Komets snag three home wins and second place; Haun, O'Connor collect IHL weekly awards
March 15, 2010 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Fort Wayne Komets News Release
Fort Wayne, IN - The Komets were faced with three home games in four nights going into week 22 and successfully prevailed in all three games to take a crucial six points and advance past Port Huron into second place.
The Komets started the important week white-washing the visiting Bloomington PrairieThunder Wednesday 5-0. Tim Haun earned his third shutout of the season stopping all 25 shots. It was the final meeting of the season between the Komets and Thunder with Fort Wayne winning the series 9-2-1-0. Friday the Komets chopped league-leader Muskegon 5-2 and pulled to within one point of second-place Port Huron. Saturday the hot Komets cooled the visiting Icehawks 5-1 and snapped Port Huron's win streak at four games while taking second place in the IHL.
The Komets improved to 38-18-1-2 for 79 points and lead third-place Port Huron by a point and trail first-place Muskegon by eight points with three games in hand and 17 games remaining.
Another busy week ahead This week the Komets will skate four games in five nights starting with their fifth and final visit to Port Huron (37-20-0-4) Wednesday. The Komets are 1-3-0-0 in four previous meetings at McMorran Arena and 4-5-0-0 overall against the Icehawks. The battle for second-place starts at 7pm and is the 10th of 11 meetings. After dropping a 5-1 decision in Fort Wayne Saturday and snapping a four-game win streak, the Icehawks suffered a 5-3 setback at Muskegon Sunday. Port Huron is 9-4-0-1 in their last 14 games.
The Komets return for a home doubleheader beginning Friday against Quad City at 8pm. The Mallards (23-28-4-7) trail Bloomington for the fourth and final playoff spot by five points. It's the 12th of 15 meetings this season with the Komets leading the series 9-1-0-1. Quad City will host Flint Wednesday before traveling to Fort Wayne Friday.
Saturday the Komets welcome back Muskegon for a 7:30pm faceoff. The Lumberjacks rebounded from their loss in Fort Wayne Friday with a win Saturday at Quad City and a home victory Sunday against Port Huron. The first-place Lumberjacks will skate at Bloomington Wednesday before visiting Fort Wayne Saturday.
Sunday the Komets complete week 23 with a 5pm faceoff at Dayton. It's the seventh of nine visits to Hara Arena where the Komets are 5-1-0-0 against the Gems. Fort Wayne leads the series 7-3-0-0 after winning the last three encounters. Dayton travels to Port Huron Friday before hosting the Komets Sunday.
Streaking Komets.....the Komets enter the week ahead riding a three-game win streak and are 9-2-0-0 in the last 11 games....goaltender Tim Haun earned the decision in all three games last week for a three-game win string and extended his home winning streak to 11 games.....Colin Chaulk (C) has a four-game goal and point-scoring streak (4 goals, 2 assists).....Sean O'Connor (RW) has a four-game point streak (3 goals, 3 assists).....Konstantin Shafranov (LW) has a three-game goal and point-scoring streak (3 goals, 1 assist).
Hukalo hits 200.....David Hukalo (RW), reactivated last week from injured reserve, notched his 200th career point (assist) Friday against Muskegon.
Shooting Komets.....the Komets out-shot their opponents 109-72 for the week and have out-shot opponents in 10 straight games. The Komets lead the IHL with an average of 35.12 shots per game.
Tim Haun, Sean O'Connor named IHL Players of the Week The IHL announced Monday that Komet goaltender Tim Haun has been named Goaltender of the Week and right winger Sean O'Connor has been named Rookie of the Week for the period ending March 14, 2010.
Haun, 29, was the goaltender of record in all three Komet wins of the week allowing three goals on 72 shots for a 1.00 goals-against average and .958 save percentage.
In addition to his three-game win string, Haun has a home winning streak of 11 games. The Solsgirth, Manitoba native also earned his third shutout of the season blanking Bloomington Wednesday 5-0. Friday Haun posted a 5-2 win making 24 saves and Saturday the netminder stopped 20 of 21 Port Huron shots for a 5-1 win, his third straight and career best 24th of the season.
Haun leads IHL goalies with a 2.09 goals-against average and .925 save percentage after 37 games. Haun, the IHL's February Goaltender of the Month, has earned the weekly award four times this season to date.
O'Connor, 23, earned his first league honor of the season registering multi-point games in each appearance.
The right winger scored three goals and three assists for six points and a +4 for the week and has points in four straight games (4 goals, 3 assists).
O'Connor reached 24 assists on the season to match his personal record high of 24 assists last year.
The Brownstown, Michigan native leads Fort Wayne rookies with 16 goals and 40 points after 56 games and tops the Komets shot chart at 182.
Komets game-worn Camo Jersey auction Friday.....this Friday night's game against the Mallards at 8pm will feature the Komets in their special camo-themed jerseys for U.S. Army Tribute Night. A silent auction will be held to benefit the Indiana National Guard Relief Fund during the game.
Friday night Marathon Nights.....Friday nights are Marathon Nights at Komet home games. Fans can take advantage of a buy-one-get-one-free ticket offer with two fill-ups when the Komets host the Quad City Mallards this Friday, March 19 at 8pm. Fill Up Cards are available at participating Marathon stations.
Hottest Ticket In Town.....still plenty of great seats available for all upcoming Komet home games. Tickets are on sale at the Coliseum Ticket Office and online at www.ticketmaster.com. Single game ticket prices for 2009-10 remain the same as last season, ranging from $8.00 to $20.00 for seniors and adults and starting at $6.00 for children. 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 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.
