Komets Quest For Third Straight Cup Starts Thursday
April 19, 2010 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Fort Wayne Komets News Release
Fort Wayne, IN - The Komets completed the regular season with two wins and a shootout loss to cap the 2009-10 campaign with an eight-game unbeaten streak (7-0-0-1) and seven-game home winning streak. The Komets finished the season with a 50-21-1-4 record and 105 points. Fort Wayne reached 100 points or the fourth straight year and 15th time in the 58-year history of the franchise. The Komets reached 50 wins for the ninth time overall and fifth time in the last seven seasons.
About last week The Komets started the final week of the regular season schedule with a 4-3 shootout loss at Quad City Friday. The K's turned the tables on the Mallards Saturday in Fort Wayne with a 2-1 shootout win. Sunday the Komets treated a Fort Wayne crowd of 10,480 to it's seventh straight home win dropping the visiting Flint Generals 2-1. The home sell-out boosted the Komets per-game attendance average for the year to 7,825 for a new Fort Wayne franchise regular season record.
Quest for the Cup The Komets finished two points behind first-place Muskegon and will be the number two seed in the playoffs. The Komets will have home-ice advantage when they face the Port Huron Icehawks in the first round best-of-seven series which will follow a 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 format. The winner of the Fort Wayne-Port Huron series will face the winner of the Muskegon-Flint series for the Turner Cup Championship.
The Komets' defense of back-to-back championships will begin Thursday at 7:30pm at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne. Game two will be at McMorran Arena in Port Huron Saturday at 7:30pm. Game three will be held in Fort Wayne Sunday at 6pm. Game four is slated for Port Huron Wednesday, April 28 at 7pm. If necessary game five will faceoff at 8pm Friday, April 30 in Fort Wayne and game six will be at Port Huron Saturday, May 1 at 7:30pm. If a seventh game is needed it will be held in Fort Wayne Monday, May 3 at 7:30pm.
The Komets will be aiming for their eighth league championship in the 58-year history of the Fort Wayne franchise and their unprecedented third straight. The defending Turner Cup champion Komets will be making their 50th post-season appearance since the the Fort Wayne franchise began in 1952.
The Komets won the regular season series 6-5-0-0 after winning the last three straight meetings while the Icehawks were 5-6-0-0 against Fort Wayne.
The last time Fort Wayne and Port Huron met in post-season action was the 2008 IHL finals when the Komets won the championship series four games to three.
FORT WAYNE VS PORT HURON First Round IHL Turner Cup Playoffs
Game 1: Thursday, April 22 at Fort Wayne, 7:30pm (WOWO Radio AM 1190)
Game 2: Saturday, April 24 at Port Huron, 7:30pm (WOWO Radio AM 1190)
Game 3: Sunday, April 25 at Fort Wayne, 6pm (WOWO Radio AM 1190)
Game 4: Wednesday, April 28 at Port Huron 7pm (ESPN Radio AM 1380)
Game 5: Friday, April 30 at Fort Wayne, 8pm (WOWO Radio AM 1190)
Game 6: Saturday, May 1 at Port Huron, 7:30pm (WOWO Radio AM 1190)
Game 7: Monday, May 3 at Fort Wayne, 7:30pm (WOWO Radio AM 1190)
All games broadcast on radio are webcast free at www.Komets.com Comcast KometCast.
Hottest Playoff Ticket In Town.....Tickets for the first two Komet home playoff games are on sale at the Coliseum Ticket Office and online at www.ticketmaster.com. 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.
Komet Kuarters Book Signing this Wednesday.....Komet fans are invited to attend an autograph session and book signing this Wednesday at Komet Kuarters on Coliseum near Carlos O'Kelly's from 4pm-6pm. In attendance will be Komet legend Steve Fletcher along with Bob Chase, Leo Thomas and Danko Mironovic. Author and News Sentinel writer Blake Sebring will also be on hand with his three books on the History of Komet Hockey at a reduced price.
Komet Hockey with Bob Chase......follow the Komets worldwide at www.komets.com Comcast KometCast with Bob Chase, in his 57th consecutive season calling Komet action. The Komet Hockey broadcast can also be heard on Fort Wayne radio outlets WOWO AM 1190 or ESPN AM 1380 depending on availability. All games broadcast can be heard at www.komets.com 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.
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