IHL 2 Fort Wayne Komets

Komets top the U after 12 weeks

Published on January 3, 2005 under International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Fort Wayne Komets News Release


Fort Wayne, IN --- The Komets completed the week of Dec. 27 earning 3 wins and 6 points in 5 games to top the UHL with 24 wins, 51 points and a .689 point percentage (24-10-3). Two shutouts highlighted the week as goalie Tyler Masters turned back 24 shots against the visiting Kansas City Outlaws Monday in a 4-0 win and made 20 saves in a 5-0 whitewashing of the visiting Motor City Mechanics Friday night in front of a sold out New Year's Eve crowd of 10,502. Left winger Sean Venedam scored points in each of the 5 games played (4g, 4a). For the week the defending Tarry Cup Champion Komets had an overall output of 16 goals, 31 assists for 47 points and outshot their opponents 190-127. The special teams netted 6 power play goals in 30 chances for a 20% power play rating and were successful on the penalty kill 24 of 27 times for a penalty kill rating of 88.9%.

Last week at a glance:
Monday, Dec. 27.....at Fort Wayne 4, Kansas City 0
Wednesday, Dec. 29.....at Rockford 4, Fort Wayne 1
Thursday, Dec. 30.....Fort Wayne 5, at Quad City 4 shootout
Friday, Dec. 31.....at Fort Wayne 5, Motor City 0
Sunday, Jan. 2.....Kalamazoo 3, at Fort Wayne 2

This week the Komets will skate at Kansas City Wednesday at 8pm before heading to Flint to face the Generals at 7:35pm Friday. Saturday the Komets return home to host the Missouri River Otters at 7:30pm and Sunday the Danbury Trashers visit for a 5pm faceoff.

Tickets for all upcoming 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.

Hot December.....the Komets were 13-2-2 for the month of December for a league best 28 points and .824 point percentage in 17 games played. Sean Venedam (LW) led the Komets during the month with 3 hat tricks, 17 goals (5ppg) and 25 points. Center Colin Chaulk also led with 21 assists. Three players topped out at a +15 including Jonathan Goodwin (RW), Rob Guinn (D) and Troy Neumeier (D) as the Komets were +141 overall for the month. The Komet's defense surrendered only 30 goals and posted 5 shutouts. The offense netted 69 goals and added 122 assists for a total of 191 points. Goaltender Tyler Masters was 9-2-2 in 13 appearances and collected 4 shutouts earning a 1.70 goals against average and .932 save percentage. Veteran netminder Kevin St. Pierre made 3 appearances before being listed on the injured reserve list going 3-0-0, posting a 1.33 goals against average, a .959 save percentage and 1 shutout. Goaltender Nathan Grobins also backstopped the Komets to a win while stopping 34 of 38 shots.

Puhalski earns ticket to UHL All-Star Game.....Komet head coach Greg Puhalski has earned the honor of UHL All-Star Coach of Team Mountain Dew. Team Mountain Dew will face Team Pepsi in The UHL All-Star Classic to be held Jan. 24 at Adirondack. Puhalski gets the nod after leading the Komets to a "Team B" division best .689 point percentage after games completed Jan. 2. Teams in the Team B (Team Mountain Dew) division include Fort Wayne, Kalamazoo, Kansas City, Missouri, Muskegon, Quad City and Rockford.

Komet leaders: Center Colin Chaulk 39 assists (league high), 52 points (league high).....Sean Venedam (LW) 22 goals, 6 power play goals, 142 shots.....Jeff Worlton (RW) 166 penalty minutes.....Troy Neumeier (D) +25 (league high).....Jonathan Goodwin (RW) leads UHL rookies with 4 game winning goals and a +20.

Milestones: The Komets directed 53 shots at the Kansas City net for the most shots in a game this season Monday, 12/27 in Fort Wayne.....Danny Stewart (LW) skated his 100th UHL and Fort Wayne career game Monday 12/27 vs Kansas City.....Greg Puhalski coached his 200th Komet win (regular season) Friday 12/31 vs Motor City.....Sean Venedam (LW) passed his 100th UHL/Komet career assist Sunday 1/2 vs Kalamazoo.

Streaking Komets: Sean Venedam (LW) is riding a 5-game point streak (3-4=7).....P.C. Drouin (LW) has a 3-game point streak (2-3=5) and center Colin Chaulk has points in 3 straight games (1-3=4).

Komet's Player of the Week: Left winger Sean Venedam, 5gp, 4g (2pp, 1gw, 2fg), 4a, 8pts, -1.
Komet's Goaltender of the Week: Tyler Masters, 4gp, 2-2-0, 5ga, 1.26 gaa, 82/87, .943 spct., 2 shutouts.
Komet's Player of December: Left winger Sean Venedam, 17gp, 17g (5p, 2sh, 2gw, 4fg), 8a, 25pts, +14.
Komet's Goaltender of December: Tyler Masters, 13gp, 9-2-2, 1.70 gaa, 303/325, .932 spct, 4 shutouts.

KOMET CALENDAR
Games this week:
Wednesday, Jan 5.....Komets at Kansas City Outlaws (Radio: none)
Friday, Jan. 7.....Komets at Flint Generals (Radio: WOWO AM 1190)
Saturday, Jan. 8.....Missouri River Otters at Komets, 7:30pm (Radio: WKJG AM 1380)
Sunday, Jan. 9.....Danbury Trashers at Komets, 5pm (Radio: WOWO AM 1190)

Komet games this week, except Jan. 5 at Kansas City, will also be webcast at www.komets.com at Comcast KometCast.

Komet practices coming up:
Tuesday, Jan. 4.....10am-11:30am at the coliseum
Friday, Jan. 7.....10am-11am at the coliseum
Saturday, Jan. 8.....11am-noon at the coliseum
Tuesday, Jan. 11.....10am-11:30am at the coliseum

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 website www.komets.com.

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