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Hot Komets Streak Reaches 6; Haun, Chaulk IHL Players Of The Week

January 18, 2010 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Fort Wayne Komets News Release

Fort Wayne, IN - The Hot Komet streak continued for the second straight week as the Komets won all three games played during week 14 of 2009-10. The Komets extended their winning streak to six games and are unbeaten in regulation nine straight games (8-0-0-1).

The Komets opened the week with their second straight shutout 3-0 against the visiting Flint Generals Friday. Saturday the Komets rolled over the Thunder at Bloomington 6-2 and returned home to ground the Mallards from Quad City 5-3 Sunday to remain unbeaten in regulation against the Mallards in seven meetings this season (6-0-0-1).

The Komets improved overall to 23-11-0-2 for 48 points and advanced to within seven points of first place in the IHL after 14 weeks.

Komets streaking: P.C. Drouin (LW) scored points in each game of the week for a six-game point streak (5 goals, 5 assists) and a four-game goal-scoring streak (5 goals); Konstantin Shafranov (LW) also had points in each game to extend his point-scoring streak to five games (3 goals, 4 assists); Centers Colin Chaulk (3 goals, 4 assists) and Leo Thomas (1 goal, 3 assists) had points in each game for three-game point streaks; Tim Haun (G) is unbeaten in regulation in seven straight games (6-0-0-1) and has a five-game win streak.

Syro is back.....winger Matt Syroczynski, back from a stint with the AHL's Norfolk Admirals, made his return to the Komet fold count by appearing in all three games of the week and scoring two goals and three assists for a five-point week.

Haun, Chaulk IHL Players of the Week for week ending Jan. 17, 2010 Haun, IHL Goalie of the Week, reaches personal best.....goalie Tim Haun, while being named the IHL's Goaltender of the Week for the second straight week and third time this season, won both games he appeared in to match his personal best of 15 wins in a season while with Huntsville of the SPHL during 2008-09. Haun also posted back-to-back shutouts for the first time in his career when he stopped all 38 Flint shots Friday night in Fort Wayne for a 3-0 win after stoning the Gems in Dayton the previous Sunday 3-0 on 30 saves. Sunday Haun scored a 5-3 victory over the Quad City Mallards on Coliseum ice making 34 saves on 37 shots. For the week Haun allowed three goals on 75 shots in two games for a 1.50 goals-against average and.960 save percentage. The Solsgirth, Manitoba native pushed his win streak to five games and is unbeaten in regulation seven games in a row (6-0-0-1). Haun's five-game win streak has come over the last two weeks of play capturing two shutouts and posting a 1.26 goals-against average and.964 save percentage. Haun leads IHL netminders with 2.12 goals-against average and.924 save percentage in 24 games.

Chaulk named IHL Player of the Week.....Colin Chaulk (C) was named the IHL Player of the Week for week 14 after appearing in all three games and scoring points in each appearance. The veteran center scored three goals including the game winning tally in Sunday's 5-3 home win over Quad City and added four assists for a seven-point week while posting a plus-four. Chaulk leads the Komets with 27 assists and 39 points in 31 games.

Komets make room for the Circus.....the Komets will skate a couple road games before their next home game Jan. 29 to make room for the Circus at the Coliseum. The Komets travel to Muskegon Friday for a 7pm faceoff at Walker Arena. The Komets then skate at Port Huron Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 7pm before they welcome the Quad City Mallards back to Fort Wayne for an 8pm faceoff Friday, Jan. 29.

Schrock, MacMillen at Verizon Saturday.....with no game slated for this Saturday, Komets Kaleigh Schrock and Brad MacMillan will make an appearance at the Verizon Plus store on Coldwater Road, in the Jo Ann Fabrics Shopping Center, Saturday, Jan. 23 from noon to 2pm. Icy the eagle will also be on hand to greet Komet fans while learning all of the newest technology available through Verizon.

Headwaters Park Komet Skate Sunday.....this Sunday, Jan. 24, fans are invited to skate with the Komets at Headwaters Park Ice Rink in downtown Fort Wayne from 2pm to 4pm. Skating at Headwaters Park is $5.00 per person with skate rental available.

Friday night Marathon Nights.....Friday nights are Marathon Nights at Komet home games. Fans can take advantage of a buy-one-get-one-free ticket offer with two fill-ups when the Komets host the Quad City Mallards Friday, Jan. 29 at 8pm. Fill Up Cards are available at participating Marathon stations.

