Fort Wayne, IN
— The Komets split the two games played for the week to remain
in a first place tie in the IHL. The Komets improved to
4-2-0-0 for eight points and share the top spot with Port Huron
and Bloomington after three weeks of 2009-10.
Friday night the Komets suffered their second loss of the season
5-4 at Bloomington. The Komets all-time record against
Bloomington fell to 28-11-3 after 42 meetings since the
Thunder's first season in 2006-07. None of the goals were
scored at even strength. The Komets scored three goals
with the man advantage while Bloomington netted four power play
tallies. Each team also notched a short-handed goal.
Saturday the Komets returned home for a Halloween affair against
Muskegon. The Komets treated 6,892 Fort Wayne souls to a
3-1 win over the Lumberjacks and took a split of weekend games
played. It was the second straight All Hallow's Eve Komet
home win after last year's 5-1 victory over Kalamazoo.
Last season's trick-or-treater was the first Fort Wayne home
Halloween game in 10 years since 1998 when the Komets nipped the
visiting Orlando Solar Bears 1-0 with Guy Dupuis drawing the
only blood of the night.
This week the Komets head to Flint for the only game scheduled.
It will be the first of six trips to Perani Arena this season
and the first of 12 meetings overall. The Generals also
took a split of two games played last week and are coming off a
3-2 loss at Bloomington Halloween night.
Komet Fan's Bus Trip to Flint.....Hey Komet fans!
A Komet hockey bus trip to Flint for Komet fans is being planned
for this Friday's game at Perani Arena. Transportation and
ticket to the game is $30.00. The bus departs from Komet
Kuarters at 3:30pm Friday. The game starts at 7:30pm and
the bus will return to Fort Wayne immediately after the game.
Tickets are available at Komet Kuarters on Coliseum Blvd. across
from the new ABC Warehouse. For more information call
Komet Kuarters at (260) 484-4411.
Boucher, DeAngelis honored by IHL.....Nick Boucher
and Frankie DeAngelis were awarded IHL honors for week three of
2009-10. Boucher was named IHL Goaltender of the
Week after stopping the Muskegon Lumberjacks Halloween night
3-1. Boucher earned his third win of the season allowing
only one goal on 27 Lumberjack shots for a 1.00 goals-against
average and .963 save percentage. Boucher improved from a
2.99 goals-against average to a 2.49 goals-against average in
four appearances and from a .918 save percentage to .927.
Last year's IHL Goaltender of the Year is in his third season
with the Komets after backstopping Fort Wayne to two consecutive
Turner Cup titles.
DeAngelis was named IHL Rookie of the Week after scoring
a goal and adding three assists for four points in two games.
The defenseman netted his first pro goal, a power play tally,
and dished two helpers for a three-point night at Bloomington
Friday in his second pro game. Saturday DeAngelis assisted
on the Komets' third goal of a 3-1 Halloween home win against
Muskegon.
MacMillan to sit out 15 games.....right winger
Brad MacMillan has been handed a 15-game suspension for his
altercation in Saturday night's home game against the Muskegon
Lumberjacks, the IHL announced today. MacMillan will be
available to return to the Komet lineup Friday, Dec. 18 when the
Komets host Quad City.
Shooting Komets.....the Komets have out-shot their
opponents for four straight games since being out-shot in the
first two games of the season at Dayton and Port Huron.
Picking up where he left off last year, Guy Dupuis leads IHL
defensemen with 20 shots.
Special K's.....the Komets scored three power play
goals in each of the two games last week and improved to a 21.6%
power play rating (from 10.5% last week).
Komet firsts
At Bloomington Friday: Defesneman Frankie DeAngelis
scored his first pro points with a goal and two assists...Sean O'Connor (RW) notched his first goal of the season in his
first game since re-joining Fort Wayne...Rick Varone (C)
scored his first points (2 assists) of the season...Tomas Klempa (RW) dished his first pro helper.
Saturday at home vs Muskegon: Defenseman Blair Stayzer
scored is firt goal of the season...P.C. Drouin (LW) netted
his first goal of the season.
Next up at home: Mallards Friday Nov. 13 and Gems
Saturday Nov. 14.....the next Komet home game is Friday,
Nov. 13 vs the Quad City Mallards at 8pm. It will be the
first return of the Mallards since March 23, 2007 when the
Komets suffered a 7-6 UHL shootout loss. The Mallards have
been away in the AHL the last two seasons and are back with Fort
Wayne in the IHL this year. The Komets are 35-26-7
all-time against Quad City and are looking forward to rekindling
the rivalry. Again this year Friday nights are Marathon
Old-Time Hockey nights as fans can stop by any participating
Marathon and pick up a Fill-Up Card for special savings on Komet
tickets. The upcoming double-header home weekend will
conclude with a 7:30pm visit by the Dayton Gems Saturday, Nov.
14. Sprint Komet schedule pens will be given away to the
first 5,000 fans entering the building.
