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Generals and Komets continue streaks

January 29, 2007 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2) News Release


LAKE ST. LOUIS, MO --- The Flint Generals have continued their recent winning ways by gaining three more wins in United Hockey League (UHL) action to extend their streak to six straight wins. The Fort Wayne Komets have also put together a winning stretch by claiming five consecutive victories.

The Generals are averaging five goals per game during their six-game run. Defensively, they have allowed just 14 goals over the same span for an average of 2.33 per game. Flint has won their last four games on home ice, but will now hit the road for their next five contests.

The Komets have found the right combination of defense and offense during their recent five-game success as they have outscored the opposition 22-8. Special teams have played a key role in their offensive output. The Komets have converted on 11 of 34 (32.4%) power play opportunities during the five-game win streak. Fort Wayne continues to lead the UHL in home power play percentage (26.4%) and overall power play (21.9%).

HATS OFF - Kalamazoo Wings rookie Mark Versteeg-Lytwyn scored three goals in the third period of Friday's 9-3 victory to register the first "hat trick" (3g) of his professional career. Prior to the game, he had scored just four goals this season. His night was not complete as he accomplished the "Gordie Howe Hat Trick" by recording a goal, an assist, and a fighting major all in one contest.

Muskegon Fury left wing Mike Watt also recorded a "hat trick" in the third period of Sunday's 6-4 win vs. Elmira. He scored his goals three different ways as his first goal was unassisted followed by a power play goal 45 seconds later and a shorthanded goal just over seven minutes after that.

MASKED MEN - Fort Wayne goaltender Kevin St. Pierre extended his league all-time record when he registered the 25th shutout of his UHL career on Friday. He stopped all 25 shots in the 3-0 win vs. Chicago. He was not the only netminder to blank his opponents during the week. Quad City's Jason Tapp stopped all 18 shots in the 1-0 win vs. Port Huron on Saturday. It was the second shutout this season for Tapp who sits just one shutout shy of moving into a tie for second place on the UHL all-time shutout list. Joe Dimaline, who won championships with Muskegon and Quad City, currently sits in second place behind St. Pierre with 15 career UHL shutouts.

LITTLEJOHN JOINS UHL 200 CLUB - Elmira Jackals right wing Frank Littlejohn became just the 20th player to reach 200 goals in his UHL career. He netted a shorthanded goal in the third period of Friday's loss to Kalamazoo to reach the 200 mark. Littlejohn scored a shorthand goal again the following night and now leads the league with seven shorthanded tallies this season.

AMERICAN MADE - Quad City Mallards forward Don Parsons is closing in on a major milestone. He is seven goals shy of tying Joe Mullen as the all-time leader in professional goals scored among American-born players. Parsons (Boston, MA) currently ranks second in the UHL with 30 goals this season. He has netted 615 in his 15-year pro career. Mullen (New York, NY) scored 502 goals during his career in the National Hockey League (NHL) and an additional 120 goals in three seasons in the minor leagues.

FAN SUPPORT - The Bloomington PrairieThunder played in front of their largest crowd of the season when 5,488 fans packed the US Cellular Coliseum on Saturday night to watch the club take on the Chicago Hounds. The Port Huron Flags also hosted their largest crowd of the season when 2,529 fans filled McMorran Arena on Saturday to watch the Flags play the Quad City Mallards. Unfortunately the overwhelming fan support was not enough to help the home clubs gain a win as both the PrairieThunder and Flags suffered one-goal losses.

FAMILY STRIPES - UHL referee Jim Hawthorne was joined on the ice by his son, Tyler, for back-to-back contests during the weekend. Tyler, a first-year UHL linesman, teamed up with his father for Saturday's match-up between the Elmira Jackals and Kalamazoo Wings. The Hawthorne's were also a part of the crew for Sunday's game between the Elmira Jackals and Muskegon Fury. The father and son combination previously worked a game together this season becoming only the second father-son on-ice official combination to work in a professional game together.

AROUND THE LEAGUE

Bloomington PrairieThunder - (0-3-0) - Center Greg Koehler has two points (1g, 1a) in his first two games with the club since being acquired in a trade. His goal came against his former club (Chicago)...Forward John Spoltore scored his first goal in a Bloomington uniform on Saturday. It also came against his former club (Chicago)...The PrairieThunder have converted on four of their last six power plays...Bloomington has been out-shot in each of their last seven games. Combined, their opponents have out-shot them 277-187.

