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Komets Remain on Fire in Week Two
Monday, Oct. 27th, 2008
ROCHESTER, MI - Fort Wayne remains the only unbeaten team in the IHL after the second week of action, cruising to a 4-0-0-0 record. Both goaltenders Nick Boucher and Sebastien Laplante have split time between the pipes for the Komets, each posting wins in the two games they have started. Boucher and Laplante are ranked among the top goalies in the league with Boucher taking the top spot, posting a 2.00 GAA and a .930 save percentage, while Laplante is close behind with a 3.00 GAA and a .920 save percentage. The Komets look to continue their undefeated ways this weekend, battling Kalamazoo at Memorial Coliseum Friday then traveling to Bloomington Saturday to face-off against the PrairieThunder.
Muskegon’s Luke Stauffacher scored his first three goals of the season Friday, scoring a natural hat trick in the 4-2 victory over Kalamazoo. Stauffacher is now tied for first in scoring among the Lumberjacks with teammate Todd Robinson. Both players have scored three goals and two assists (five points) in the first three games played.
Flint’s power play came alive this past weekend, scoring five of their ten goals on the man-advantage. Leading the Generals in power play goals is forwards Greg Bullock and John DiPace, both notching in two a piece. Flint currently leads the IHL in power play percentage with 23.3%, scoring a total of seven goals on 30 chances in five games.
AROUND THE “I”
Bloomington PrairieThunder - (1-1-0-0) – Of the 20 goals the PrairieThunder have scored this season, the duo of Don Parsons and Jon Booras has been involved by either scoring a goal or getting an assist eight times. Travis Granbois has had two of the team's three game-winning goals. Defenseman Riccardo Rigamonti has had four straight games with a positive plus/minus rating. He currently stands at plus-eight. Don Parsons, Travis Granbois, Brett Holmberg and Jon Booras have all recorded at least one point in each of the PrairieThunder's first four games. Bob Hoffmeyer, the father of IHL linesman Jarad Hoffmeyer, was on the New Jersey Devils' staff when the NHL team made PrairieThunder coach Jarrod Skalde the 26th pick in the 1989 entry draft.
Flint Generals - (2-1-0-0) – The Flint Generals continue their string against the Port Huron Icehawks with another back-to-back set beginning Friday in Port Huron and concluding Saturday in Flint. The Generals swept both games last weekend thanks to some late heroics. The Generals are 1-2 when they have scored the game’s first goal and have allowed 10 goals in their last three games, including five on Saturday night. The specialty teams continue to dominate for the Generals early on. Flint’s power play is first in the IHL ahead of the Fort Wayne Komets. The Generals have surrendered just three power play goals in their first 29 times shorthanded. The team only gave up one power play goal in three games played. The Generals have two one-goal game victories so far this season which continues on a great trend they enjoyed a season ago.
Fort Wayne Komets - (2-0-0-0) – The Komets lead the IHL with eight points, 26 goals for and have the stingiest defense of 10 goals against. The Komets 4-0-0-0 start is the longest undefeated start for head coach Al Sims in six seasons as Komet coach. It is also the best start for the Komets since 2001-02 when they registered six straight wins before losing in a shootout. Komets went on to post a 7-0-2 record before losing in regulation. Komets’ longest winning streak to start the season was eight games in 1978-79 before they lost to the Grand Rapids Owls 8-2. Center Mathieu Curadeau posted his second career hat trick Friday night at Bloomington with all three of his goals coming on the power play in the Komets’ 7-4 win. Streaking Komets: Center Colin Chaulk has a four-game point streak (1g, 10a), center Rick Varone has a four-game point streak (3g, 2a), left winger Konstantin Shafranov has a four-game point and assist streak (3g, 6a), left wing P.C. Drouin has a three-game point and goal scoring streak (4g, 2a) and right wing David Hukalo is riding a three-game point streak (1g, 4a).
Kalamazoo Wings - (0-2-0-0) – Including the end of last season, the K-Wings are winless in their last 10 regular season games (0-6-3-1). Rod Aldoff played in his 700th career game on 10/25 versus Fort Wayne. