Fort Wayne, IN — The Komets will host the Bloomington PrairieThunder for Wild Wednesday II this Wednesday at 7:30pm.  It's the second of six Wild Wednesday features slated for the balance of the season.  The Fort Wayne Children's Zoo will have various animals on display and $2.50 beers and $1 Pepsis will be available at the game.

The game Wednesday against Bloomington will the the first of three games in five nights for the Komets.  The fourth-place Thunder (20-18-2-5, 47 points) trail the Komets by seven points and are coming off two winless games at Muskegon last Friday and Saturday.  Wednesday's game will be the eighth of 12 meetings this season with the Komets leading the series 5-2-0-0 after winning the last meeting 6-2 at Bloomington Jan. 16.

Saturday the Komets travel to Quad City for an 8:05pm faceoff at i-wireless center.  The fifth-place Mallards (16-20-4-4, 40 points) earned their first regulation win of the season over the Komets last Saturday at Quad City 3-1 and are 3-1-1 in their last five games.  Quad City trails fourth-place Bloomington by seven points in their fight for a playoff spot and will host Dayton Wednesday and skate at Bloomington Friday before hosting the Komets Saturday.

Sunday the Komets have a re-match against the PrairieThunder at Bloomington at 5:05pm.  After the Thunder face the Komets at Fort Wayne Wednesday they welcome Quad City Friday before facing the Komets again Sunday at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum.

Feast or Famine...about last week
Wednesday the Komets' home win string of six games was snapped by a 2-1 loss to the visiting Dayton Gems .  Dayton has won two of three visits so far at the Memorial Coliseum this season. 

Then, Friday the Komets put their A-game together for the annual Comcast Report Card Night and blitzed the Port Huron Icehawks 9-1 in front of a sell-out Fort Wayne crowd of 10,480.  It was Komet goalie Tim Haun's career high 16th win of the season and it was the first time Komet fans were treated to nine or more goals since the home opener of last season when the Komets blasted the Flint Generals 11-1 Oct. 18.

Saturday the Komets traveled to Quad City and were stopped 3-1 by the Mallards.  The Komets completed week 17 out-scoring their opponents 11-5 but ended up with a 1-2-0-0 record for the week.

The Komets enter week 18 of 2009-10 in third place with a 26-15-0-2 record trailing first-place Muskegon by 13 points.

FUTURE STARS OF THE IHL TO BE SHOWCASED HERE FRIDAY
Battle Creek Revolution vs. Evansville Ice Men at the Memorial Coliseum, 8pm
This Friday, Feb. 12 the Evansville Ice Men, single A affiliate of the Fort Wayne Komets, will host the Battle Creek Revolution in an All American Hockey League (AAHL) regular season game at 8pm.  The Ice Men (13-6-0-3, 29 points) trail the second-place Revolution (15-9-0-4, 34 points) by five points with four games in hand going into the week's play with both teams idle until Friday's match.  Ticket prices range from $10 in the lower bowl and $5 in the upper bowl to $4 for all children's tickets.

Season Ticket Exchange Night Wednesday.....Hey season ticket holders!  Hang on to those unused tickets.  The Komets feature several Season Ticket Exchange Nights throughout the season and this Wednesday is another one.  Any unused ticket from a previously scheduled Komet home game can be exchanged at the Coliseum Ticket Office for a ticket to this Wednesday's Komet game against the Bloomington PrairieThunder at 7:30pm.

Save Eyeglasses for Lions Club Recycle for Sight Feb. 27.....fans can make a difference at the Komet game Saturday, Feb. 27 against the Flint Generals by bringing any old eyeglasses for donation to the Indiana Lions Club Recycle for Sight Program.  Donated glasses help millions of people experience corrected vision for the first time.

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. 

Komet Hockey with Bob Chase......follow the Komets worldwide at www.komets.com Comcast KometCast with Bob Chase, in his 57th consecutive season calling Komet action.  The Komet Hockey broadcast can also be heard on Fort Wayne radio with most games on WOWO AM 1190.  Some games are broadcast on ESPN Radio AM 1380 when conflicts occur.  All games broadcast can be heard at www.komets.com 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, Feb.10........Bloomington PrairieThunder at Komets, 7:30pm, ESPN/WKJG Radio AM 1380
Saturday, Feb. 13...........Komets at Quad City, 8:05pm (Fort Wayne time), WOWO Radio AM 1190
Sunday, Feb. 14.............Komets at Bloomington, 5:05pm (Fort Wayne time), WOWO Radio AM 1190
All games broadcast on radio are webcast free at www.Komets.com Comcast KometCast.
Komet practice schedule
Tuesday, Feb. 9.............10am-11:30am at McMillen Ice Arena
Wednesday, Feb. 10......10am-11am at the Coliseum
Thursday, Feb. 11..........10am-noon at the Coliseum
Friday, Feb. 12..............10am-noon at the Coliseum
Tuesday, Feb. 16...........10am-11:30am at McMillen Ice Arena
Wednesday, Feb. 17......10am-11am at the Coliseum