KOMETS PLANNER Komet games this week Wednesday, March 17......Komets at Port Huron Icehawks, 7pm, ESPN/WKJG Radio AM 1380 Friday, March 19..............Quad City Mallards at Komets, 8pm, WOWO Radio AM 1190 Saturday, March 20..........Muskegon Lumberjacks at Komets, 7:30pm, WOWO Radio AM 1190 Sunday, March 21............Komets at Dayton Gems, 5pm, WOWO Radio AM 1190 All games broadcast on radio are webcast free at www.Komets.com Comcast KometCast. Komet practice schedule Note: All Komet practices originally scheduled for McMillen Ice Arena have switched to the new Canlan Ice Sports arena, 3869 Ice Way in Fort Wayne. Tuesday, March 16..........10am-11:30am at Canlan Ice Sports Wednesday, March 17.....10am-11am at Canlan Ice Sports Thursday, March 18.........11am-noon at Canlan Ice Sports Friday, March 19.............10am-11am at the Coliseum Saturday, March 20.........10am-11am at the Coliseum Tuesday, March 23..........10am-11:30am at Canlan Ice Sports Wednesday, March 24.....10am-11:30am at Canlan Ice Sports
IHL STANDINGS thru games of 3/14/2010 TEAM GP W L OTL SOL PTS WPCT GF GA PIM HOME ROAD L-TEN STREAK Muskegon 62 42 17 0 3 87 .702 234 181 1358 26-7-0-0 16-10-0-3 5-5-0-0 2-0-0-0 Fort Wayne 59 38 18 1 2 79 .669 195 139 1267 21-6-1-1 17-12-0-1 8-2-0-0 3-0-0-0 Port Huron 61 37 20 0 4 78 .639 204 179 1122 21-8-0-0 16-12-0-4 5-4-0-1 0-2-0-0 Bloomington 60 27 25 3 5 62 .517 197 213 1574 17-11-2-0 10-14-1-5 5-4-1-0 2-0-0-0 Quad City 62 23 28 4 7 57 .460 169 217 892 17-10-1-4 6-18-3-3 5-4-0-1 0-1-0-1 Flint 61 24 30 3 4 55 .451 176 207 1264 15-9-2-4 9-21-1-0 5-4-1-0 0-0-1-0 Dayton 63 23 36 3 1 50 .397 175 214 938 13-16-1-1 10-20-2-0 3-7-0-0 1-0-0-0 TOTALS 428 214 174 14 26 468 .547 1350 1350 8415 - - - -
FORT WAYNE KOMETS TEAMSTATS thru games of 3/14/2010 # PLAYER POS GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG PPA SHG SHA GWG FG OTG UAG ENG SHOG SHOA SHO% SHOTS SPCT 91 Chaulk, Colin C 54 20 46 66 +28 94 5 17 0 1 5 7 0 0 2 1 1 1.000 130 .154 71 Drouin, P.C. LW 59 21 41 62 +12 50 9 17 0 3 5 1 1 2 0 1 3 .333 165 .127 44 Thomas, Leo C 58 25 20 45 +14 51 7 6 4 0 4 5 2 1 0 0 3 .000 144 .174 24 Shafranov, Konstan LW 44 17 28 45 +22 12 4 10 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 2 3 .667 75 .227 29 OConnor, Sean RW 55 16 24 40 +9 33 5 5 3 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 .000 182 .088 27 Syroczynski, Matt LW 31 18 17 35 +18 22 5 4 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 .000 156 .115 2 Dupuis, Guy D 59 8 24 32 +16 75 5 13 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 1.000 176 .045 14 DeAngelis, Frankie D 56 9 21 30 +20 6 2 8 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 111 .081 79 Schrock, Kaleigh RW 59 15 10 25 +4 138 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 1 2 0 1 .000 157 .096 96 Chwedoruk, Justin F 49 10 15 25 -1 29 4 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 .000 132 .076 21 Hukalo, David RW 25 7 9 16 +1 32 4 5 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 .000 65 .108 9 Warner, Brandon D 46 1 14 15 +5 18 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 69 .014 20 Phillips, Bobby D 50 2 10 12 +17 44 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 58 .034 22 Bertram, Kevin D 50 2 10 12 +22 84 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 52 .038 19 Rodger, Keith D 53 2 8 10 +7 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 53 .038 15 MacMillan, Brad RW 42 7 2 9 +6 223 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 .000 65 .108 X Woodard, Matt D 49 4 4 8 -5 33 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 64 .063 3 Mironovic, Danko D 55 1 6 7 +13 67 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 50 .020 X Varone, Rick C 23 1 5 6 -4 14 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 47 .021 X Klempa, Tomas RW 24 3 2 5 -6 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 69 .043 17 Woods, Mitch RW 21 1 3 4 +2 71 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 21 .048 35 Haun, Tim G 37 0 3 3 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 X Stayzer, Blair D 13 1 0 1 0 34 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 16 .063 X Whitehead, Travis C 7 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 6 .167 X Saidachev, Evgeny RW 7 0 1 1 -2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 6 .000 33 Boucher, Nick G 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 X Laise, Vince F 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 X Duffus, Parris G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG PPA SHG SHA GWG FG OTG UAG ENG SHOG SHOA SHO% SHOTS SPCT TOTALS 59 195 323 518 +198 1267 54 101 12 10 38 34 7 13 7 5 16 .313 2072 .094 # GOALIE GP MIN W L OTL SOL SO GA GAA SHOW SHO SHOGA SHOAA SAVES SPCT 35 Haun, Tim 37 2181:59 24 10 0 2 3 76 2.09 3 5 5 18 937 .925 33 Boucher, Nick 25 1382:01 14 8 1 0 1 58 2.52 0 0 0 0 648 .918 X Duffus, Parris 1 0:31 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 59 38 19 1 2 4 139 2.36 3 5 5 18 1585 .919
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