Syroczynski gets call from Norfolk.....Matt
Syroczynski (LW), who continues to lead the Komets with four
goals after four games, was called up to the AHL's Norfolk
Admirals last week and was not with the Komets for the two Fort
Wayne games played. Syrocynski appeared in Norfolk's 2-0
home loss Friday, Oct. 30 to Syracuse and is traveling with the
Admirals for games at Manitoba Monday and Tuesday this week.
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.
Radio rink-side......follow the Komets radio-rinkside
with Bob Chase, in his 57th
consecutive season calling Komet action on WOWO Radio AM 1190.
The Komet
broadcast can also be
heard worldwide at
www.komets.com at
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
Friday, Nov. 6............Komets at Flint Generals, 7:30pm, WOWO AM 1190
All games broadcast on radio are webcast free at
www.Komets.com Comcast
KometCast.
Komet practice schedule
Tuesday, Nov. 3.........10am-noon at the Coliseum
Wednesday, Nov. 4....10am-noon at McMillen Ice Arena
Thursday, Nov. 5........10am-noon at the Coliseum
Friday, Nov. 6............10am-11am at the Coliseum
Saturday, Nov. 7........10am-noon at the Coliseum
Monday, Nov. 9..........10am-noon at the Coliseum
IHL
STANDINGS thru games of 11/1/2009
TEAM
GP W L OTL
SOL PTS WPCT GF
GA PIM HOME
ROAD L-TEN
STREAK
Fort Wayne
6 4 2
0 0 8
.667 20 16 211
2-0-0-0 2-2-0-0 4-2-0-0
1-0-0-0
Port Huron
5 4 1
0 0 8
.800 17 12 139
3-0-0-0 1-1-0-0 4-1-0-0
1-0-0-0
Bloomington 6
4 2 0
0 8 .667 20
19 171 3-0-0-0
1-2-0-0 4-2-0-0 3-0-0-0
Muskegon
6 3 3
0 0 6
.500 23 19 218
3-1-0-0 0-2-0-0 3-3-0-0
0-1-0-0
Dayton
7 2 3
2 0 6
.429 20 27 104
1-1-1-0 1-2-1-0 2-3-2-0
0-1-1-0
Flint
7 2 5
0 0 4
.286 16 22 212
1-2-0-0 1-3-0-0 2-5-0-0
0-1-0-0
Quad City
3 1 2
0 0 2
.333 6 7
46 0-2-0-0 1-0-0-0
1-2-0-0 0-2-0-0
TOTALS
40 20 18 2
0 42 .525 122
122 1101 -
- -
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FORT
WAYNE KOMETS TEAMSTATS thru games of 10/31/2009
#
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
4 4 2 6 +4
0 1 1 0
0 1 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 17 .235
44 Thomas, Leo
C 6 3 3 6
0 14 2 2
0 0 1 0
1 0 0 0
0 .000 17 .176
71 Drouin, P.C.
LW 6 1 5 6
+1 8 1 2
0 0 1 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 25 .040
91 Chaulk, Colin
C 6 1 5 6
+1 10 0 2
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 17 .059
24 Shafranov, Konstan LW 6
1 4 5 +2
0 0 2 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 10 .100
14 DeAngelis, Frankie D
3 1 3 4 +1
0 1 3 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 6
.167
2 Dupuis, Guy
D 6 0 3 3
+3 21 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 20 .000
72 Woodard, Matt
D 6 2 0 2
+1 7 2 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 8
.250
19 Rodger, Keith
D 5 1 1 2
+3 24 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 3
.333
8 Klempa, Tomas
RW 4 1 1 2
+1 2 0 1
0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0
0 .000 11 .091
29 OConnor, Sean
RW 2 1 1 2
0 4 0 1
1 0 0 0
0 1 0 0
0 .000 8
.125
7 Varone, Rick
C 6 0 2 2
+1 8 0 2
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 15 .000
15 MacMillan, Brad RW
6 1 0 1 +2
57 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
1 0 0
0 .000 6
.167
51 Stayzer, Blair
D 6 1 0 1
0 14 1 0
0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0
0 .000 8
.125
79 Schrock, Kaliegh RW
6 1 0 1 +2
17 0 0 0
0 1 0 0
1 0 0
0 .000 10 .100
13 Whitehead, Travis C
3 1 0 1 +1
4 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 1
1.000
3 Mironovic, Danko D
6 0 1 1 +1
15 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 2
.000
10 Saidachev, Evgeny RW
6 0 1 1 -1
2 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 6
.000
20 Phillips, Bobby D
6 0 1 1 +4
2 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 6
.000
33 Boucher, Nick
G 4 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 0
.000
35 Haun, Tim
G 2 0 0 0
0 2 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
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
6 20 33 53 +27 211
8 16 1 0
4 2 1 3
0 0 0
.000 196 .102
# GOALIE
GP MIN W L OTL
SOL SO GA GAA SHOW SHO
SHOGA SHOAA SAVES SPCT
33 Boucher, Nick
4 240:39 3 1 0 0
0 10 2.49 0 0
0 0
127 .927
35 Haun, Tim
2 118:46 1 1 0 0
0 6 3.03 0
0 0 0
51 .895
TOTALS
6 4
2 0 0 0 16
2.67 0 0 0
0 178 .918
