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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday,
January 16,
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Komets hold first place
in Turner Conference
Tulsa here for "Pink The Rink" weekend Friday and
Saturday
Fort Wayne, IN -- The
Komets completed week 13 holding first place in the
Turner Conference for the fifth straight week. The
Komets were 0-2-1 for the week, gaining a point to
remain tied with Wichita overall in the CHL with 46
points.
The Komets opened the week with a 2-1 home setback
to Bloomington Friday as the Blaze evened the season
series with Fort Wayne at 3-3-0. Saturday the
Komets dropped a 3-1 affair at Evansville, snapping
a four-game win streak against the IceMen. Sunday
the Mavericks in Missouri galloped back from a 3-1
deficit to clip the K’s
4-3 in a shootout.
Komets of the week—Artem Podshendyalov scored
a point in each of the three games (2 goals, 1
assist) to finish with a three-game point streak.
Bobby Chaumont also posted a three-point week (1
goal, 2 assists). Colin Chaulk
had the only multi-point game of the week scoring a
goal and adding an assist in the Komets’ 4-3
shootout loss Sunday at Missouri.
Netminder Nick Boucher
(19-8-1) stopped 55 of 60 shots for
a 2.53 goals-against
average and .917 save percentage for the week to
rank second in the CHL with a 2.32 goals-against
average and .920 save percentage after 29 games.
Goaltender Gerry Festa
posted his second game with Fort Wayne Sunday at
Missouri making 31 saves on 34 shots in regulation
and stopping three of five Maverick shootout
attempts.
Special K’s—The
Komets scored two power play goals on 17 chances and
were successful on 12 of 13 penalty kills in the
three games played. Fort Wayne has the best road
power play conversion at 25.4% (17/67) and is tied
with Allen for best overall at 23.6% (30/157).
Stingy D—The Komets have
allowed a league low 94 goals against and share that
distinction with two other teams, both in the Turner
Conference. Evansville and Rapid City also
have only surrendered 94 goals to date.
Milestones—Right wing Bobby Chaumont
registered his 200th career point with an
assist in Friday’s home game against Bloomington.
Left wing Jessie Bennefield
skated his 200th CHL career game
Saturday at Evansville.
GAMES THIS WEEK
The Komets will skate three games in three
nights again this weekend starting with hosting
Tulsa for a pair Friday and Saturday. Sunday
the Komets travel to Quad City. Then the
Komets will hit the road for two weeks to make way
for the annual Shrine Circus at the Coliseum.
• Oilers
invade for doubleheader weekend starting Friday--
The Tulsa Oilers will make their only appearance of
the season this weekend with back-to-back games on
Coliseum ice Friday, at 8pm, and Saturday at 7:30pm.
It will mark the first meetings ever for the Oilers
and Komets. The Oilers get off to an early
start this week with a 1:00pm CT game today at Allen
before returning home to host Missouri Tuesday.
Tulsa (16-13-3, 35 points) resides in fifth place in
the Berry Conference after losing their only game of
the week to Allen Saturday 5-2 for a five-game
winless streak (0-4-1). After this weekend,
the Komets will complete the series against the
Oilers with a trip to Tulsa Tuesday, Feb. 21.
• Komets skate at Quad City Sunday--
The Komets will face conference rival Quad City
Sunday at 5:05pm ET at the
i Wireless Center (9,000) in Moline, Illinois.
It's the fourth of nine meetings this season and the
second of five at Quad City. The Mallards
(21-13-1, 43 points) are on the Komets' heels three
points out of first place in the Turner Conference
entering this week. Quad City skates three
games before hosting the Komets Sunday. The
Mallards will welcome Evansville Tuesday
before traveling to Evansville for a pair against
the IceMen Friday and Saturday. The Mallards were
cooled in Bloomington Sunday 2-1 after posting three
straight wins and are 4-3-0 in their last seven
games.
 Friday night Marathon Nights --
Continuing this year, Friday
nights are Marathon Nights at Komet home games. Fans can
take advantage of buy-one-get-one-free ticket offers for any Friday night home game. Fill Up Cards are available at
all participating
Marathon stations.
Pink the Rink this weekend-- The Komets and
the Vera Bradley Foundation have teamed up to fight
breast cancer
 and
promote awareness for early detection and treatment
by presenting a "Pink The Rink" weekend this weekend
when Tulsa visits Friday at 8pm and Saturday at
7:30pm. The weekend will be dedicated to the
support of breast cancer awareness, early detection
and treatment. The Komets will don
one-of-a-kind white jerseys trimmed in pink and
black. The jerseys will be sold in a silent
auction starting with the game Friday and ending
after the second intermission Saturday.
