Fort Wayne, IN
— The defending back-to-back Turner Cup Champion Fort Wayne Komets
will host their 58th consecutive home opener Friday night at
8:00 when the Bloomington PrairieThunder visit. The Komets
hope to continue their success with home openers after extending
their win streak to five straight home openers last year with an
11-3 ambushing of the Flint Generals. Also, the Komets
have not been beaten in regulation 14 straight home openers
(12-0-2).
Friday's home tilt will be the first of 38 games on Coliseum ice
during the regular season and the first of 13 on Friday.
The Komets also have nine Saturday home games and five Sunday
games for a total of 27 weekend games at home. During the
week the Komets play at home on one Tuesday, seven Wednesdays
and three Thursdays.
This Friday's match with Bloomington will be the first of six
visits by the Thunder. Dayton, Flint, Muskegon and Port
Huron each also visit six times while Quad City is schedule for
eight trips to Fort Wayne.
Fans are encouraged to arrive early for Friday night's
festivities which are slated to get underway at 8pm sharp.
Ceremonies include the annual introduction of Komet legends and
a very special presentation celebrating the back-to-back Turner
Cup Championships.
Komets take split of season opening weekend.....the
Komets successfully began their defense of the Turner Cup with a
4-3 overtime win at Dayton Friday night. It marked the
first time a Fort Wayne team traveled to Dayton, Ohio and Hara
Arena since March 15, 1980, when the Komets and Gems skated to a
4-4 tie. Komet winger Leo Thomas spoiled the Gems' home
opener with an overtime tally at 1:41 to give the Komets the
victory. Saturday the Komets dropped a 5-4 decision at
McMorran Arena in Port Huron for a split of their season opening
games over the weekend.
Matt Syroczynski was the only player in the IHL to score goals
in both games played over the weekend. Syroczynski added
an assist in each game to start the campaign with two goals and
four points. Also registering points in each game were
wingers P.C. Drouin (four assists) and Konstantin Shafranov (one
goal, two assists) and defenseman Keith Rodger (one goal, one
assist). The Komets were short-handed a league-high 16
times, surrendering an IHL-high five power play goals.
Defenseman Guy Dupuis led the IHL with 10 shots in the two games
played while goaltender Nick Boucher faced the most shots of IHL
goalies over the weekend with 74.
A roster of 23......the Komets launched the season with a
roster of 23 players including 13 forwards, eight defensemen
and two goaltenders. David Hukalo (RW) and Brandon Warner
(D) are on 30-day I.R. Jimmy Bonneau (LW) is on call-up to
the AHL's Rochester Americans and appeared in one game during the
week.
Chasing 57......Bob Chase has started his 57th
consecutive season calling Komet action radio-rinkside on WOWO
Radio AM 1190. Chase began at the Komet microphone in 1953
and has never looked back. Bob Chase and the Komet game
broadcast can also be
heard worldwide on the Komets' website at
www.komets.com at
Comcast KometCast.
Get your tickets early......tickets for Komet home games 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.
Season tickets
also continue to be on sale. For more information visit
the Komet office, call 260-483-0011 or visit the Komets' website
at
www.komets.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.
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
Friday, Oct. 23............Bloomington PrairieThunder at Komets,
8pm, WOWO AM 1190
Saturday, Oct. 24........Komets at Quad City Mallards, 8:05pm
(FW time), WOWO AM 1190
All games broadcast on radio are webcast free at
www.Komets.com Comcast
KometCast.
Komet practice schedule
Tuesday, Oct. 20........10am-noon at the Coliseum
Wednesday, Oct. 21...10am-noon at the Coliseum
Thursday, Oct. 22.......10am-noon at the Coliseum
Friday, Oct. 23...........10am-11am at the Coliseum
Monday, Oct. 26.........10am-noon at McMillen Ice Arena
IHL 2009-10
STANDINGS thru games of 10/18/09
TEAM
GP W L OTL SOL
PTS WPCT GF GA
PIM HOME ROAD
L-TEN STREAK
Muskegon
2 1 1 0
0 2 .500
10 6 76 1-0-0-0
0-1-0-0 1-1-0-0 1-0-0-0
Quad City
1 1 0 0
0 2 1.000 3
1 11 0-0-0-0
1-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 1-0-0-0
Port Huron
1 1 0 0
0 2 1.000 5
4 35 1-0-0-0
0-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 1-0-0-0
Flint
2 1 1 0
0 2 .500 4
4 52 1-1-0-0
0-0-0-0 1-1-0-0 0-1-0-0
Fort Wayne
2 1 1 0
0 2 .500 8
8 69 0-0-0-0
1-1-0-0 1-1-0-0 0-1-0-0
Bloomington 2
1 1 0
0 2 .500 7
11 68 0-0-0-0 1-1-0-0
1-1-0-0 1-0-0-0
Dayton
2 0 1 1
0 1 .250 5
8 33 0-1-1-0
0-0-0-0 0-1-1-0 0-1-1-0
TOTALS
12 6 5 1
0 13 .542 42
42 344 -
- -
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FORT
WAYNE KOMETS TEAMSTATS thru games of 10/18/09
# PLAYER
POS GP G A PTS +/- PIM
PPG PPA SHG SHA GWG FG OTG
UAG ENG SHOG SHOA SHO% SHOTS
SPCT
27 Syroczynski, Matt LW
2 2 2 4 +2
0 1 1 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 5
.400
71 Drouin, P.C.
LW 2 0 4 4
+1 6 0 2
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 7
.000
24 Shafranov, Konstan LW 2
1 2 3 +2 0
0 1 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
.000 3 .333
19 Rodger, Keith
D 2 1 1 2
+2 19 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 3
.333
91 Chaulk, Colin
C 2 1 1 2
+1 2 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 6
.167
15 MacMillan, Brad RW
2 1 0 1 +1
11 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
1 0 0
0 .000 3
.333
44 Thomas, Leo
C 2 1 0 1
0 4 0 0
0 0 1 0
1 0 0 0
0 .000 5
.200
72 Woodard, Matt
D 2 1 0 1
+1 0 1 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 3
.333
2 Dupuis, Guy
D 2 0 1 1
+1 2 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 10 .000
3 Mironovic, Danko D
2 0 1 1 +1
9 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 1
.000
10 Saidachev, Evgeny RW
2 0 1 1 -1
2 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 2
.000
7 Varone, Rick
C 2 0 0 0
0 2 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 5
.000
20 Phillips, Bobby D
2 0 0 0 +1
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 1
.000
33 Boucher, Nick
G 2 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 0
.000
51 Stayzer, Blair
D 2 0 0 0
0 7 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 1
.000
55 Laise, Vince
F 2 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 0
.000
79 Schrock, Kaliegh RW
2 0 0 0 +1
5 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 2
.000
13 Whitehead, Travis F
1 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 0
.000
22 Bertram, Kevin
D 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
2 8 13 21 +13 69
2 4 0 0
1 0 1 1
0 0 0
.000 57 .140
# GOALIE
GP MIN W L OTL
SOL SO GA GAA SHOW SHO
SHOGA SHOAA SAVES SPCT
33 Boucher, Nick
2 120:39 1 1 0 0
0 8 3.98 0
0 0 0
66 .892
TOTALS
2 1
1 0 0 0 8
4.00 0 0 0
0 66 .892
