IHL 2 Fort Wayne Komets

Komets Clinch Playoff Spot

Published on April 10, 2006 under International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Fort Wayne Komets News Release


Fort Wayne, IN --- The Komets claimed 4 points in games played last week and have clinched a spot in the UHL playoffs for the 6th time in 7 seasons and are looking to lock the 6th seed spot. Any combination of 3 points, either won by the Komets or lost by Quad City, gives the Komets a lock on 2nd place in the Western Division and 6th seed when the playoffs open the week of April 17.

The 6th seed will play the 3rd seed and right now Rockford appears a likely opponent when the 2006 UHL playoffs begin. The Komets will play their 3 remaining regular season games this week starting at Missouri Wednesday in a make-up of the game originally scheduled for Feb. 19. This weekend the Komets will host both teams vying for the UHL regular season championship. Kalamazoo and Muskegon are tied with 107 points after 73 games going into this final week of regular season play. The Fury visit Fort Wayne Friday at 8pm and the Wings will guest for the Komet's regular season finale Saturday night at 7:30. The Komets won their final home game of the season last year 2-1 over Adirondack to improve to 4-1-1 in Komet home UHL regular season finales.

Komets finish road slate at Missouri Wednesday.....the Komets will make up the post-poned Feb. 19 game at Missouri this Wednesday night at the Family Arena in St. Charles, Missouri. It will be the final Komet road game of the regular season and the last of 10 meetings with the River Otters. The Komets are 8-1-0 in the season series after taking the last meeting 3-2 in a shootout in Fort Wayne March 26. The Otters are riding a 2-game win streak after upending league-worst Roanoke in both games of a double-header at Roanoke last Friday and Saturday.

Muskegon here Friday.....the Komets will finish the season against the 2 top teams in the UHL starting with Muskegon Friday night at the coliseum at 8:00. The Fury will host Adirondack Tuesday (originally scheduled for Jan. 14) before traveling to Fort Wayne Friday. The Komets are winless against Muskegon in 5 previous meetings this season after winning all 6 meetings last year. Muskegon's Robin Bouchard leads the UHL with 59 goals, 34 power play tallies and 116 points. Muskegon owns the league's best overall power play (24.0%) and has the top road penalty kill (84.8%). The Fury are coming off an 8-0 drubbing at Rockford Sunday afternoon and are 4-3-0 in their last 7 games, 2-3-0 in their last 5.

Wings visit for Komet's home finale Saturday.....the Kalamazoo Wings are in search of their first UHL Tarry Cup Championship and are tied with Muskegon with 50 wins and 107 points after 73 games going into this week's play, but if tied with Muskegon at the end of the season with wins and points, will win the tiebreaker of head-to-head wins. The Komets are 3-3-0 vs. Kalamazoo in 6 previous meetings this season. The Wings are coming off a weekend of winning 3 games in 3 nights are riding a 5 game win streak. This week Kalamazoo faces Adirondack at home Wednesday (originally scheduled for Jan. 13) and travels to Missouri Friday before visiting Fort Wayne Saturday.

Komet playoff tickets go on sale Tuesday.....Komet playoff tickets go on sale Tuesday, April 11 at 10am at the Coliseum Ticket Office and at ticketmaster.com. UHL playoffs get underway the week of April 17 and the Komet's playoff opponent and schedule is yet to be determined. The first round of the UHL playoffs is a best-of-7 series with the higher seeded team capturing home ice advantage.

Guy dishes 200.....Guy Dupuis (D) passed his 200th Fort Wayne career assist Friday 4/7 at Port Huron (includes IHL games with the Komets).

Puhalski hits 600.....Komet's head coach Greg Puhalski coached his 600th UHL career game Saturday night April 8 at Flint. Puhalski and Danbury coach Paul Gillis are neck-and-neck in UHL games coached as each had 528 UHL career games coached when the 2005-06 season started.

Komet Ironmen.....Jonathan Goodwin (RW), Troy Neumeier (D) and Rob Guinn (D) have appeared in all 73 Komet games this season.

Shootin' em up.....the Komets set a new Fort Wayne team record of shots in a UHL game with 59 Friday night in their 6-3 win at Port Huron. Last week the Komets outshot their opponents overall in 4 games played 176-97.

Komets player of the week: Jonathan Goodwin (RW), 4gp, 2 goals, 4 assists, +1, 2 pim. Komets goaltender of the week: Kevin St. Pierre, 3gp, 1-1-1, 10 ga, 3.36 gaa, 63/73, .863 spct.

Komets End-of-Season Player Awards.....the annual Komet player awards will be presented following this Saturday night's home game against the Kalamazoo Wings. Eight awards will be handed out including the NOB Brick Award for the stonewall defensive forward, the Unsung Hero Award, the Komet Defenseman of the Year Award, the Komet Rookie of the Year Award, the Most Improved Player Award, the True Komet Award, the Mr. Hustle Award and the team's Most Valuable Player Award (voted by the players).

2004-05 Komet Player Awards
1. Community Service Award, Jonathan Goodwin
2. The True Komet Award, Sean Venedam
3. NOB Brick Stonewall Defensive Forward Award, Colin Chaulk (3rd straight year)
4. Plus/Minus Award, Troy Neumeier
5. Mr. Hustle Award, Danny Stewart (2nd straight year)
6. Unsung Hero Award, Tyler Masters
7. Most Improved Player Award, Andy Townsend
8. Komet Defenseman of the Year Award, Troy Neumeier
9. Komet Rookie of the Year Award, Jonathan Goodwin
10. Most Valuable Player of the Year Award, Sean Venedam

Season career highs through games of 4/9/06: Colin Chaulk (C) has a career high 26 goals and 152 penalty minutes on the season.....P.C. Drouin (LW) has tied his career high 24 goals.....Guy Dupuis (D) has a new career high 44 assists.....Jonathan Goodwin (RW) has a new career high games played of 73, 38 assists, 70 points and 59 penalty minutes.....Rob Guinn (D) has tied his career high 8 goals and set a new career high 92 penalty minutes....David Hukalo (RW) has a new career high 61 games played, 13 goals, 19 assists, 32 points.....Ryan Jorde (D) has new career highs of 3 goals, 6 assists, 9 points.....Mark Lindsay (D) has a new career high 64 games.....Brent Rumble (LW) has tied his career high 43 games.....Kevin St. Pierre (G) has a career season high 17 losses.....Josh Tataryn (LW) has a new career high 26 penalty minutes.....Mike Dombkiewicz (D) has set a career high 57 games, 8 goals, 24 assists, 32 points, 88 penalty minutes.

It's Marathon Night Friday.....Friday night is Marathon night when the Komets host Muskegon at 8:00. Fans can get a 2-for-1 ticket offer for this Friday night game by filling up at Marathon. Get 3 punches on the Marathon-Komets Fill-Up Card and get a free ticket with a ticket purchased for this Friday night's Komet game. Get gas, and a Marathon-Komets Fill-Up card at any participating Marathon location.

Komets on the air and web.....Komet games this week are scheduled to air on Fort Wayne radio. Wednesday's game at Missouri will air on WKJG AM 1380 and home games Friday against Muskegon and Saturday against Kalamazoo can be heard on WOWO AM 1190. All Komet games broadcast on Fort Wayne radio can also be heard worldwide on the internet at www.komets.com at Comcast KometCast. Komet gamecasts begin 15 minutes prior to faceoff with the Sprint P.C.S. pregame show featuring Bob Chase in his fifty-third season behind the Komet microphone.

Komets.com.....the official website of the Fort Wayne Komets is www.komets.com. In addition to live game radio, the Komet's home on the web also features stats, news, interactive fan features and information as well as real-time scoring via the UHL and Pointstreak.

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