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Dayton Gems Gameday - Gems Begin Weekend Series with Komets Tonight

January 6, 2012 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Dayton Gems News Release


Gems Game #31, Road Game #17 - Team Record 11-13-6, 28pts, 6th in Turner Conference

Dayton, OH - The Dayton Gems begin a weekend 3-in-3 series with the Turner Conference leading Fort Wayne Komets on Friday night inside the War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana at 8pm.

The Gems (11-13-6) Returns to action after most recently falling in a home and home series with the Quad City Mallards last weekend, despite battling back to an eventual shootout loss at home on New Year's Eve.

Gameday In Fort Wayne

The Fort Wayne Komets (20-8-1) have become the fourth different team (joining Allen, Evansville and Wichita) to lay claim to the #1 spot on the CHL Coaches Poll. Fort Wayne earned eight first place votes followed by Wichita with five and Allen with three. The top five teams on the most recent poll are the Komets, Thunder, Americans, Mallards and Rush.

Fort Wayne will tangle with the Dayton Gems (11-13-6) three times this weekend with Friday's and Sunday's games at Fort Wayne and Saturday's contest in Dayton. The Komets are 4-1 so far this season versus the Gems. The Komets skate into Friday night's matchup boasting the CHL's best powerplay, scoring on 24.7% of their chances this season, and will utilize their fifth-best penalty kill to full advantage in front of their home crowd.

Both teams rematch twice more this weekend, with the series moving onto Cassano's Italian Ice inside the historic Hara Arena on Saturday night at 7pm.

Gems Game Notes

Scorin' Surma - Dayton's Damian Surma continues to the lead the Gems in goals scored with 17, and is second in the CHL for goals, just three behind league leader Brandon Marino of the Quad City Mallards.

Powerplay Master - Brandon Naurato remains tied for the top spot as the CHL's leader in powerplay goals with 8 in his 29 games played.

Showdown Showman - Tim Hartung leads the CHL in shootout goals with 2 in his 4 shootout appearances this season for the Gems.

Tune Into Tonight's Game!

Catch all the action live onwave96.net and CHL TV starting at 7:50pm (eastern) with Gems broadcaster JT Szabo handling the call. Fans can also tune into the Internet radio broadcast anywhere in the world with Internet connection and on the go through their smartphone.

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