Fort Wayne, IN
— The Komets will host a home double-header weekend this weekend
when the Quad City Mallards visit Friday night at 8:00 and the
Flint Generals return for Fort Wayne's first of five Sunday
matinees this year.
Friday night the Mallards make their second of eight visits to
Memorial Coliseum. The Komets clipped the Mallards 2-1 in
their first visit of the season Nov. 13. The Komets defeated the Mallards
in a 4-3 shootout at Quad City in the last meeting Nov. 22 to
take a 3-0-0-0 series lead on the season. The Mallards
(4-7-2-1, 11 points) are battling to get out of the IHL cellar
trailing the sixth-place Flint Generals by a point entering week
eight of 2009-10. Quad City completed last week with a
pair of wins and are 3-1-1-1 in their last six games. The
Mallards are idle this week until they visit Fort Wayne
Friday.
Saturday the Komets skate at Hara Arena in Dayton for the second
of nine times this season. The Komets are unbeaten by
Dayton (2-0-0-0) in two meetings this season after posting a 2-1
overtime win in Fort Wayne Nov. 14 in the last meeting.
The Gems (9-8-3-0, 21 points), trailing the Komets by a point,
also are starting the week after winning their last two games
and are 7-5-1-0 in their last 13 and 3-2-0-0 in their last five.
The Gems are idle until they welcome the Komets Saturday.
Sunday the Komets host the Generals at 5pm. The Generals also are
entering the week's play after finishing last weekend with two
straight wins. It's the third meeting of the campaign with
the Komets leading the series 2-0-0-0 after a 5-4 Thanksgiving
win last week against Flint. The Generals host Bloomington
Friday before traveling to Fort Wayne Sunday.
About last week
The Komets won two out of three for the week gaining four points
and moving up to an IHL second-best .688 winning percentage
(11-5-0-0, 22 points). The Komets started the week with a
5-4 home win in front of a record Fort Wayne Thanksgiving night
crowd of 8,243, the largest in the 48-year history of Fort
Wayne's traditional Thanksgiving night game.
Friday the Komets dropped a 3-1 decision at Muskegon.
Saturday the Komets recovered with a 4-2 home win against the
Port Huron Icehawks to improve to 6-1-0-0 in seven home games
this season.
Komet goalie gets two assists in one game:
Tim Haun passed two assists in the Komets' 5-4 Thanksgiving home
win over Flint becoming the first Komet goalie to register two
assists in a single game since Aaron MacDonald did it on Nov. 6,
1999 against the visiting Ohio Gears.
Komet streaks: Justin Chwedoruk (RW) is
riding an IHL-high five-game goal scoring streak after scoring
in each of the three Komet games last week. Goaltender Tim
Haun has started the last 10 straight games, the most since
Kevin Reiter started a string of 16 consecutive games during
2007-08.
Milestones: David Hukalo appeared in his
300th Fort Wayne career game Saturday.
About November.....The Komets were 7-3-0-0 for the
month, bettering last year's November record of 4-6-1-0.
P.C. Drouin led the Komets appearing in all 10 games of the
month with 10 points (3 goals, 7 assists). Justin
Chwedoruk led with five goals and Colin Chaulk dished the most
assists with nine. Defenseman Kevin Bertram returned to
action from the I.R. list and posted a team best +4 in six
games. Netminder Tim Haun started all 10 games as Komet
goalie Nick Boucher continues on injured reserve.
About December.....The Komets will skate six games
at home and seven on the road. The Komets will be idle
Christmas week until the day after Christmas when they visit
Muskegon Saturday, Dec. 26, starting a string of six games in
eight nights, including home holiday games on Tuesday, Dec. 29
against Dayton and the traditional New Year's Eve game against
Bloomington Thursday, Dec. 31.
Friday night Marathon Nights.....Friday
nights are Marathon Nights at Komet home games. Fans can
take advantage of getting a buy-one-get-one-free ticket offer
with two fill-ups when the Komets host Quad City this Friday at
8pm. Fill Up Cards are available at participating Marathon stations.
Project Komet Kare Package 4 continues this Friday and
Sunday
The Komets and FortWayne.com would like to
ask for help again this holiday season.
Fans can support
our troops by donating various items before each home game this
weekend. Collections will be taken for such items as white
socks, soap, deodorant, body lotion and wash, snacks, plastic
utensils, phone cards and
more.
More information can also be found at
www.anysoldier.com/whattosend.cfm
Wendy's Family Night Sunday.....Free family skates
are featured after each Sunday Komet home game this season
courtesy of Wendy's. Fans can skate with the Komets after
this Sunday's home game against the Flint Generals. Don't
forget your skates!
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, Dec. 4................Quad City Mallards at Komets,
8pm, WOWO Radio AM 1190
Saturday, Dec. 5............Komets at Dayton Gems,
7:30pm, WOWO Radio AM
1190
Sunday, Dec. 6..............Flint Generals at Komets, 5pm, ESPN
Radio AM 1380
All games broadcast on radio are webcast free at
www.Komets.com Comcast
KometCast.
