IHL 2 Fort Wayne Komets

Komets hold Western lead at All-Star break

Published on January 15, 2007 under International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Fort Wayne Komets News Release


Fort Wayne, IN --- The Komets finished week 14 of the 2006-07 season with a 23-13-2 record and continue to lead the UHL Western Conference with 48 points after taking 3 points in 4 games for the week.

The Komets are an improved team over the same time last year. Improvements at the mid-way mark include the Komet's overall record (23-13-2 over 20-16-2), home record (13-5-1 over 11-8-0) and home attendance (per-game average of 7,641 over 7.466 last year after 19 home games). The Komets also improved in goals for (131 over 120) and have allowed fewer goals after 38 games (96 over 109).

The Komets will host the UHL All-Star Classic this Wednesday at the Memorial Coliseum starting with the skills competition at 7pm. The game will begin at 7:45pm with the finals of the skills competition to be completed during the first intermission. Komet head coach Pat Bingham will coach the Western Conference stars including Komets Kevin St. Pierre (G), Guy Dupuis (D), J.C. Ruid (C), Jonathan Goodwin (RW), Mario Larocque (D), and Martin Gascon (C). The game will be broadcast on ESPN Radio AM 1380 and on the internet at www.komets.com Comcast KometCast with Bob Chase calling the action starting at 7:30pm.

The All-Stars will have a morning practice Wednesday at the Coliseum. The Western Conference stars will practice at 10am and Eastern Conference stars are slated to practice at 11am.

After the All-Star break, the Komets begin the second half of the season with a back-to-back home double-header starting Friday against the Kalamazoo Wings at 8pm. It will be the sixth of 10 meetings this season and the third of 5 in Fort Wayne. The Komets were clipped by the Wings at Kalamazoo last Saturday night 4-3 in a shootout in the last meeting. The Wings hold a 4-1 series lead over the Komets. Kalamazoo was unbeaten in 8 straight games before surrendering an 8-1 loss at Muskegon Sunday in their last outing.

Saturday the Komets will face the visiting Bloomington Thunder at 7:30pm in the fifth of 10 meetings this season. The Komets upended the Prairie Thunder Dec. 29 at Bloomington 5-3 in the last meeting to take a commanding 3-1-0 series lead. Bloomington has alternated wins and losses in their last 6 games and will play at Chicago Friday before traveling to Fort Wayne Saturday.

Tickets for the All-Star Game Wednesday and all Komet home games are on sale at the Memorial Coliseum Ticket Office and online at www.ticketmaster.com . Fans may call the Komet office for ticket information at (260) 483-0011 or make inquiries via e-mail at komets@komets.com . Ticket information is also available at www.komets.com .

Milestones.....Pat Bingham coached his 400th career game Friday, Jan. 12 vs Muskegon.....Bogdan Rudenko (RW) scored his 100th career UHL goal Saturday, Jan. 13 at Kalamazoo.

KOMET GAMES THIS WEEKEND Friday, Jan. 19.....Kalamazoo Wings at Komets, 8pm (WOWO Radio AM 1190) Saturday, Jan. 20.....Bloomington Thunder at Komets, 7:30pm (WOWO Radio AM 1190) All games broadcast on radio are also webcast free at www.komets.com Comcast KometCast.

KOMET PRACTICE PLANNER Tuesday, Jan. 16.....10am-noon at the Coliseum Thursday, Jan. 18.....10am-noon at the Coliseum Friday, Jan. 19.....10am-11am at the Coliseum Saturday, Jan. 20.....10am-11am at the Coliseum Monday, Jan. 22.....10am-11:30am at McMillen Ice Arena Tuesday, Jan. 23.....10am-11:30am at McMillen Ice Arena Wednesday, Jan. 24.....10am-11am at McMillen Ice Arena

Fill up at Marathon and earn Komet tickets.....the Komets Marathon Fill-Up Cards are again available this year at all participating area Marathon gas stations. Fans can earn a "buy 1, get 1 free" ticket offer, up to a $19 value, every time they fill up three times at Marathon. Another "Marathon Night" at Komet Hockey is this Friday, Jan. 19 when the Komets host the Kalamazoo Wings at 8pm.

Komet Hockey on WOWO.....most of the Komet games are broadcast on WOWO Radio AM 1190 this year with Bob Chase at the Fort Wayne microphone for his 54th consecutive season. Again this year, some games will be aired on WKJG/ESPN Radio AM 1380 as an alternative when conflicts occur. All games broadcast will also be available via the internet at Comcast KometCast at www.komets.com .

Komets.com.....the official website of the Fort Wayne Komets is www.komets.com . In addition to featuring the webcasting of free live Komet game radio, Komets.com also provides fans and media with up-to-date teamstats, news, interactive fan features and information as well as real-time scoring via the UHL and Pointstreak. Scoring of all Komet games can be viewed as it happens at Komets.com.

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