Fort Wayne, IN
— The Komets will be home for Thanksgiving for the 48th
consecutive year this Thursday when the Flint Generals visit for
the traditional holiday game at 7:30pm. The tradition
started in 1962 and in 47 games the Komets are 29-14-2-2
all-time and 8-3-0-0 in the last 11 turkey night games on
Coliseum ice.
It's the second straight year for the Generals to visit on
Thanksgiving. Last season the Komets clipped their guests
5-4 in front of a holiday crowd of 7,704. The Gens
(3-11-0-2) are winless in six games (0-5-0-1) and will host
Muskegon Wednesday before busing to Fort Wayne for Thanksgiving.
Friday the Komets skate at Muskegon at 7:00. The
Lumberjacks (11-3-0-1) lead the IHL with 23 points and are
riding an eight-game winning streak. Muskegon has not lost
a game in regulation since suffering a 3-1 Halloween loss in
Fort Wayne. Muskegon travels to Flint Wednesday before
welcoming the Komets Friday at Walker Arena.
The Komets return home Saturday to host the Port Huron Icehawks
for the first time this season at 7:30pm and complete another
set of three games in three nights. It's the first of six
visits by Port Huron. The Hawks (10-4-0-0) are coming off
two straight wins and are 4-1-0-0 in their last five games.
Port Huron plays at Quad City Wednesday and Bloomington Friday
before arriving in Fort Wayne Saturday to finish their
three-game holiday road trip.
About last week
The Komets won two out of three for the week starting with a 3-2
home setback Friday to Muskegon. Saturday the Komets
scored a 3-1 victory at Bloomington and Sunday the Komets
clipped the Mallards in Quad City 4-2 in a shootout to take four
points in the three games played. The Komets remain
undefeated this year in games that have needed extra time to
decide (4-0).
Milestones: P.C. Drouin (LW) skated his
300th Fort Wayne career game Saturday at Bloomington.
Special K's: The Komets scored five power
play goals in 16 chances for a 31.1% efficiency with the man
advantage and rank second in the IHL on the power play.
The Komets also were successful on 17 of 18 penalty kills for
94.4% and have the league's second-best penalty kill after six
weeks of play.
Boucher on IR: The Komets announced Friday
that goaltender Nick Boucher was placed on 3-day injured reserve
and will be eligible to return in time for the Komets' home game
Dec. 18 against Quad City. Tyler Sims will be serve as
emegency backup goaltender.
Chwedoruk added to roster: Winger
Justin Chwedoruk was added to the Komet roster Friday in time
for last weekend's games. Chwedoruk, 25 has started his
fifth season as a pro. The St. Albert, Alberta native
skated stints with Stockton and Dyaton in the ECHL last season.
Whitehead released: The Komets also
announced last Friday that rookie center Travis Whitehead was
placed on waivers.
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
Thursday, Nov. 26............Flint Generals at Komets, 7:30pm, WOWO
Radio AM 1190
Friday, Nov. 27................Komets at Muskegon Lumberjacks,
7pm, WOWO Radio AM 1190
Saturday, Nov. 28............Port Huron Icehawks 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
