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Icehawks And K-Wings Enter Holiday Break On Top

December 22, 2008 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2) News Release


ROCHESTER, MI--- With games on hold until after the day after Christmas, the Port Huron Icehawks and Kalamazoo Wings both enter the holiday week tied for first place atop the IHL standings. Despite losing to Muskegon on Sunday, the Icehawks held their ground in the standings after being in sole possession of first place last week. However, this weekend Port Huron lost rookie goaltender Kevin Desfosses, who decided to leave the team to pursue a college education. Desfosses was 6-3-0-0 and has recorded two shutouts, leading all IHL goaltenders in that category.

Kalamazoo remains one of the hottest teams in the IHL, winning 14 of their last 17 games. Goaltender Jason Tapp has been dominate between the pipes for the K-Wings winning 11 of his last 12 starts. The K-Wings tied Muskegon for an IHL season-high seven-game home winning streak on Saturday, recording a 6-3 victory over Bloomington. The K-Wings will look to take possession of the longest home winning streak when they return to Wings Stadium on New Year's Eve to face-off against the Lumberjacks.

Bloomington right wing Don Parsons continues his quest to become the all-time goal scoring leader. Parsons inched closer to the record, scoring his 676th career goal and the PrairieThunder's lone goal Thursday in Flint. The goal leaves him just one shy of tying former Flint head coach Kevin Kerr (677). Bloomington continues the last leg of their four game road trip Friday in Fort Wayne before returning home for the next two games.

AROUND THE "I"

Bloomington PrairieThunder - (0-3-0-0) - Brett Holmberg has played in 100 consecutive games for the PrairieThunder. He played in all 76 last season and has been in all 24 this year. Marty Standish has scored five points in his last five games and 10 in his last 12 games since joining the team. Jon Booras has scored at least one point in 17 of the team's 24 games. Don Parsons reached the 1,300-point milestone in Saturday's game at Kalamazoo. He still needs two goals to become the all-time leading career goal scorer in professional minor league hockey. After the Christmas break, the PrairieThunder has seven games in nine days.

Flint Generals - (1-2-0-0) - Kyle Deck's points scoring streak came to an end in Kalamazoo on Friday night. Flint has allowed a goal in the last two minutes of a period in 3 of the last 6 games. The Generals have also scored a goal in the last two minutes of a period in two of the last six games. Games between the opponents last week totals 25 goals, 12 of them were scored in the third period with the Generals and their opponents netting six goals each. Jan Jas had the three goal hat trick against Bloomington on Thursday. The hat trick was the second one by a member of the Generals this season. In the game against Bloomington on Thursday Night, five of the seven total goals were scored by a player named Jan. Six of the seven players' first name started with the letter "J".

Fort Wayne Komets - (1-1-0-0) - Komets split weekend home games to finish at the Christmas break in third place in the IHL with a record of 14-9-1-0 for 29 points after 24 games. Saturday the Komets began a double-header home weekend with a 6-4 win over the visiting Muskegon Lumberjacks. It was the second straight victory over the Lumberjacks after losing the first three meetings of the season. Sunday the Komets dropped a 2-1 decision to Kalamazoo. After wining the first two meetings of the season, the Komets have fallen in three straight meetings with Kalamazoo. There were 13,353 fans that turned out for Komet hockey in Fort Wayne Saturday and Sunday, braving icy conditions, sub-zero wind chills and power outages throughout the Fort Wayne area. Komet streaks: Left winger P.C. Drouin extended his league-leading point streak to 11 games (5g, 12a) and assist streak to eight games (9a). Defenseman Brandon Warner is riding a four-game point streak (3g, 2a).

Kalamazoo Wings - (4-0-0-0) - Jason Tapp has won 11 of his last 12 starts. Rob Aldoff recorded his first pro hat trick on 12/20 versus Bloomington. Fans threw 1,924 bears during the K-Wings 9th Annual Teddy Bear Toss Night presented by Hydro Aluminum. Kalamazoo is on a four-game winning streak and a seven-game home winning streak. The K-Wings head into the Christmas break tied for first place. After starting the season with a 2-6-0-0 record, the K-Wings have gone 14-3-0-0 in their last 17 games. Glenn Detulleo is on a four-game point streak. Rick Cleaver and Lucas Drake are on a three-game point streak. Rod Aldoff is three goals shy of 100 in his career. The K-Wings are tied for the league lead in goals scored (100).

Muskegon Lumberjacks - (1-1-0-0) - As the highest scoring offense in the IHL, the Lumberjacks have scored four or more goals in a game this season a total of 17 times through their first 22-games. Muskegon has achieved a winning record against every team in the IHL with the exception of Bloomington and they are right on the .500 mark against the PrairieThunder. Sunday's victory at Port Huron was Muskegon's 691st win since the original Lumberjacks transferred to Cleveland back in 1992. Muskegon's best period on the road continues to be the third stanza having outscored the home standing opposition 23-13. Defenseman Kyle Kos played pro career game #500 this past Saturday night at Fort Wayne. With his four points in two games this past weekend, right wing Henry Kuster has reached 500 pro career points. Goaltender Isaac Reichmuth has started 18 of the Jacks initial 22 games so far this season.

Port Huron Icehawks - (2-2-0-0) - With a win on Saturday at Flint, the Icehawks extended their current road winning streak to five games. The Icehawks, who also enjoyed a five game road winning streak from 11/07/08-11/22/08, lead the league for most consecutive road wins this season. Tab Lardner put up points in all four games last week and is currently riding a team high eight game point streak, with four goals and six assists in that span. Jeff Zehr (2g, 4a) and Ian Turner (1g, 3a) also notched points in all four games played last week and are both on four game point streaks. Kris Vernarsky saw his own point streak snapped at seven games on Sunday versus Muskegon. The Icehawks currently lead the league in both points (269) and assists (169) and share the lead in goals (100) with Kalamazoo. Overall, the Icehawks have outscored their opponents 100-84 this season. The Icehawks outshot their opponents in all four games played last week. They continue to lead the league in total shots (963) and have outshot their opponents by a margin of 963-788 this season.



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