Chicago Hounds - (3-1-0) - The Hounds rank tied for third in home penalty killing (85.1%)...Defenseman Rod Aldoff scored his first goal of the season in Wednesday's 5-4 win vs. Quad City. The goal was shorthanded and unassisted...After two one-goal victories over Quad City during the week, Chicago has moved their season record to 4-2-0 vs. the Mallards...Goaltender Brenden Cuthbert made 41 saves in the 3-2 win vs. Quad City on Sunday. He has made 71 saves over his last two contests...The Hounds play their next three games on home ice.

Elmira Jackals - (1-3-0) - The Jackals finished 1-3-0 on their recent four-game road swing. Their next five games are on home ice...Left wing Scott Wray has seven points (4g, 3a) over his past five games...Right wing Frank Littlejohn is riding a four-game point streak...Right wing Brent Cullaton is plus-6 over his last two games... Defenseman Chris Mann recorded the first multi-point game of his career when he dished out two assists in Saturday's 5-3 win vs. Kalamazoo...Defenseman R.C. Lyke scored his first goal of the season in Sunday's loss.

Flint Generals - (2-0-0) - Wingers Jeff Zehr and Bobby Reynolds are both riding seven-game point streaks. Reynolds has multiple points in five of the seven games...Goaltenders Bryan Worosz and Jason Muzzatti have each won their last three starts...Center Shawn Snider has a point in 10 of 12 games played for the Generals this season...Flint ranks second in the UHL with a 19.8% power play conversion rate...The Generals are 9-2-1 in the month of January...Winger Jason Selleke has an even or better plus/minus rating in nine straight games.

Fort Wayne Komets - (3-0-0) - The Komets have moved into second place overall in the UHL with 58 points in the standings...Fort Wayne has won three straight on the road...Goaltender Kevin St. Pierre is unbeaten in regulation over his last seven games (6-0-1). He has a 1.86 GAA during that span...Right wing Pascal Morency is riding a three-game point streak. He also has a plus-9 rating over his last eight games...Center J.C. Ruid and defenseman Guy Dupuis are both riding a five-game point streak...The Komets play three of their next four games at home.

Kalamazoo Wings - (1-1-0) - Center Kory Karlander had his league season high 11-game goal streak snapped in Saturday's 5-3 loss to Elmira...The loss also snapped a four-game home winning streak for Kalamazoo and an eight-game unbeaten streak in regulation on home ice (6-0-2)...Left wing Nick Bootland scored the game-winning goal in Friday's 9-3 win vs. Elmira. It was his sixth game-winner of the season tying a team record. He ranks second in the UHL in that category...Defenseman Jeff Brown has multi-point games in three of his last four contests.

Muskegon Fury - (2-1-0) - Sunday's 6-4 win vs. Elmira was the tenth straight win by Muskegon on home ice vs. the Jackals...Muskegon scored five unanswered goals in the third period on Sunday to erase a 4-1 deficit. Three of the goals were scored in a span of 57 seconds...A second period power play goal by Adam Smyth ended a 0 for 25 power play drought by the Fury...The next game for defenseman Philippe Plante will be the 500th of his pro career...Goaltender Clayton Pool moved his road record to 17-1-0 this season in Friday's 5-1 win at Bloomington.

Port Huron Flags - (0-2-0) - The Flags have lost seven straight games. Prior to the stretch, Port Huron was 9-2-4 over the previous 15 contests...Five of their next six contests are on the road. The club is 0-5-1 in their last six road games...Despite two losses over the weekend, goaltender Brad Smith had a solid 2.03 GAA and a .937 GAA in his first two starts with the Flags...Port Huron has allowed the first goal of the game in six of the last seven games... Center Greg Bullock had his four-game point streak snapped in Friday's 4-2 loss to Flint.

Quad City Mallards - (1-3-0) - Saturday's victory over Port Huron was the second 1-0 win for the Mallards in the past eight days. Goaltender Jason Tapp earned the shutout in both contests...The Mallards lead the UHL in shots per game (37.77). During the past week, they averaged 40.3 shots per game...In the third period this season, the Mallards have out-shot the opposition by a total of 559-434...Six of the next seven games for Quad City will be played on home ice...The last three losses for the Mallards be been one-goal defeats in each game.

Rockford IceHogs - (2-1-0) - Wednesday's 7-4 win vs. Elmira was the third straight game the IceHogs have scored seven or more goals...Saturday's 5-3 loss to Flint ended an eight-game unbeaten streak (7-0-1) in regulation for Rockford...Goaltender Frederic Cloutier had his four-game win streak snapped in Saturday's loss...Center Nicolas Corbeil is riding a six-game point streak...All but one skater on the active roster has an even or better plus/minus rating...Eight Rockford players have scored ten or more goals this season.

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