Fort Wayne, IN — The Komets will host the Port Huron Icehawks Wednesday in the first of seven Wild Wednesday Komet home games this season. 

It's the debut of special Wednesday nights presented by the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo where fans can visit the Zoo's booth in the Coliseum lobby to see live animals from the zoo and register for chances to win zoo related prizes.

The Komets will face the Hawks on the ice at 7:30pm in the second of six Fort Wayne meetings.  It will be the third of 11 meetings this season overall with the series currently tied 1-1.  The Komets turned back the Icehawks in the last meeting 4-2 Nov. 28 in Fort Wayne.  Port Huron and the Komets have identical records going into the week at 12-6-0-1 for 25 points and trail first-place Muskegon by five points.  The Hawks are coming off a 7-4 win at Dayton Sunday night after suffering a 3-0 shutout loss at Muskegon Friday.  Port Huron is 4-2-0-1 in their last seven games while Fort Wayne is 5-2-0-1 in their last eight. The Icehawks are led by right winger Mike Kinnie with 13 goals and 18 points.  However Kinnie has not been in the Port Huron lineup their last three games (1-2-0). 

The Komets will complete week nine with a visit to Port Huron Saturday for a 7:30pm faceoff.  The Icehawks will host Muskegon Friday before facing the Komets Saturday.

About last week
The Komets started the week with a 3-2 home shootout loss to the Quad City Mallards Friday.  It was the first shootout loss for Fort Wayne this season.  The Komets are 4-1 in games needing extra time this year.  Saturday the Komets were shut out 3-0 at Dayton for the first shut out against the Komets on the road in four years.  The last time was Dec. 30, 2005 at Kalamazoo 4-0.  Sunday the Komets salvaged three points out of the weekend with a 3-2 overtime win over the visiting Flint Generals.
Shooting Komets.....the Komets out-shot their opponents in each of the three games played for the week and have out-shot opponnents in seven straight games and in 15 of 19 this season.  Fort Wayne leads the IHL with an average of 32.6 shots per game while ranking second allowing 28.6 shots per game.  The stingy Komet defense has also surrendered only 47 goals in 19 games for an IHL best 2.47 goals-against average per game.
Haun's streak.....goaltender Tim Haun has started 13 straight games.  The last time a Fort Wayne goalie started more consecutive games was Keven Reiter with 16 straight games in 2007-08.  Haun leads IHL netminders with 15 games played and 914 total minutes.
Chwedoruk's streak.....Justin Chwedoruk (RW) had his goal-scoring streak snapped at an IHL season-high six games (6 goals) Saturday, Dec. 5 at Dayton.

Closing in on 900......defenseman Guy Dupuis, who sets a new Komet record for games played with each appearance, is expected to skate his 900th Fort Wayne game (regular season and playoffs) Wednesday when the Komets host Port Huron.  Dupuis is also six points from tying the Komet record of regular season points by a defenseman set by Jim Burton at 482.  

Great 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. 

KOMETS PLANNER
Komet games this week
Wednesday, Dec. 9........Port Huron Icehawks at Komets, 7:30pm, WOWO Radio AM 1190
Saturday, Dec. 12..........Komets at Port Huron Icehawks, 7:30pm, WOWO Radio AM 1190
All games broadcast on radio are webcast free at www.Komets.com Comcast KometCast.
Komet practice schedule
Tuesday, Dec. 8............10am-noon at the Coliseum
Wednesday, Dec. 9......10am-11am at the Coliseum
Thursday, Dec. 10.........10am-11:30am at McMillen Ice Arena
Friday, Dec. 11..............10am-11:30am at McMillen Ice Arena
Monday, Dec. 14...........10am-11:30am at McMillen Ice Arena
Tuesday, Dec. 15..........10am-11:30am at McMillen Ice Arena
Wednesday, Dec. 16.....10am-noon at the Coliseum

