ECHL Fort Wayne Komets

Komets Earn Four-Point road Trip

October 28, 2002 - ECHL (ECHL)
Fort Wayne Komets News Release


Fort Wayne, IN --- The Komets are yet to play a home game and still have one weekend road tour before the season home opener Nov. 9 at the newly renovated Memorial Coliseum. This past weekend was the 3rd straight on the road for the Komets and 2nd straight of 3 games in 3 nights.

Friday night the Komets took a 3-2 win out of Rockford and evened the series 1-1. Dustin Virag, Michel Massie and Adam Lewis (gw) scored for the Komets while Tom Lawson earned his 2nd straight win stopping 19 of 21 IceHog shots.

Saturday the Komets traveled to Quad City and trounced the Mallards 7-3 in the first meeting of the season. Sean Venedam scored twice while Massie, Virag, Colin Chaulk, Jason Selleke and David-Alexandre Beauregard each picked up a goal. Kelly Perrault passed 4 assists to become the first Komet to score 4 assists in the UHL while on the road. It was the 15th time the Komets netted 7 or more goals in a UHL game. Netminder Scott Rideout earned his 2nd win of the season allowing 3 goals on 31 Mallard shots.

Sunday the Komets finished their 3-game weekend tour with a 5-1 loss at Missouri. It was the first meeting out of 10 this season and the Komet's 5th straight loss to Missouri. The Komets outshot the River Otters 34-29 and have outshot opponents in 5 straight outings. Massie scored the lone Komet goal on the power play and Lawson suffered his first loss of the season making 24 saves on 29 shots.

This weekend the Komets continue road-bound playing at Elmira Friday before traveling to Flint Saturday. The Komets will then play at Flint the following Friday night, Nov. 8 before the big home opener slated for Saturday, Nov. 9 at the new coliseum. Tickets are on sale at the Coliseum Ticket Office and online at www.ticketmaster.com. Komet Season Ticket packages are also still available. Fans can call the Komet office for more information at (260) 483-0011.

Komet games this week:
11/1, Friday.....Komets at Elmira, 7pm (Radio: WOWO AM 1190. Internet: Comcast KometCast at www.komets.com)
11/2, Saturday.....Komets at Flint, 7:30pm (Radio: WOWO AM 1190. Internet: Comcast KometCast at www.komets.com)

Komet practices this week (week of 10/28): Tuesday and Wednesday only at McMillen Ice Arena at 10am each day.

Leader board: Massie, Virag 9pts.....Massie 4g, 3ppg, 31pim.....Virag, Perrault 7a.....Massie, Venedam +5.....Beauregard 21 shots (UHL leader).....Lawson 2.67 ave, Rideout .897 spct.

For the week: Virag 2g, 5a...Massie 3g (2pp), 3a...Perrault 5a...Venedam 2g (gw), 2a...Selleke 1g, 2a...Ortmeyer 2a...Lewis 1g (gw)...Chaulk 1g (pp)...Beauregard 1g...Stewart, Barlow 1a each...Rideout 1gp, 1-0-0, 3ga...Lawson 2gp, 1-1-0, 7ga, 3.50 ave, 43/50, .860 spct.....power play 3/15=20%, penalty kill 11/17=64.7%.

Milestones.....David-Alexandre Beauregard appeared in his 200th regular season UHL games Saturday 10/26 at Quad City and scored his first goal of the season....Colin Chaulk skated his 100th career UHL game Sunday 10/27 at Missouri.

Milestones ahead......David-Alexandre Beauregard has registered 98 career UHL assists.....Colin Chaulk has passed 195 career assists.....Bobby Stewart has netted 97 regular season goals in his pro career.

Streaking Komets.....Michel Massie has points in each game he has played to date for a 5-game point-scoring streak (4g, 5a, 9pts) and a 4-game goal streak (4g).....Dustin Virag is riding a 4-game point streak (2g, 6a, 8pts).

The I.R. List....Pokey Reddick 21-day, 10/11.....Kevin Bertram 14-day, 10/19.....Ken Boone 10-day, 10/24.....Bart Stevens 7-day, 10/25.

Komets add Ortmeyer to roster.....defenseman Jake Ortmeyer was added to the roster Wednesday, 10/23. He started this season playing 3 games with Trenton of the ECHL. Ortmeyer skated the past 4 seasons with Miami University-Ohio in the NCAA. Ortmeyer appeared in all 3 Komet games over the weekend and earned 2 assists.

3 road games to go.....the Komets have 3 of 10 road games remaining before the much-anticipated Fort Wayne home opener Nov. 9 at the new Memorial Coliseum. The Komets will host the Quad City Mallards home opening night at 7:35pm. Single game tickets are on sale at the Coliseum Ticket Office and online at www.ticketmaster.com. Season Tickets are also still available at the Komet office, 1010 Memorial Way, or by calling (260) 483-0011.

Marathon/Komets Fill Up Cards are back.....once again this year, the Komets have teamed with Marathon to offer fans a chance to get gas at Marathon for a free Komet ticket offer. 3 fill-ups stamped on a Marathon/Komet Fill Up card gets customers a "Buy One, Get One Free" ticket offer good on select Marathon nights at Komet home games all season long. The first Marathon Night of the season is Friday, Nov. 15 when the Komets host Adirondack at 7:35pm. Fill Up cards can be redeemed at the Coliseum Ticket Office.

KometCast worldwide.....fans can catch Komet hockey action all over the world with Comcast KometCast, an exclusive Fort Wayne Komets internet presentation available at the Komets website at www.komets.com. Comcast KometCast features play-by-play by Bob Chase in his 50th season of calling Komet hockey radio-rinkside. Komet team stats, information, UHL standings and more also can be found at www.komets.com. Stats and standings are updated each morning during the season.

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