Fort Wayne, IN
— This week the Komets will skate three games in three nights
before breaking for the Christmas holiday. The Komets
(12-8-0-1) host the Quad City Mallards (6-10-2-1) Friday at 8pm
and then travel to Moline, Illinois for a rematch Saturday at
the iwireless Center at 8:05pm (Fort Wayne time). The
Mallards finished last week with a 2-1 home win over the Flint
Generals Sunday to snap a three-game losing streak.
Friday's game will be the fifth of 15 meetings this season and
the third of eight in Fort Wayne for Quad City. The Komets
lead the series 3-0-0-1 after suffering a 3-2 shootout loss in
the last meeting Dec. 4 on Coliseum ice. The Mallards will
skate at Bloomington Wednesday before their Fort Wayne
appearance Friday. Saturday's rematch at Quad City will
be the Komets' third of seven games at the iwireless Center.
Sunday the Komets complete the three-game weekend at Bloomington
at 5:05pm (Fort Wayne time). The PrairieThunder (11-7-1-2)
are tied with Fort Wayne for third place in the IHL going into
this week's play after earning two straight wins Friday and
Sunday. This Sunday's match at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum in
Bloomington, Illinois, is the fourth of 12 meetings this year.
The Komets lead the series 2-1-0-0. The Thunder will host
Quad City Wednesday and the Muskegon Lumberjacks Saturday before
welcoming the Komets Sunday.
About last week
The Komets started the week with a 4-2 loss to the visiting Port
Huron Icehawks Wednesday and were turned back in Port Huron 2-0
Saturday. It's only the second time this season the Komets
lost two straight in regulation and have not lost more than two
in a row in 85 games dating back to Nov. 21, 2008.
Haun's streak.....goaltender Tim Haun has started 15
straight games since Nov. 6. Haun is one start shy of Keven Reiter's 16 straight games
in 2007-08.
Duffus to the rescue.....Parris Duffus, 39 and a Fort
Wayne career firefighter, was called on to finish the last 31
seconds of the Komet game at Port Huron Saturday marking his
first pro appearance since he completed his 11-year career while
a member of the 2002-03 Komets. Incidentally, his last pro
game was at Port Huron Jan. 18, 2003, a 5-1 loss.
900 games and counting.....defenseman Guy Dupuis
skated his 900th game (regular season and playoffs) as a Komet
Wednesday and sets a new record of Fort Wayne career games
played by a single player with each appearance.
Tyler Sims signs with Elmira.....goalie Tyler Sims,
who has been on emergency goaltender status with the Komets the
past 14 games since Nov. 13, signed with the Elmira Jackals of the ECHL Saturday and
appeared in his first game of the season Sunday night.
Sims suffered a 2-1 shootout loss stopping 36 of 37 shots before
allowing two goals on four Toledo attempts in the shootout.
Syroczynski re-called by Norfolk.....Matt
Syroczynski (LW) was re-called by the AHL's Norfolk Admirals
Thursday after scoring a goal and adding an assist in the Komets'
4-2 home loss to Port Huron Wednesday. Syroczynski
appeared in both Admirals games over the weekend scoring a goal
in Norfolk's 5-4 home win Saturday.
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 Quad City this Friday at
8pm. Fill Up Cards are available at participating Marathon stations.
Fa la la la la, la la la la.....special holiday caroling
will be featured by the Summit City Chorus at the Komet game
this Friday night against the Port Huron Icehawks at 8pm.
Get to the game early for the sounds of the season in the
Coliseum lobby.
Pitching pennies with WOWO.....WOWO's Penny Pitch
will be on hand Friday accepting it's annual donations.
Komet fan contributions are always appreciated during WOWO
Radio's traditional campaign for the less fortunate in the Fort
Wayne area.
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.
Komet Flex Tickets for Christmas.....Flex tickets
make great stocking stuffers for the Komet fans on your shopping
list. Call the Komet office at 260-483-0011 for pricing
and more information.
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. 18...............Quad City Mallards at Komets,
8pm, WOWO Radio AM
1190
Saturday, Dec. 19...........Komets at Quad City Mallards, 8:05pm
Fort Wayne time, WOWO Radio AM 1190
Sunday, Dec. 20.............Komets at Bloomington PrairieThunder,
5:05pm Fort Wayne time, WOWO Radio AM 1190
All games broadcast on radio are webcast free at
www.Komets.com Comcast
KometCast.
