Fort Wayne Komets Press Release




FORT WAYNE KOMETS PRESS RELEASE Fort Wayne Komet Hockey Club 1010 Memorial Way, Fort Wayne, IN 46805 \| 260.483.0011 Contact: Chuck Bailey, Director of Communications 260.482.6550 \| chuck@komets.com

Komets Reach Half-Way Point On A Roll Collect five of six points for the week Mavericks visit Wednesday, PrairieThunder return Saturday *Fort Wayne, IN \| Monday, Jan. 17, 2011 --* The Komets continued to roll in week 14 of 2010-11 taking five of six points and extending their unbeaten (in regulation) streak to five games. The Komets improved to 12-16-5 after 33 games. Fort Wayne has collected points in 11 of the last dozen games (7-1-4) and are on a .750 tear since Dec. 22 when 23 points separated them from first place in the CHL's Turner Conference. Since then, the Komets have gained 10 points in the race to the top of the Turner Conference and are 13 points out of first place with 33 games and 10 weeks remaining. ABOUT LAST WEEK Friday, Jan. 14, Evansville 4, at Fort Wayne 3, shootout.....it was Fort Wayne's first home shootout loss in over a year dating back to Dec. 4, 2009 against Quad City when the Komets dropped a 3-2 shootout on Coliseum ice. The Komets are now even against Evansville after five meetings at 2-2-1 with six meetings remaining. Saturday, Jan. 15, Fort Wayne 5, at Bloomington 3.....the Komets won their third straight road game and it was their first win against Bloomington this season in three meetings (1-2-0). It was the Komets' fourth straight game of not allowing a power play goal. Fort Wayne goaltender Nick Boucher extends his unbeaten streak to nine straight decisions (5-0-4). Rookie left wing Artem Podshendyalov scored his first pro goals and first pro multi-point game netting two goals in 53 seconds. Center Danny Lapointe scored his first Fort Wayne point (assist) in his second game. Defenseman Guy Dupuis reaches a Fort Wayne franchise record 1000 games in the Komet uniform since 1991. Sunday, Jan. 16, at Fort Wayne 6, Missouri 1.....third game in three nights and the Komets snap a four-game home winless streak. The Komets extend their unbeaten streak to five games (3-0-2). The 6-1 win is the largest margin of victory for the Komets this season. Guy Dupuis gets an assist for a new Fort Wayne record of 436 asists for a career (regular season and playoffs combined) Komet defenseman, breaking Lionel Repka's record of 435 set in 1969. Center Danny Lapointe scored his first Fort Wayne goal and three players establish three-game point-scoring streaks: Guy Dupuis (1 goal, 2 assists), center Colin Chaulk (1 goal, 5 assists, also a three-game assist streak and three-game 2-point scoring streak), left winger P.C. Drouin (2 goals, 2 assists). DUPUIS' FORT WAYNE RECORDS AT A GLANCE Guy Dupuis set two more Fort Wayne historical milestones last week. He appeared in his 1000th Fort Wayne career game (each game he plays sets a new record for Fort Wayne career games by a player) Saturday at Bloomington and scored an assist Sunday to set a new record of assists by a Fort Wayne career defenseman of 436, breaking Lionel Repka's record of 435 set 41 years ago in 1969. Dupuis owns Fort Wayne franchise records of goals, assists and points by a Komet defenseman in regular season play and in regular season and postseason play combined. Guy Dupuis (thru games of 1/16/11) Regular Season Playoffs Total Goals 119* 13* 132* Assists 405* 31 436* Points 524* 44 568* Fort Wayne franchise records for a defenseman. Jim Burton continues to hold the record of playoff assists (49) and total playoff points (61). Milestones ahead* -- P.C. Drouin has skated 395 Fort Wayne career games and has dished 290 Komet career assists; Tab Lardner has scored 299 CHL career points. THE WEEK AHEAD Wednesday, Jan. 19, Missouri Mavericks (19-12-3, 41 points) at Fort Wayne Komets (12-16-5, 29 points), 7:30pm ET The Komets face the Mavericks for the third and final time this season after suffering a 2-1 loss at Missouri Nov. 13 and dropping a 4-1 affair at Missouri Dec. 11. It's the first ever visit to Fort Wayne by the Mavericks and the last meeting of the season. The Turner