Tuesday, Nov. 24.........10am-noon at McMillen Ice Arena
Wednesday, Nov. 25....10am-noon at
the Coliseum
Thursday, Nov. 26........10am-11am at the Coliseum
Friday, Nov. 27............10am-11am at McMillen Ice Arena
Saturday, Nov. 28........10am-11am at the Coliseum
Monday, Nov. 30..........10am-noon at the Coliseum
Tuesday, Dec. 1..........10am-noon at the Coliseum
Wednesday, Dec. 2.....10am-noon
at the Coliseum
IHL
STANDINGS thru games of 11/22/2009
TEAM
GP W L OTL
SOL PTS WPCT GF
GA PIM HOME
ROAD L-TEN
STREAK
Muskegon
15 11 3
0 1 23
.767 57 40 377
8-1-0-0 3-2-0-1 8-1-0-1
8-0-0-0
Port Huron
14 10 4
0 0 20
.714 45 36 342
7-2-0-0 3-2-0-0 7-3-0-0
2-0-0-0
Fort Wayne
13 9 4
0 0 18
.692 38 30 330
4-1-0-0 5-3-0-0 7-3-0-0
2-0-0-0
Bloomington 14
8 4 0
2 18 .643 50
44 401 6-1-0-0
2-3-0-2 6-2-0-2 0-1-0-1
Dayton
16 7 6
3 0 17
.531 41 47 236
4-2-1-0 3-4-2-0 5-4-1-0
1-0-0-0
Flint
16 3 11
0 2 8
.250 34 52 356
2-4-0-2 1-7-0-0 1-7-0-2
0-5-0-1
Quad City
12 2 7
2 1 7
.292 26 42 207
1-2-1-1 1-5-1-0 1-6-2-1
0-1-1-1
TOTALS
100 50 39 5
6 111 .555 291
291 2249 -
- -
-
FORT
WAYNE KOMETS TEAMSTATS thru games of 11/22/2009
#
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 12 1 12 13
+1 33 0 5
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 31
.032
71 Drouin, P.C.
LW 13 3 9 12
-1 16 2 4
0 0 2 0
1 0 0 1
2 .500 44
.068
44 Thomas, Leo
C 13 5 4 9
-2 16 4 3
0 0 2 1
1 0 0 0
1 .000 30
.167
2 Dupuis, Guy
D 13 3 5 8
+3 33 2 1
0 0 1 0
0 1 0 0
0 .000 36
.083
27 Syroczynski, Matt LW
4 4 2 6 +4
0 1 1 0
0 1 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 17
.235
14 DeAngelis, Frankie D
10 2 4 6 0
0 2 4 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 21
.095
24 Shafranov, Konstan LW 9
2 4 6 +2
4 0 2 0
0 0 1 0
0 0 1
1 1.000 15 .133
29 OConnor, Sean
RW 9 2 4 6
-2 12 1 1
1 0 0 0
0 1 0 0
0 .000 30
.067
72 Woodard, Matt
D 13 3 1 4
0 13 2 1
0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0
0 .000 18
.167
8 Klempa, Tomas
RW 11 2 2 4
+1 2 0 2
0 0 0 2
0 0 0 0
0 .000 38
.053
7 Varone, Rick
C 13 0 4 4
-1 12 0 3
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 30
.000
19 Rodger, Keith
D 12 2 1 3
+1 30 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 10
.200
96 Chwedoruk, Justin F
3 2 1 3
0 2 1 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0
1 .000 6
.333
79 Schrock, Kaliegh RW
13 2 0 2 +1
32 0 0 0
0 1 0 0
1 0 0
0 .000 24
.083
51 Stayzer, Blair
D 10 1 0 1
0 29 1 0
0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0
0 .000 11
.091
X Whitehead, Travis C 7
1 0 1 0
4 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 6
.167
15 MacMillan, Brad RW
6 1 0 1 +2
57 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
1 0 0
0 .000 6
.167
20 Phillips, Bobby D
13 0 1 1 +5
4 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 13
.000
3 Mironovic, Danko D
11 0 1 1 0
19 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 5
.000
X Saidachev, Evgeny RW 7
0 1 1 -2
2 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 6
.000
9 Warner, Brandon
D 6 0 1 1
-1 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 7
.000
21 Hukalo, David
RW 4 0 1 1
-2 6 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 7
.000
35 Haun, Tim
G 9 0 0 0
0 2 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 0
.000
22 Bertram, Kevin
D 4 0 0 0
-2 2 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 0
.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
X Laise, Vince F
2 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
13 38 58 96 +7 330
16 27 1 0
9 6 4 6
1 2 5
.400 413 .092
# GOALIE
GP MIN W L OTL
SOL SO GA GAA SHOW SHO
SHOGA SHOAA SAVES SPCT
35 Haun, Tim
9 547:38 6 3 0 0
0 20 2.19 2 2
0 6
220 .917
33 Boucher, Nick
4 240:39 3 1 0 0
0 10 2.49 0 0
0 0
127 .927
TOTALS
13 9
4 0 0 0 30
2.31 2 2 0
6 347 .920