Komet practice schedule
Tuesday, Dec. 15...........10am-11:30am
at McMillen Ice Arena
Wednesday, Dec. 16......10am-noon at the Coliseum
Thursday, Dec. 17..........10am-noon
at the Coliseum
Friday, Dec. 18..............10am-11am
at the Coliseum
Tuesday, Dec. 22...........10am-noon
at McMillen Ice Arena
Dec. 23-27.....................no practice on ice scheduled
IHL
STANDINGS thru games of 12/12/2009
TEAM
GP W L OTL
SOL PTS WPCT GF
GA PIM HOME
ROAD L-TEN
STREAK
Port Huron
23 16 6
0 1 33
.717 70 57 513
9-2-0-0 7-4-0-1 7-2-0-1
5-0-0-0
Muskegon
23 15 5
0 3 33
.717 82 59 600
12-3-0-0 3-2-0-3 6-2-0-2
0-1-0-0
Fort Wayne
21 12 8
0 1 25
.595 55 53 484
7-2-0-1 5-6-0-0 5-4-0-1
0-2-0-0
Bloomington 21
11 7 1
2 25 .595 67
65 624 8-2-1-0
3-5-0-2 4-4-1-1 2-0-0-0
Dayton
24 11 10 3
0 25 .521 69
74 367 5-5-1-0
6-5-2-0 5-5-0-0 0-1-0-0
Flint
23 6 14
1 2 15
.326 54 71 467
4-4-0-2 2-10-1-0 3-6-1-0
0-2-1-0
Quad City
19 6 10
2 1 15
.395 47 65 330
4-3-1-1 2-7-1-0 4-4-1-1
1-0-0-0
TOTALS
154 77 60 7
10 171 .555 444
444 3385 -
- -
-
FORT
WAYNE KOMETS TEAMSTATS thru games of 12/12/2009
#
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 21 4 14 18 -3
18 2 7 0
0 2 0 1
0 0 1
3 .333 59
.068
91 Chaulk, Colin
C 20 2 15 17
+2 51 0 5
0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0
0 .000 48
.042
2 Dupuis, Guy
D 21 3 11 14
-1 39 2 4
0 0 1 0
0 1 0 0
0 .000 56
.054
44 Thomas, Leo
C 21 7 6 13
-2 20 4 4
0 0 3 1
2 0 0 0
2 .000 49
.143
29 OConnor, Sean
RW 17 5 6 11
0 14 1 1
2 0 2 0
0 1 0 0
1 .000 55
.091
96 Chwedoruk, Justin F
11 6 2 8 -2
6 3 0 0
0 0 1 0
0 1 0
2 .000 37
.162
27 Syroczynski, Matt LW
5 5 3 8 +6
0 1 1 0
0 1 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 25
.200
14 DeAngelis, Frankie D
18 2 4 6 -1
0 2 4 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 33
.061
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
8 Klempa, Tomas
RW 19 3 2 5
-3 2 0 2
0 0 0 2
0 0 0 0
0 .000 56
.054
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 21 3 1 4
-5 23 2 1
0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0
0 .000 35
.086
79 Schrock, Kaliegh RW
21 3 1 4 -3
49 0 0 0
1 1 1 0
1 0 0
0 .000 47
.064
19 Rodger, Keith
D 20 2 2 4
-1 30 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 22
.091
9 Warner, Brandon
D 14 1 2 3
0 4 0 0
0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0
0 .000 15
.067
21 Hukalo, David
RW 12 1 1 2
-5 28 1 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
1 .000 24
.042
20 Phillips, Bobby D
21 0 2 2 +8
13 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 22
.000
35 Haun, Tim
G 17 0 2 2
0 24 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 0
.000
22 Bertram, Kevin
D 12 0 2 2
+7 23 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 8
.000
51 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
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
17 0 1 1 -2
25 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 11
.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
1 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
21 55 86 141 -5 484 20
34 2 1 12
10 5 6 1
2 10 .200
685 .080
# GOALIE
GP MIN W L
OTL SOL SO GA GAA SHOW
SHO SHOGA SHOAA SAVES SPCT
35 Haun, Tim
17 1033:10 9 7 0
1 0 42 2.44 2
3 1 11
412 .907
33 Boucher, Nick
4 240:39 3 1 0
0 0 10 2.49 0
0 0 0
127 .927
1 Duffus, Parris
1 0:31 0 0
0 0 0 0
.00 0 0 0
0 0
.000
TOTALS
21
12 8 0 1 0
53 2.52 2 3
1 11 539
.910
