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Komets Take Three Points In Week 22

March 21, 2005 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Fort Wayne Komets News Release


Fort Wayne, IN — The Komets earned 3 points in week 22 of the 2004-05 UHL campaign and find themselves in a heated race for playoff position. Rockford moved 2 points ahead of the Komets for first place in the Western Conference with 10 games remaining on the season for each team. Adirondack continues to dominate the Eastern Conference while Muskegon tops the Central Division.

Thursday the Komets dropped a 3-2 shootout at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo. Chris Grenville (RW) and Colin Chaulk (C) scored for the Komets in regulation while Kevin St. Pierre made 29 saves on 31 shots in his 100th Fort Wayne career game and 6th straight start. Scoring Komet shootout goals were P.C. Drouin (LW), netting a pair, and Danny Stewart (LW). It was a UHL record breaking shootout going 15 rounds and 30 shooters.

Friday the Komets turned back the visiting Port Huron Beacons 5-3 for their 2nd straight home win. Jonathan Goodwin registered his 6th 2-goal outing of the season. Dustin Virag (RW), Troy Neumeier (D) and Drouin scored a goal each. Goaltender Tyler Masters got the start for the Komets stopping 26 of 29 Beacon shots for his 14th win of the season. It was the last meeting of the year between the Komets and Port Huron with Fort Wayne sweeping the season series 6-0-0.

Saturday the Komets were clipped by the Kalamazoo Wings 5-2 on Fort Wayne ice. Sean Venedam (LW) and Goodwin scored markers for the Komets. St. Pierre started the game and made 6 saves on 8 shots before leaving due to injury after one period of play. Masters backstopped the Komets in 40 minutes of relief allowing 3 goals on 29 shots. The Komets stopped all 7 Kalamazoo power plays to extend their successful penalty kill streak to 23 (291:58).

This week the Komets remain home to host the Rockford IceHogs Friday at 8pm and the Missouri River Otters Saturday night at 7:30. Friday night's match against the IceHogs could be a preview of the first round of playoffs. Rockford, Kalamazoo and Danbury appear to have the best possibilities of facing the Komet's in the first round of post-season action as the playoff race for position and home-ice advantage heats up with 3 weeks of the season remaining.

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: Colin Chaulk (C) 67a (league high), 85pts.....Sean Venedam (LW) 36 goals, 279 shots.....Jonathan Goodwin (RW) 8 game winning goals (league high).....Venedam and Goodwin 10 power play goals.....Troy Neumeier (D) +42 (league high).....Jeff Worlton (RW) 309 penalty minutes.....Kevin St. Pierre 2.28 goals-against average (league-high) and .922 spct.....Komets lead the UHL with 411 assists, 654 player points.

Komet Ironmen.....4 players have skated all 70 Komet games to date including Sean Venedam, P.C. Drouin, Danny Stewart and Rob Guinn.

Milestones and markers......goaltender Kevin St. Pierre appeared in his 100th Fort Wayne career game Thursday night at Kalamazoo. St. Pierre is 2 wins away from his 4th (3rd straight) 30-win season......Komet's 15-round shootout at Kalamazoo Thursday set a new UHL record of 15 rounds and 30 shooters in a shootout.....Chris Grenville's next game will be his 400th UHL career game......Colin Chaulk's next assist will be his 200th Fort Wayne career assist.

Streaking Komets: Sean Venedam (LW) has a 4-game point streak (1-3=4).....Colin Chaulk (C) is riding a 4-game point streak (2-6=8).

Komet's Player of the Week: Troy Neumeier (D), 3gp, 1g, 1a, +3. Komet's Goaltender of the Week: Tyler Masters, 2gp, 1-1-0, 100 min, 6ga, 3.59 gaa, 52/58, .897 spct.

KOMET CALENDAR
Upcoming games:
Friday, March 25.....Rockford IceHogs at Komets, 8pm (Radio: WOWO AM 1190)
Saturday, March 13.....Missouri River Otters at Komets, 7:30pm (Radio: WOWO AM 1190)
Monday, March 28.....Komets at Kansas City Outlaws, 8pm (Radio: none)
Listen to free live game radio of Komet hockey at www.komets.com
Comcast KometCast. Note: There will be no radio broadcast or webcast of the Komet game at Kansas City Monday, March 28.

Komet practices on ice this week:
Tuesday, March 22.....10am-11:30am at the coliseum
Wednesday, March 23.....10am-11:30am at the coliseum
Thursday, March 24.....10am-11:30am at the coliseum
Friday, March 25.....10am-11am at the coliseum
Saturday, March 26.....10am-11am at the coliseum
Wednesday, March 30.....10am-11:30am at the coliseum

UHL Colonial Cup Playoff Watch.....the 2005 UHL Colonial Cup playoffs will consist of 8 teams. The top 2 teams in each conference shall be seeded 1-3 (based on points). Seeds 4-6 will be the 2nd-place conference teams (based on points). The 2 teams with the next highest point total clinch the remaining 2 spots (7 and 8). Based on point-percentage, since all teams have not played an even amount of games at this point, the Komets would be seed number 4 and have home-ice advantage against Kalamazoo (seed number 5) in a best-of-7 first round series.

Tie Breakers: 1) Wins. 2) Head-to-head wins. 3) Head-to-head fewest regulation losses. 4) Head-to-head most goals for. 5) Head-to-head fewest goals against. 6) Coin toss.

Komet sightings.....this Wednesday fans can meet Komet players P.C. Drouin, Shane Kenny and Steve Rodberg along with Icy the Komet mascot Eagle at the North Anthony Wendy's at the corner of Anthony and Crescent from 5:30pm-7pm.

"Bus Stuff" Friday.....the Komets and Citilink have teamed up for the Community Harvest Food Bank and are asking fans to bring non-perishable food items to the game this Friday night when the Komets host the Rockford IceHogs at 8:00. Community Harvest Food Bank volunteers will be on hand at the game to accept food items as well as cash donations.

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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