Special pink wearables and souvenirs will be sold
each night in addition to the jersey auction and a
portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Vera
Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer.
Hottest
Ticket In Town--
Tickets for all 60th Anniversary Komet home games are on
sale at the Coliseum Ticket Office and online at
TicketMaster.
The Komets offer discounts on
group tickets sold at the Komet office at 1010 Memorial Way. For more
ticket
information visit
the Komet office, call 260-483-0011 or visit the Komets' website
at
www.komets.com.
INC Soundoff with the Komets Monday nights
-- The Komets, I ndiana's News Center and
title sponsor PHP
present a live weekly televised sports program
on Monday nights at 7:30 on WPTA TV 21 Alive. The
half-hour show
is
televised live from Wrigley Field Bar and Grill each
week with INC's Tommy Schoegler as host and will feature highlights, interviews
and call-ins as Komet players and personnel serve as
co-hosts.
TONIGHT, Jan. 16, goaltender Nick Boucher
and Komet hall-of-fame goalie Chuck Adamson will be special guests.
60th
Anniversary Komet Hockey on WOWO -- The
Komets and WOWO Radio
 News-Talk 1190 AM
have partnered once again for 2011-12. Broadcaster Bob Chase
will call the action for his 59th consecutive season
radio-rinkside. All games broadcast on radio,
home and away, can be heard online at
Xfinity KometCast. Most games will be
broadcast on WOWO Radio News-Talk 1190 AM with ESPN
Radio AM 1380 as an alternative when scheduling
conflicts occur.
KOMETS WEEKLY PLANNER
Komet games schedule
• Friday, Jan 20...............
• Saturday, Jan 21...........
• Sunday, Jan 22............. |
Tulsa Oilers at Komets, 8:00pm ET
Tulsa Oilers at Komets, 7:30pm ET
Komets at Quad City Mallards, 5:05pm ET |
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All games broadcast on News Talk 1190 WOWO and
webcast free at
www.komets.com at
Xfinity KometCast. |
Komet practice schedule
• Tuesday, Jan 17...........
• Wednesday, Jan 18......
• Thursday, Jan 19..........
• Friday, Jan 20...............
• Saturday, Jan21............
• Tuesday, Jan 24........... |
10am-11:30am at Lutheran Sports Center
10am-11:30am at Lutheran Sports Center
10am-11:30am at Lutheran Sports Center
10am-11am at the Coliseum
10am-11am at the Coliseum
10am-11:30am at Lutheran Sports Center |
CHL STANDINGS thru games of 1/15/12
Turner Conference
TEAM
GP W L
OTL PTS WPCT GF
GA PIM HOME
ROAD L-TEN
STREAK
Fort Wayne
35 22 11
2 46 .657
122 94 654
11-5-1 11-6-1 5-4-1
0-2-1
Quad City
35 21 13
1 43 .614
130 106 505
11-5-1 10-8-0 7-3-0
0-1-0
Evansville
32 20 9
3 43 .672
112 94 662
11-4-1 9-5-2 7-2-1
3-0-0
Missouri
35 19 13
3 41 .586
109 110 599
8-7-1 11-6-2 7-3-0
3-0-0
Rapid City
33 19 12
2 40 .606
119 94 631
14-4-1 5-8-1 7-2-1
1-0-0
Dayton
36 12 17
7 31 .431
103 137 564
5-8-3 7-9-4
1-6-3 0-4-1
Bloomington
36 13 21
2 28 .389
93 127 554
10-9-1 3-12-1 5-5-0
1-0-0
TOTALS
242 126 96
20 272 .562 788
762 4169 -
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Berry Conference
TEAM
GP W L
OTL PTS WPCT GF
GA PIM HOME
ROAD L-TEN
STREAK
Wichita
33 22 9
2 46 .697
122 97 622
15-3-0 7-6-2 6-2-2
0-1-0
Allen
34 19 8
7 45 .662
122 97 791
8-3-2 11-5-5 4-3-3
1-0-0
Texas
36 16 13
7 39 .542
95 95 483
9-2-4 7-11-3 3-5-2
1-0-0
Rio Grande Valley 35