IHL STANDINGS  thru games of 2/7/2010
TEAM                GP    W     L     OTL   SOL   PTS   WPCT   GF    GA    PIM    HOME        ROAD        L-TEN     STREAK   
Muskegon            45    32    10      0     3   67    .744   163   122   1055   21-4-0-0    11-6-0-3    9-1-0-0   4-0-0-0  
Port Huron          46    29    14      0     3   61    .663   156   129   878    17-5-0-0    12-9-0-3    4-6-0-0   0-2-0-0  
Fort Wayne          43    26    15      0     2   54    .628   132   105   930    15-4-0-1    11-11-0-1   6-4-0-0   0-1-0-0  
Bloomington         45    20    18      2     5   47    .522   146   155   1321   15-8-2-0    5-10-0-5    5-4-0-1   0-1-0-1  
Dayton              46    19    23      3     1   42    .457   130   146   692    10-11-1-1   9-12-2-0    3-7-0-0   1-0-0-0  
Quad City           44    16    20      4     4   40    .455   117   151   660    12-6-1-2    4-14-3-2    4-5-0-1   1-0-0-0  
Flint               45    15    24      2     4   36    .400   116   152   1010   10-6-1-4    5-18-1-0    4-5-1-0   1-0-0-0  
TOTALS              314   157   124    11    22   347   .553   960   960   6546   -           -           -         -        

FORT WAYNE KOMETS TEAMSTATS  thru games of 2/6/2010
#     PLAYER              POS  GP  G     A   PTS  +/-  PIM  PPG  PPA  SHG  SHA  GWG  FG  OTG  UAG  ENG  SHOG  SHOA  SHO%   SHOTS  SPCT 
91    Chaulk, Colin       C    38  12   33   45   +14  82    3   12    0    0    2   4     0   0   2    1      1    1.000  97     .124 
71    Drouin, P.C.        LW   43  15   29   44   +4   34    7   13    0    2    4   0     1   0   0    1      3    .333   130    .115 
44    Thomas, Leo         C    43  19   16   35   +6   42    6    6    3    0    4   4     2   1   0    0      3    .000   110    .173 
24    Shafranov, Konstan  LW   30  10   17   27   +12  10    2    7    0    0    1   3     0   0   0    2      3    .667   52     .192 
2     Dupuis, Guy         D    43  6    20   26   +9   59    4    9    0    0    1   0     0   1   0    1      1    1.000  128    .047 
29    OConnor, Sean       RW   39  9    13   22   -1   24    3    2    2    0    2   0     0   1   0    0      1    .000   126    .071 
14    DeAngelis, Frankie  D    40  6    14   20   +10   4    2    7    1    0    2   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   77     .078 
96    Chwedoruk, Justin   F    33  6    13   19   +1   23    3    3    0    1    0   1     0   0   1    0      2    .000   84     .071 
27    Syroczynski, Matt   LW   15  8    10   18   +11  12    2    2    0    0    2   1     0   0   0    0      0    .000   71     .113 
79    Schrock, Kaleigh    RW   43  12    5   17   +2   104   0    0    1    2    2   1     0   1   1    0      1    .000   106    .113 
21    Hukalo, David       RW   22  7     6   13    0   30    4    3    0    0    2   2     1   0   0    0      1    .000   58     .121 
22    Bertram, Kevin      D    34  2     7   9    +16  49    0    0    0    0    0   1     0   0   0    0      0    .000   27     .074 
9     Warner, Brandon     D    33  1     8   9    +3   10    0    2    0    0    0   1     0   0   0    0      0    .000   44     .023 
19    Rodger, Keith       D    37  2     6   8     0   87    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   37     .054 
20    Phillips, Bobby     D    41  1     7   8    +10  37    0    0    0    1    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   50     .020 
72    Woodard, Matt       D    39  3     3   6    -8   31    2    2    0    0    0   1     0   0   0    0      0    .000   51     .059 
    X Varone, Rick        C    23  1     5   6    -4   14    1    3    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   47     .021 
15    MacMillan, Brad     RW   27  4     1   5    +1   152   0    0    0    0    1   1     0   1   1    0      0    .000   36     .111 
    X Klempa, Tomas       RW   24  3     2   5    -6    2    0    2    0    0    0   2     0   0   0    0      0    .000   69     .043 
3     Mironovic, Danko    D    39  0     4   4    +3   53    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   32     .000 
35    Haun, Tim           G    27  0     2   2     0   14    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   0      .000 
    X 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 
    X Saidachev, Evgeny   RW   7   0     1   1    -2    2    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   6      .000 
17    Woods, Mitch        RW   5   0     1   1    +1   11    0    0    0    0    0   0     0   0   0    0      0    .000   2      .000 
33    Boucher, Nick       G    18  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 
    X Duffus, Parris      G    1   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                   43  132  223  355  +82  930  40   73    7    6   26   23    7   8   5    5      16   .313   1465   .090 
#       GOALIE              GP  MIN      W   L   OTL  SOL  SO  GA   GAA   SHOW  SHO  SHOGA  SHOAA  SAVES  SPCT 
35      Haun, Tim           27  1602:35  16  9   0    2    2   59   2.21  3     5    5      18     688    .921 
33      Boucher, Nick       18  999:12   10  6   0    0    0   42   2.52  0     0    0      0      488    .921 
    X   Duffus, Parris      1   0:31     0   0   0    0    0   0    .00   0     0    0      0      0      .000 
        TOTALS              43           26  15  0    2    2   105  2.44  3     5    5      18     1176   .918