Konstan LW 54
19 34 53 +25
16 4 14 0
0 5 6 0
0 0 2
4 .500 87
.218
44 Thomas, Leo
C 65 29 22 51
+20 57 8 6
4 1 5 6
2 2 0 0
3 .000 157 .185
27 Syroczynski, Matt LW
41 25 21 46 +21
43 10 5 0
0 4 3 0
1 1 0
0 .000 204 .123
29 OConnor, Sean
RW 65 19 27 46
+12 53 6 6
3 1 4 0
0 3 0 0
2 .000 209 .091
2 Dupuis, Guy
D 69 12 26 38
+21 93 6 15
1 0 2 0
0 1 0 1
1 1.000 209 .057
14 DeAngelis, Frankie D
66 9 27 36 +26
14 2 9 2
0 3 1 0
0 0 0
0 .000 126 .071
79 Schrock, Kaleigh RW
69 19 11 30 +2
163 0 0 1
2 3 2 0
2 2 0
1 .000 201 .095
96 Chwedoruk, Justin F
59 14 15 29 -3
35 5 4 1
1 1 3 0
1 1 0
2 .000 159 .088
21 Hukalo, David
RW 35 10 14 24
+7 36 4 6
0 0 3 2
1 0 0 0
1 .000 93
.108
9 Warner, Brandon
D 56 3 16
19 +7 20 0
4 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
0 0 .000
82 .037
20 Phillips, Bobby D
60 2 12 14 +18
50 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 70
.029
22 Bertram, Kevin
D 60 2 12
14 +22 86 0
0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
0 0 .000
61 .033
19 Rodger, Keith
D 63 2 9
11 +6 108 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 .000
67 .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
3 Mironovic, Danko D
65 1 8 9
+13 84 0 1
1 1 0 0
0 1 0 0
0 .000 62
.016
X Woodard, Matt D
49 4 4 8
-5 33 2 2
0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0
0 .000 64
.063
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 33 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
69 233 377 610 +236 1445 64
120 15 12 44 38
7 18 9 5
19 .263 2437 .096
# 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
33 1863:40 19 10 1 1
2 78 2.51 0
1 1 3
903 .920
X Duffus, Parris 1
0:31 0 0 0
0 0 0 .00
0 0 0
0 0
.000
TOTALS
69
44 22 1 3 5
167 2.42 3 6
6 21 1879
.918
