Komets Take Four Points For Week 18
February 14, 2005 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Fort Wayne Komets News Release
Fort Wayne, IN â The Komets took a pair of wins and 4 points for the 3rd consecutive week to hold a 34-15-4 record and 72 points after 18 weeks of the 2004-05 UHL campaign. The Komets rest in 2nd place in the Western Conference, 2 points behind first-place Rockford after 53 games of the 80-game season. The Komets have completed 26 of 40 home games (18-7-1, .712) and 27 of 40 games on the road (16-8-3, .648). -UHL Standings- -Komets Team Stats-
The Komets started the week with a 4-1 win over the visiting Adirondack Frostbite Wednesday night. Rob Guinn (D), P.C. Drouin (LW), Blake Stewart (LW) and Josh Piro (LW) scored for the Komets. It was Stewart's first goal as a Komet and Piro's first career tally. Goaltender Kevin St. Pierre earned the win stopping 23 of 24 Adirondack shots.
Friday night the Komets ambushed the Outlaws at Kansas City 4-1 for their 5th straight road win and season-high 8th straight win overall. Chris Grenville (RW) extended his point streak to 7 games (4-5=9) with the first goal of the night. Dustin Virag (RW), Jonathan Goodwin (RW) and Troy Neumeier (D) also added marks. Drouin passed 3 assists and Colin Chaulk (C) dished a pair of assists to hit the 50-assist mark for his 3rd consecutive season. St. Pierre, making his 30th appearance of the season, registered his 8th straight win making 30 saves in his 12th straight start.
Saturday night the Komet's win string ended with a 3-0 decision at Missouri. Tyler Masters was the Komet goaltender of record stopping 29 of 32 shots. Sunday the Komets returned home for the 2nd of a home-and-home series with the River Otters and were turned back by Missouri 4-0. St. Pierre made 22 saves on 26 shots for his first setback in 9 appearances. The Komets are now 3-3-2 against Missouri this season with 2 meetings remaining.
This week the Komets are slated for 3 games in 4 nights. Wednesday the Kalamazoo Wings make their 2nd of 4 appearances in Fort Wayne at 7:30pm. Friday the Komets skate at Port Huron at 7:05pm in the first of another home-and-home series. The Komets and Beacons square off in Fort Wayne Saturday night at 7:30.
Tickets for Komet home games are on sale at the Coliseum Ticket Office and online at www.ticketmaster.com. Group tickets and discounts are also available by calling the Komet office at (260) 483-0011.
Komet leaders: Sean Venedam (LW) 31 goals, 8 power play goals, 6 game winning goals (league high), 209 shots.....Colin Chaulk (C) 50 assists (tied for league high).....Venedam, Chaulk 64 points.....Troy Neumeier +33 (league high).....Jeff Worlton (RW) 267 penalty minutes.....Kevin St. Pierre .923 spct (league high).....Komets lead the UHL with 187 goals (3.53 goals per game), 322 assists, 509 player points.
Milestones: Chris Grenville (RW) has recorded 599 career points.....Komet head coach Greg Puhalski has registered 298 UHL wins.....Dustin Virag (RW) has posted 197 career UHL (and Komet) points.
Komet's Player of the Week: P.C. Drouin (4gp, 1g, 3a, +1) Komet's Goaltender of the Week: Kevin St. Pierre (3gp, 2-1-0, 180 min, 6ga, 2.00 gaa, 75/81, .926 spct.)
KOMET CALENDAR
Games this week:
Wednesday, Feb. 16.....Kalamazoo Wings at Komets, 7:30pm (Radio: WOWO AM 1190)
Friday, Feb. 18....Komets at Port Huron Beacons, 7:05pm (Radio: WOWO AM 1190)
Saturday, Feb. 19.....Port Huron Beacons at Komets, 7:35pm (Radio: WOWO AM 1190)
Komet games are also webcast at www.komets.com at Comcast KometCast.
Komet practices coming up:
Tuesday, Feb. 15.....10am-11:30am at the coliseum
Wednesday, Feb. 16.....10am-11am at the coliseum
Thursday, Feb. 17.....10:30am-noon at the coliseum
Friday, Feb. 18.....9am-10am at McMillen Ice Arena
Saturday, Feb. 19.....11am-noon at the coliseum
Monday, Feb. 21.....10am-11:30am at McMillen Ice Arena
PHP Purple Card Night....members of PHP can take advantage of great discounts on tickets by using their Physicians Health Plan Purple Card when purchasing tickets at the Coliseum Ticket Office for this Wednesday night's Komet home game against Kalamazoo.
NASCAR at Komet Hockey Wednesday.....Nesquik and Prairie Farms Dairy present NASCAR Night when the Komets host Kalamazoo this Wednesday night at 7:30. Fans will be able to experience the thrill of sitting in the driver's seat of a NASCAR race car in an authentic NASCAR simulator at the game. The simulator is free to fans all night starting when the doors open at 6:30pm.
Komets.com.....the Komet's official home on the web is www.komets.com. Updated Komet news and information plus stats, schedules, upcoming events, Comcast KometCast and more can be found at the Komet's home on the web at www.komets.com.
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