IHL 2 Fort Wayne Komets

Komets Win Sixth Straight Home Opener; Lumberjacks Visit For Halloween

October 27, 2009 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Fort Wayne Komets News Release


Fort Wayne, IN - The Komets successfully launched the home portion of 2009-10 with their sixth straight home-opener win 2-1 over Bloomington Friday night. A sell-out crowd of 10,511 was on hand becoming the eighth straight 10,000-plus crowd to attend a Fort Wayne Komet home opener. The Komets are unbeaten in regulation in 15 straight home openers for a 13-0-2 record since September 30, 1995 when the Komets started the unbeaten string with a 7-3 win over Houston in front of a then sell-out crowd of 8,103.

Rookies Tomas Klempa (RW) and Kaleigh Schrock (RW) each scored their first pro goals to give the Komets the win Friday. Saturday the Komets upended the Mallards in Quad City 3-1 as rookie Travis Whitehead (C) scored his first pro goal and Matt Syroczynski (LW) netted a pair. Saturday's game was the first Komet visit to Quad City since March 2, 2007 when the Komets clipped the Mallards 2-1.

Nick Boucher backstopped the Komets to the 2-1 win Friday night stopping 35 of 25 Thunder shots and improves to 2-1-0-0 on the season. Goalie Tim Haun appeared in his first game of the season at Quad City Saturday taking the win on 28 saves.

The two wins and four points for the second week of the season moves the Komets into a first-place tie with Port Huron going into week three of 2009-10.

This week the Komets will skate at Bloomington Friday before the Muskegon Lumberjacks make their first of six trips to Fort Wayne Saturday for Halloween night at 7:30.

Welcome back....right winger Sean O'Connor has been re-signed by the Komets. O'Connor started the season appearing in three games with the ECHL's Kalamazoo Wings (1g, 1a) prior to being added to the Komet roster. O'Connor was a member of last year's Turner Cup Champion Komets in his rookie season scoring 23 goals and 47 points in 59 games and added two goals, nine assists and 11 points in the post-season run for the cup. O'Connor was a co-winner of the Komets' Rookie of the Year Award last season with Rick Varone.

Fort Wayne dubbed "Title Town".....the Fort Wayne/Allen County Convention and Visitors Bureau proudly declared Fort Wayne "Title Town" just in time for the Komets' 58th home opener Friday. The proclamation was made in the spirit of the Komets' back-to-back Turner Cup championships, the Fort Wayne TinCaps Midwest League baseball championship and Fort Wayne's "All-America City" award. Komet fans can watch for Title Town billboards courtesy of Burkhart Advertising at several locations around Fort Wayne as part of the celebration.

Got magnetic schedules.....5,000 Komet magnetic schedules will be given away to fans entering the building Saturday. The popular annual giveaway is made possible by Fort Wayne area Applebees restaurants.

Got Komet tickets.......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.

Radio rink-side......follow the Komets radio-rinkside with Bob Chase, in his 57th consecutive season calling Komet action on WOWO Radio AM 1190. The Komet broadcast can also be heard worldwide at www.komets.com at 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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