Conference rival Mavericks are one point out of first place going into the week's play. Missouri is 2-4-0 in their last six games and took a split of two home games played last weekend. The Mavericks skate an afternoon game at Dayton Monday before trekking to Fort Wayne Wednesday. Friday, Jan. 21, Fort Wayne Komets at Bloomington PrairieThunder (20-13-1, 41 points), 8:05pm ET The Komets defeated the PrairieThunder for the first time in three meetings last Saturday night 5-3 at Bloomington. The Thunder are tied with Missouri and also one point shy of first place in the tight race to the top of the Turner Conference. Following Saturday night's 5-3 loss to the Komets, the PrairieThunder upset the visiting Rapid City Rush Sunday 5-2. Bloomington is 3-3-0 in the last two weeks of play and are idle this week until they host Fort Wayne Friday for the first of a home-and-home series. Saturday, Jan. 22, Bloomington PrairieThunder at Fort Wayne Komets, 7:30pm ET The Komets face the PrairieThunder in the back end of a home-and-home series. The Komets are 0-2-0 against the Thunder on Coliseum ice with three Bloomington visits remaining. It's Bloomington's first trip to Fort Wayne since a 5-3 win Dec. 3. MYSTERY BOBBLEHEAD NIGHT WEDNESDAY -- The identity of the Bobblehead giveaway Wednesday night is a mystery, but Komet fans will want to be one of the first 1,000 to arrive at the game for a free Bobblehead courtesy of Source One Solutions. Be sure to arrive early for your mystery Bobblehead doll Wednesday when the Komets host the Missouri Mavericks at 7:30pm. Doors open at 6:30pm. SKATE WITH THE KOMETS AT HEADWATERS PARK -- Fans have a chance to meet the Komets up close and personal during the annual Skate with the Komets at Headwaters Park from 2-4pm Sunday, Jan. 23. Concession stand will be open and rental skates are available. An admission charge of $5.00 for skaters. Great seats available -- Tickets for all Komet home games are on sale at the Coliseum Ticket Office and online at www.ticketmaster.com. 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 Hockey on News Talk 1190 WOWO -- Bob Chase is celebrating his 58th consecutive season behind the Komet microphone broadcasting radio-rinkside and can be heard on News Talk 1190 WOWO and at www.komets.com where games are webcast at Xfinity KometCast. Komets.com -- The official website for the Fort Wayne Komets is www.komets.com. In addition to live gamecasts, the Komets' home on the web also features news, stats, interactive fan features and information as well as real-time scoring via the CHL and Pointstreak. KOMETS PLANNER •Wednesday, Jan. 19...Missouri Mavericks at Komets, 7:30pm ET •Friday, Jan. 21...........Komets at Bloomington PrairieThunder, 8:05pm ET •Saturday, Jan. 22.......Bloomington PrairieThunder at Komets, 7:30pm ET All games broadcast on News Talk 1190 WOWO and webcast free at www.Komets.com at Xfinity KometCast. Komet practice schedule Tuesday, Jan. 18........10am-11:30am at Canlan ice arena Wednesday, Jan. 19...10am-11am at the Coliseum Thursday, Jan. 20.......10:30am-noon at Canlan ice arena Friday, Jan. 21...........10am-10:30am at Canlan ice arena Saturday, Jan. 22.......11am-noon at the Coliseum Monday, Jan. 24........10am-11:30am Practice at Canlan Tuesday, Jan. 25.......10am-11:30am Practice at Canlan CHL STANDINGS thru games of 1/16/11 Turner Conference TEAM GP W L OTL PTS WPCT GF GA PIM HOME ROAD L-TEN STREAK Quad City 36 21 15 0 42 .583 107 98 529 11-6-0 10-9-0 8-2-0 4-0-0 Bloomington 34 20 13 1 41 .603 95 95 650 13-7-1 7-6-0 5-5-0 1-0-0 Missouri 34 19 12 3 41 .603 106 94 649 12-7-2 7-5-1 5-5-0 1-0-0 Colorado 33 19 12 2 40 .606 128 109 711 11-7-2 8-5-0 6-4-0 1-0-0 Rapid City 37 18 15 4 40 .541 117 127 772 9-6-2 9-9-2 4-6-0 0-3-0 Dayton 34 17 14 3 37 .544 104 101 617 12-5-2 5-9-1 4-4-2 0-1-0 Wichita 34 17 15 2 36 .529 130 121 622 12-6-2 5-9-0 6-4-0 1-0-0 Fort Wayne 33 12 16 5 29 .439 85 104 719 7-7-3 5-9-2 6-1-3 2-0-0 Evansville 37 12 20 5 29 .392 108 137 677 6-9-2 6-11-3 2-6-2 0-1-0 TOTALS 312 155 132 25 335 .537 980 986 5946 - - - - Berry Conference TEAM GP W L OTL PTS WPCT GF GA PIM HOME ROAD L-TEN STREAK Allen 34 26 