Fort Wayne, IN
— The Komets will be busy ringing out the old and bringing in
the new this week with four games slated in five nights.
The busy week starts at home against the Dayton Gems Tuesday
night at 7:30pm. It will be the fourth of 15 meetings this
season and the second of six in Fort Wayne. The Komets
(15-10-0-1, 31 points) dulled the Gem's debut in Fort Wayne Nov.
14 in overtime 2-1 and blanked the Gems at Dayton Dec. 5 in the
last meeting 3-0. Dayton (12-14-3-1, 28 points) is
struggling to hold on to fifth place in the IHL after losing
their last three games played and are 1-5-0-1 in their last
seven games. Tuesday night's game will be the first of a
home-and-home midweek series with a rematch Wednesday night at
Hara Arena at 7pm.
Thursday the Komets will host Bloomington (14-9-1-2, 31 points)
at 7:30pm for the 53rd Fort Wayne New Year's Eve home game.
The Komets have won the last seven straight New Year's Eve games
and are 35-13-3-1 in 52 Fort Wayne New Year's Eve games since
the tradition started in 1955. It will be the second time
the PrairieThunder spent New Year's Eve in Fort Wayne.
Bloomington rang in 2008 with a 4-1 loss to the Komets in their
first New Year's Eve appearance. The Komets and Thunder
are tied for third place in the IHL for the third straight week
as week 12 begins. Bloomington hosts Muskegon Tuesday
before making the trip to Fort Wayne Thursday.
Saturday the Komets begin the New Year with a 7:30pm faceoff at
Perani Arena in Flint. The Komets will have a chance to
avenge their 4-1 loss at Flint Sunday. It will be the
fourth of 12 meetings this season with the Komets holding a
3-1-0-0 series edge. The Generals will host Quad City
Wednesday before facing the Komets Saturday.
About last week
The Komets split two games played for week 11. Saturday the
Komets started the post-Christmas weekend road tour with their
first win of the season in three meetings at Walker Arena in
Muskegon 7-2. Sunday the Komets ended the weekend with a
4-1 setback at Flint for their first loss of the season to the
Generals.
Streaking Chaulk hits 500 as a Komet.....Colin Chaulk
(C) finished the week riding a five-game point-scoring streak (4
goals, 7 assists) and three-game assist streak (5 assists) while
also hitting a couple milestones along the way. The
veteran center marked his 500th point as a Komet with his first
goal of the game at Muskegon Saturday. His second goal of
the game was his 800th pro point.
Schrock named Rookie of the Week.....the IHL named
Komet winger Kaleigh Schrock Rookie of the Week for the week
ending Dec. 27. The Fort Wayne native contributed his
first pro 2-goal performance in the Komets' 7-2 win at Muskegon
Saturday. In addition to his pair of points Schrock
completed the two weekend games posting a +2 and accumulating 12
penalty minutes.
Family Holiday Skate Tuesday.....a special Family
Free Holiday Skate, compliments of Wendy's, will be featured
immediately following the Komets home game against Dayton
Tuesday. Bring your skates!
Welcome 2010 with the Komets.....free
noisemakers and party favors will be handed out to the first
5,000 fans New Year's Eve when the Komets host Bloomington at
7:30pm courtesy of Technology Specialists. Also, the Komets will wear their Limited Edition Technology
Specialists/Fort Wayne Children's Zoo Wild Jungle game jerseys
Thursday night.
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 holiday office hours
Dec. 28, 10am-4pm; Dec
29, 9am-5pm; Dec. 30, 10am-4pm; Dec. 31, 9am-3pm; Jan. 1,
closed.
KOMETS PLANNER
Komet games this week
Tuesday, Dec. 29............Dayton Gems at Komets, 7:30pm, ESPN/WKJG
Radio AM 1380
Wednesday, Dec. 30.......Komets at Dayton Gems, 7pm, ESPN/WKJG
Radio AM 1380
Thursday, Dec. 31...........Bloomington PrairieThunder at Komets,
7:30pm, WOWO Radio AM 1190
Saturday, Jan 2...............Komets at Flint Generals, 7:30pm, WOWO Radio AM 1190
All games broadcast on radio are webcast free at
www.Komets.com Comcast
KometCast.