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 PLANNER Komet games this week Friday, Jan 22...................Komets at Muskegon Lumberjacks, 7pm, WOWO Radio AM 1190 All games broadcast on radio are webcast free at www.Komets.com Comcast KometCast. Komet practice schedule Tuesday, Jan. 19.............10am-11:30am at McMillen Ice Arena Wednesday, Jan. 20........10am-11:30am at McMillen Ice Arena Thursday, Jan. 21............10am-11:30am at McMillen Ice Arena Friday, Jan. 22................10am-11am at McMillen Ice Arena Monday, Jan. 25.............10am-11:30am at McMillen Ice Arena Tuesday, Jan. 26............10am-11am at McMillen Ice Arena Wednesday, Jan. 27.......11am-noon at McMillen Ice Arena Thursday, Jan. 28...........10am-11:30am at McMillen Ice Arena Friday, Jan. 29...............10am-11am at the Coliseum

IHL STANDINGS thru games of 1/17/2010 TEAM GP W L OTL SOL PTS WPCT GF GA PIM HOME ROAD L-TEN STREAK Muskegon 38 26 9 0 3 55 .724 134 106 935 16-4-0-0 10-5-0-3 7-3-0-0 4-0-0-0 Port Huron 37 25 9 0 3 53 .716 131 102 731 15-3-0-0 10-6-0-3 6-2-0-2 0-1-0-0 Fort Wayne 36 23 11 0 2 48 .667 112 89 809 13-3-0-1 10-8-0-1 8-1-0-1 6-0-0-0 Dayton 38 16 18 3 1 36 .474 110 123 570 8-8-1-1 8-10-2-0 4-6-0-0 0-2-0-0 Bloomington 35 15 14 2 4 36 .514 110 114 961 12-6-2-0 3-8-0-4 1-6-1-2 1-0-0-0 Quad City 35 12 16 4 3 31 .443 93 121 535 9-6-1-1 3-10-3-2 6-2-0-2 0-2-0-1 Flint 39 12 22 1 4 29 .372 97 132 862 9-6-0-4 3-16-1-0 3-5-0-2 0-1-0-0 TOTALS 258 129 99 10 20 288 .558 787 787 5403 - - - -

FORT WAYNE KOMETS TEAMSTATS thru games of 1/17/2010 # 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 31 12 27 39 +12 76 3 8 0 0 2 4 0 0 2 1 1 1.000 78 .154 71 Drouin, P.C. LW 36 12 26 38 +5 24 6 12 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 .333 110 .109 44 Thomas, Leo C 36 15 13 28 +7 38 5 5 2 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 3 .000 92 .163 2 Dupuis, Guy D 36 5 21 26 +4 49 3 9 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1.000 108 .046 24 Shafranov, Konstan LW 23 7 14 21 +10 6 1 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 .667 44 .159 29 OConnor, Sean RW 32 8 11 19 +1 24 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 94 .085 14 DeAngelis, Frankie D 33 4 11 15 +4 4 2 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 59 .068 79 Schrock, Kaleigh RW 36 10 3 13 +1 89 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 .000 90 .111 21 Hukalo, David RW 22 7 6 13 0 30 4 3 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 .000 58 .121 96 Chwedoruk, Justin F 26 6 7 13 +1 19 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 .000 72 .083 27 Syroczynski, Matt LW 8 6 6 12 +9 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 35 .171 9 Warner, Brandon D 26 1 8 9 +3 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 32 .031 19 Rodger, Keith D 34 2 6 8 -1 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 34 .059 22 Bertram, Kevin D 27 2 6 8 +16 47 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 20 .100 20 Phillips, Bobby D 36 1 6 7 +14 25 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 45 .022 72 Woodard, Matt D 33 3 2 5 -9 31 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 49 .061 X Klempa, Tomas RW 24 3 2 5 -6 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 69 .043 7 Varone, Rick C 21 1 4 5 0 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 44 .023 15 MacMillan, Brad RW 20 2 1 3 0 135 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .000 22 .091 3 Mironovic, Danko D 32 0 3 3 +6 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 27 .000 35 Haun, Tim G 24 0 2 2 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 X 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 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 13 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 36 112 186 298 +75 809 34 61 5 4 23 19 7 8 4 5 16 .313 1213 .092 # GOALIE GP MIN W L OTL SOL SO GA GAA SHOW SHO SHOGA SHOAA SAVES SPCT 35 Haun, Tim 24 1443:10 15 7 0 2 2 51 2.12 3 5 5 18 622 .924 33 Boucher, Nick 13 740:11 8 4 0 0 0 35 2.84 0 0 0 0 348 .909 1 Duffus, Parris 1 0:31 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 36 23 11 0 2 2 89 2.47 3 5 5 18 970 .916

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