IHL STANDINGS  thru games of 12/6/2009
TEAM                GP    W    L    OTL   SOL   PTS   WPCT   GF    GA    PIM    HOME       ROAD      L-TEN     STREAK   
Muskegon            20    14   4      0     2   30    .750   74    51    504    11-2-0-0   3-2-0-2   8-1-0-1   2-0-0-0  
Port Huron          19    12   6      0     1   25    .658   59    52    397    7-2-0-0    5-4-0-1   6-3-0-1   1-0-0-0  
Fort Wayne          19    12   6      0     1   25    .658   53    47    428    7-1-0-1    5-5-0-0   5-4-0-1   1-0-0-0  
Dayton              22    10   9      3     0   23    .523   59    64    341    5-5-1-0    5-4-2-0   5-4-1-0   0-1-0-0  
Bloomington         19    9    7      1     2   21    .553   62    63    584    6-2-1-0    3-5-0-2   3-5-1-1   0-3-1-0  
Flint               21    6    12     1     2   15    .357   52    66    441    4-4-0-2    2-8-1-0   3-6-1-0   0-0-1-0  
Quad City           16    5    8      2     1   13    .406   39    55    289    3-2-1-1    2-6-1-0   4-4-1-1   0-1-0-0  
TOTALS              136   68   52     7     9   152   .559   398   398   2984   -          -         -         -        

FORT WAYNE KOMETS TEAMSTATS  thru games of 12/6/2009
#     PLAYER              POS  GP  G   A   PTS  +/-  PIM  PPG  PPA  SHG  SHA  GWG  FG  OTG  UAG  ENG  SHOG  SHOA  SHO%   SHOTS  SPCT 
71    Drouin, P.C.        LW   19  4   14  18   -1   18    2    7    0    0    2   0     1   0   0    1      3    .333   55     .073 
91    Chaulk, Colin       C    18  1   15  16   +1   47    0    5    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   41     .024 
2     Dupuis, Guy         D    19  3   11  14   +2   37    2    4    0    0    1   0     0   1   0    0      0    .000   52     .058 
44    Thomas, Leo         C    19  7   6   13   -1   18    4    4    0    0    3   1     2   0   0    0      2    .000   47     .149 
29    OConnor, Sean       RW   15  5   6   11   +1   14    1    1    2    0    2   0     0   1   0    0      1    .000   53     .094 
96    Chwedoruk, Justin   F    9   6   1   7    -3    4    3    0    0    0    0   1     0   0   1    0      2    .000   29     .207 
27    Syroczynski, Matt   LW   4   4   2   6    +4    0    1    1    0    0    1   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   17     .235 
14    DeAngelis, Frankie  D    16  2   4   6    +1    0    2    4    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   32     .063 
24    Shafranov, Konstan  LW   9   2   4   6    +2    4    0    2    0    0    0   1     0   0   0    1      1    1.000  15     .133 
8     Klempa, Tomas       RW   17  3   2   5    -1    2    0    2    0    0    0   2     0   0   0    0      0    .000   55     .055 
7     Varone, Rick        C    14  1   4   5    -2   12    1    3    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   32     .031 
72    Woodard, Matt       D    19  3   1   4    -5   19    2    1    0    0    0   1     0   0   0    0      0    .000   31     .097 
79    Schrock, Kaliegh    RW   19  3   1   4    -1   49    0    0    0    1    1   1     0   1   0    0      0    .000   41     .073 
19    Rodger, Keith       D    18  2   2   4     0   30    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   16     .125 
9     Warner, Brandon     D    12  1   2   3    +1    4    0    0    0    0    0   1     0   0   0    0      0    .000   14     .071 
21    Hukalo, David       RW   10  1   1   2    -3   22    1    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      1    .000   17     .059 
20    Phillips, Bobby     D    19  0   2   2    +7   11    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   19     .000 
35    Haun, Tim           G    15  0   2   2     0    2    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   0      .000 
51    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 
15    MacMillan, Brad     RW   6   1   0   1    +2   57    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   1   0    0      0    .000   6      .167 
3     Mironovic, Danko    D    17  0   1   1    -2   25    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   11     .000 
22    Bertram, Kevin      D    10  0   1   1    +5   11    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   7      .000 
    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    4   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 
                               GP  G   A   PTS  +/-  PIM  PPG  PPA  SHG  SHA  GWG  FG  OTG  UAG  ENG  SHOG  SHOA  SHO%   SHOTS  SPCT 
      TOTALS                   19  53  83  136  +5   428  20   34    2    1   12   9     5   6   1    2      10   .200   620    .085 
#       GOALIE              GP  MIN     W   L  OTL  SOL  SO  GA  GAA   SHOW  SHO  SHOGA  SHOAA  SAVES  SPCT 
35      Haun, Tim           15  914:40  9   5  0    1    0   36  2.36  2     3    1      11     370    .911 
33      Boucher, Nick       4   240:39  3   1  0    0    0   10  2.49  0     0    0      0      127    .927 
        TOTALS              19          12  6  0    1    0   47  2.47  2     3    1      11     497    .914 

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