Komet practice schedule
Tuesday, Dec. 29...........10am-11am
at the Coliseum
Wednesday, Dec. 30......10am-11am at McMillen Ice Arena
Thursday, Dec. 31..........10am-11am at McMillen Ice Arena
Monday, Jan. 4..............10am-noon at the Coliseum
Tuesday, Jan. 5.............10am-noon
at the Coliseum
Wednesday, Jan. 6........10am-noon
at the Coliseum
IHL
STANDINGS thru games of 12/27/2009
TEAM
GP W L OTL
SOL PTS WPCT GF
GA PIM HOME
ROAD L-TEN
STREAK
Port Huron
28 20 7
0 1 41
.732 94 71 582
12-2-0-0 8-5-0-1 9-1-0-0
3-0-0-0
Muskegon
28 19 6
0 3 41
.732 96 73 718
12-4-0-0 7-2-0-3 7-2-0-1
0-1-0-0
Fort Wayne
26 15 10 0
1 31 .596 74
68 600 8-2-0-1
7-8-0-0 4-5-0-1 0-1-0-0
Bloomington 26
14 9 1
2 31 .596 86
77 707 11-3-1-0
3-6-0-2 5-5-0-0 0-1-0-0
Dayton
30 12 14 3
1 28 .467 82
95 443 6-6-1-1
6-8-2-0 3-6-0-1 0-3-0-0
Flint
30 10 17 1
2 23 .383 78
95 626 8-5-0-2
2-12-1-0 4-5-1-0 2-0-0-0
Quad City
26 7 14
4 1 19
.365 62 93 446
5-5-1-1 2-9-3-0 2-6-2-0
1-0-0-0
TOTALS
194 97 77 9
11 214 .552 572
572 4122 -
- -
-
FORT
WAYNE KOMETS TEAMSTATS thru games of 12/27/2009
#
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 25 6 22 28
+4 66 1 7
0 0 1 2
0 0 1 0
0 .000 66
.091
71 Drouin, P.C.
LW 26 5 18 23
-1 20 3 9
0 1 2 0
1 0 0 1
3 .333 79
.063
44 Thomas, Leo
C 26 11 6 17
+1 26 5 4
1 0 4 1
2 0 0 0
2 .000 63
.175
2 Dupuis, Guy
D 26 4 13 17
+3 43 2 5
0 0 1 0
0 1 0 0
0 .000 67
.060
29 OConnor, Sean
RW 22 6 7 13
-3 20 1 2
2 0 2 0
0 1 0 0
1 .000 66
.091
96 Chwedoruk, Justin F
16 6 5 11 +2
6 3 0 0
1 0 1 0
0 1 0
2 .000 49
.122
14 DeAngelis, Frankie D
23 3 8 11 -1
2 2 6 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 38
.079
24 Shafranov, Konstan LW 13
3 7 10 +4
6 1 2 0
0 0 1 0
0 0 1
1 1.000 25 .120
27 Syroczynski, Matt LW
5 5 3 8
+6 0 1 1
0 0 1 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 25
.200
21 Hukalo, David
RW 17 4 3 7
0 28 2 0
0 0 1 0
1 0 0 0
1 .000 36
.111
79 Schrock, Kaliegh RW
26 5 1 6
-4 63 0 0
1 1 1 1
0 1 0 0
0 .000 60
.083
72 Woodard, Matt
D 25 3 2 5
-6 25 2 2
0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0
0 .000 39
.077
8 Klempa, Tomas
RW 22 3 2 5
-5 2 0 2
0 0 0 2
0 0 0 0
0 .000 62
.048
19 Rodger, Keith
D 25 2 3 5
-5 60 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 27
.074
22 Bertram, Kevin
D 17 1 4 5
+9 25 0 0
0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0
0 .000 13
.077
7 Varone, Rick
C 14 1 4 5
-2 12 1 3
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 32
.031
9 Warner, Brandon
D 18 1 3 4
-2 6 0 1
0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0
0 .000 23
.043
20 Phillips, Bobby D
26 0 4 4
+12 19 0 0
0 1 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 32
.000
15 MacMillan, Brad RW
10 1 1 2
+2 82 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 1 0 0
0 .000 10
.100
35 Haun, Tim
G 17 0 2 2
0 14 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 0
.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
3 Mironovic, Danko D
22 0 1 1
0 31 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 17
.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 9 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
26 74 120 194 +12 600 25
44 4 4 15
12 6 6 2
2 10 .200
859 .086
# 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
9 540:47 6 3 0
0 0 25 2.77 0
0 0 0
259 .912
1 Duffus, Parris
1 0:31 0 0
0 0 0 0
.00 0 0 0
0 0
.000
TOTALS
26
15 10 0 1 0
68 2.62 2 3
1 11 671
.908