16 14 5
37 .529 99
112 591 11-5-3
5-9-2 6-3-1 0-1-0
Tulsa
32 16 13
3 35 .547
112 110 457
10-3-2 6-10-1 4-5-1
0-4-1
Arizona
35 12 17
6 30 .429
94 126 777
7-10-4 5-7-2 3-5-2
2-0-0
Laredo
33 13 20
0 26 .394
88 121 592
7-11-0 6-9-0 4-6-0
0-2-0
TOTALS
238 114 94
30 258 .542 732
758 4313 -
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FORT
WAYNE KOMETS TEAMSTATS thru games of 1/15/12
#
PLAYER
POS GP G A
PTS +/- PIM PPG PPA
SHG SHA GWG FG OTG UAG
ENG SHOG SHOA SHO% SHOTS
SPCT
41 Smith, Brett
C 33 14 28
42 +17 35
5 9 1
1 3 2
0 0 1 1
2 .500 85
.165
15 Chaumont, Bobby
RW 35 15 26
41 +8 10
4 8 1
0 4 4
1 0 0 0
3 .000 137
.109
91 Chaulk, Colin
C 35 12 18
30 +2 48
3 8 0
0 2 1
0 1 1 0
2 .000 83
.145
55 Podshendyalov, Art LW
35 12 17 29
-2 16 4
4 0 0
2 1 1
1 0 2
4 .500 82
.146
60 Milam, Jamie
D 35 12 13
25 -2 12
5 11 0
0 2 0
0 0 1 0
1 .000 108
.111
61 Auger, Chris
F 26 13 10
23 +13 9
1 2 1
0 1 3
0 1 0 0
1 .000 86
.151
14 DeAngelis, Frankie D
35 7 14 21
+8 20 3
8 0 1
0 1 0
0 0 0
0 .000 66
.106
44 Thomas, Leo
C 31 5 10
15 +1 16
1 3 1
0 0 0
0 1 0 0
2 .000 66
.076
21 Bennefield, Jesse
LW 21 4 11
15 -1 24
2 1 0
0 1 2
0 1 0 2
3 .667 67
.060
64 Rizk, Jean-Michel
RW 24 10 4
14 +2 31
1 0 0
1 2 3
0 1 0 0
0 .000 61
.164
29 Thorne, Stephon
LW 33 5 9
14 +7 46
0 0 3
0 2 1
0 1 1 0
0 .000 63
.079
79 Schrock, Kaleigh
RW 35 5 8
13 +9 76
0 0 1
0 0 0
0 1 0 0
1 .000 95
.053
10 Mele, Tom
F 28 3
9 12 +8 28
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 1 0
1 .000 42
.071
7 Lovell, Jamie
D 29 2 10
12 +5 11
1 3 0
1 2 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 52
.038
43 Henley, Brent
D 30 2
6 8 +13 86
0 0 0
2 1 0
0 0 0 0
0 .000 38
.053
4 Molle, Dustin
D 19 0
5 5 +8
37 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0
0 .000 34
.000
23 Molle, Bryant
D 35 1
1 2 +14 63
0 0 0
0 0 1
0 0 0 0
0 .000 37
.027
8 Starenky, David
D 22 0
2 2 +7
60 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0
0 .000 16
.000
X Llewellyn, Tristin D 11 0
1 1 +1
10 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0
0 .000 12
.000
33 Boucher, Nick
G 29 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0
0 .000 2
.000
34 Festa, Gerry
G 2 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0
0 .000 0
.000
(TOTALS)
25 0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 .000 0
.000
35 Kangas, Alex
G 4 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0
0 .000 0
.000
X Beech, Kevin G
2 0 0
0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0
0 .000 0
.000
X Lapointe, Danny C
1 0 0
0 0
4 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0
0 .000 1
.000
GP G A PTS
+/- PIM PPG PPA SHG
SHA GWG FG OTG UAG ENG
SHOG SHOA SHO% SHOTS SPCT
TOTALS
35 122 202 324 +118
654 30 57 8
6 22 19 2
8 5 5
20 .250 1233 .099
# GOALIE
GP MIN W
L OTL SO GA GAA
SHOW SHO SHOGA SHOAA SAVES
SPCT
33 Boucher, Nick
29 1683:25 19 8 1
3 65 2.32 1
2 5
15 749
.920
35 Kangas, Alex
4 198:30 2 1
0 0 13 3.93
0 0 0
0 104
.889
34 Festa, Gerry
2 127:27 1 0
1 0 6 2.82
0 1 2
5 59
.908
(TOTALS)
10 607:01 3 4
3 0 30 2.97
1 2 5
13 286
.905
X Beech, Kevin
2 97:28 0
2 0 0 7
4.31 0 0
0 0
26 .788
TOTALS
35
22 11 2 3
94 2.69 1 3
7 20
938 .909
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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
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