7 1 53 .779 152 110 680 11-4-1 15-3-0 8-2-0 2-0-0 Bossier-Shreveport 36 21 14 1 43 .597 131 112 688 9-6-0 12-8-1 3-6-1 0-3-0 Odessa 36 18 14 4 40 .556 132 126 758 8-7-0 10-7-4 6-1-3 0-0-1 Texas 33 18 12 3 39 .591 114 105 685 10-6-1 8-6-2 7-3-0 3-0-0 Tulsa 38 19 18 1 39 .513 137 138 620 12-9-0 7-9-1 5-5-0 2-0-0 Mississippi 37 18 18 1 37 .500 113 125 976 10-6-0 8-12-1 5-5-0 0-1-0 Arizona 36 15 17 4 34 .472 108 134 912 7-9-0 8-8-4 4-5-1 0-2-0 Laredo 34 13 16 5 31 .456 108 116 713 8-8-2 5-8-3 4-5-1 0-1-0 Rio Grande Valley 38 14 21 3 31 .408 113 136 831 5-7-2 9-14-1 1-9-0 0-4-0 TOTALS 322 162 137 23 347 .539 1108 1102 6863 - - - - FORT WAYNE KOMETS TEAMSTATS thru games of 1/16/11 # PLAYER POS GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG PPA SHG SHA GWG FG OTG UAG ENG SHOG SHOA SHO% SHOTS SPCT 14 DeAngelis, Frankie D 33 8 18 26 -3 32 5 11 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 56 .143 71 Drouin, P.C. LW 32 7 17 24 0 33 3 13 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 81 .086 23 Lardner, Tab F 19 9 2 11 +1 16 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 3 .667 57 .158 (TOTALS) 34 12 9 21 +1 32 3 4 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 3 .667 97 .124 44 Thomas, Leo C 26 11 9 20 +1 24 4 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 76 .145 2 Dupuis, Guy D 33 3 16 19 -2 40 3 9 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 .500 82 .037 29 OConnor, Sean RW 30 4 13 17 -2 26 2 5 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 .000 75 .053 10 Francis, Chris F 28 4 13 17 -13 12 2 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 .000 98 .041 79 Schrock, Kaleigh F 27 10 5 15 -10 76 3 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 72 .139 94 Curadeau, Mathieu C 30 6 9 15 -13 32 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1.000 92 .065 39 Patrosso, Derek RW 28 4 9 13 -4 20 3 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 .500 80 .050 9 Warner, Brandon D 26 4 9 13 +2 65 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 55 .073 15 Musselwhite, Neil F 24 5 5 10 -8 16 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 40 .125 91 Chaulk, Colin F 6 2 5 7 +5 2 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .000 7 .286 X Naurato, Brandon LW 19 2 4 6 -6 22 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 46 .043 55 Podshendyalov, Art F 9 2 3 5 -2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.000 16 .125 7 Rodger, Keith D 26 1 4 5 -12 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 35 .029 20 Phillips, Bobby D 27 2 1 3 -15 45 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 31 .065 22 Lapointe, Dan F 3 1 2 3 +1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 8 .125 72 Cescon, Craig D 28 0 3 3 -2 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 30 .000 3 Mironovic, Danko D 19 0 1 1 -6 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 16 .000 33 Boucher, Nick G 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 X Legault, Olivier LW 19 0 0 0 -3 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 7 .000 35 Reiter, Kevin G 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 X Rechlicz, Marc RW 7 0 0 0 -3 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4 .000 4 Molle, Dustin D 6 0 0 0 +1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4 .000 Delisle, Steven D 6 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 10 .000 X Cianfrini, David D 5 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 7 .000 X Ward, Matt F 4 0 0 0 -2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 10 .000 X Fletcher, Tyler LW 4 0 0 0 -2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4 .000 GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG PPA SHG SHA GWG FG OTG UAG ENG SHOG SHOA SHO% SHOTS SPCT TOTALS 33 85 148 233 -102 719 40 75 3 1 12 16 1 4 2 6 16 .375 1099 .077 # GOALIE GP MIN W L OTL SO GA GAA SHOW SHO SHOGA SHOAA SAVES SPCT 33 Boucher, Nick 23 1257:53 9 9 4 0 65 3.10 0 2 7 12 617 .905 35 Reiter, Kevin 15 729:39 3 7 1 0 35 2.88 1 1 0 4 312 .899 TOTALS 33 12 16 5 0 104 3.15 1 3 7 16 929 .899
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