Komet practice schedule
Tuesday, Dec. 1.........10am-noon at the Coliseum
Wednesday, Dec. 2....10am-noon at
the Coliseum
Thursday, Dec. 3........10am-noon at the Coliseum
Friday, Dec. 4............10am-11am at the Coliseum
Sunday, Dec. 6..........10:30am-11:30am at the Coliseum
Tuesday, Dec. 8.........10am-noon at the Coliseum
Wednesday, Dec. 9....10am-11am
at the Coliseum
IHL
STANDINGS thru games of 11/29/2009
TEAM
GP W L OTL
SOL PTS WPCT GF
GA PIM HOME
ROAD L-TEN
STREAK
Muskegon
18 12 4
0 2 26
.722 65 49 451
9-2-0-0 3-2-0-2 8-1-0-1
0-1-0-1
Port Huron
17 11 5
0 1 23
.676 52 45 379
7-2-0-0 4-3-0-1 6-3-0-1
0-1-0-0
Fort Wayne
16 11 5
0 0 22
.688 48 39 392
6-1-0-0 5-4-0-0 7-3-0-0
1-0-0-0
Bloomington 18
9 6 1
2 21 .583 60
58 556 6-2-1-0
3-4-0-2 4-4-1-1 0-2-1-0
Dayton
20 9 8
3 0 21
.525 52 57 327
4-4-1-0 5-4-2-0 5-4-1-0
2-0-0-0
Flint
19 5 12
0 2 12
.316 45 61 404
3-4-0-2 2-8-0-0 3-6-0-1
2-0-0-0
Quad City
14 4 7
2 1 11
.393 34 47 252
3-2-1-1 1-5-1-0 3-4-2-1
2-0-0-0
TOTALS
122 61 47 6
8 136 .557 356
356 2761 -
- -
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FORT
WAYNE KOMETS TEAMSTATS thru games of 11/28/2009
#
PLAYER
POS GP G A PTS +/-
PIM PPG PPA SHG SHA GWG FG
OTG UAG ENG SHOG SHOA SHO%
SHOTS SPCT
71 Drouin, P.C.
LW 16 4 12 16 +1
18 2 5 0
0 2 0 1
0 0 1
2 .500 50
.080
91 Chaulk, Colin
C 15 1 14 15
+1 47 0 5
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 36
.028
2 Dupuis, Guy
D 16 3 9 12
+3 35 2 2
0 0 1 0
0 1 0 0
0 .000 45
.067
44 Thomas, Leo
C 16 5 6 11
-2 16 4 4
0 0 2 1
1 0 0 0
1 .000 39
.128
29 OConnor, Sean
RW 12 5 4 9
0 12 1 1
2 0 2 0
0 1 0 0
0 .000 40
.125
96 Chwedoruk, Justin F
6 5 1 6
0 4 2 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0
1 .000 19
.263
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
13 2 4 6 +1
0 2 4 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 27
.074
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
7 Varone, Rick
C 14 1 4 5
-2 12 1 3
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 32
.031
72 Woodard, Matt
D 16 3 1 4
-3 19 2 1
0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0
0 .000 24
.125
79 Schrock, Kaliegh RW
16 3 1 4 +2
44 0 0 0
1 1 1 0
1 0 0
0 .000 32
.094
19 Rodger, Keith
D 15 2 2 4
+2 30 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 14
.143
8 Klempa, Tomas
RW 14 2 2 4
+1 2 0 2
0 0 0 2
0 0 0 0
0 .000 45
.044
9 Warner, Brandon
D 9 1 1 2
0 2 0 0
0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0
0 .000 12
.083
20 Phillips, Bobby D
16 0 2 2 +6
11 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 15
.000
35 Haun, Tim
G 12 0 2 2
0 2 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 0
.000
51 Stayzer, Blair
D 12 1 0 1
0 29 1 0
0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0
0 .000 14
.071
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
3 Mironovic, Danko D
14 0 1 1 -1
21 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 5
.000
21 Hukalo, David
RW 7 0 1 1
-3 10 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 13
.000
22 Bertram, Kevin
D 7 0 1 1
+4 9 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 2
.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
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
16 48 75 123 +16 392 18
30 2 1 11
8 4 6 1
2 5 .400
516 .093
# GOALIE
GP MIN W L OTL
SOL SO GA GAA SHOW SHO
SHOGA SHOAA SAVES SPCT
35 Haun, Tim
12 727:38 8 4 0
0 0 29 2.39 2
2 0 6
283 .907
33 Boucher, Nick
4 240:39 3 1 0
0 0 10 2.49 0
0 0 0
127 .927
TOTALS
16 11
5 0 0 0 39
2.44 2 2 0
6 410 .913
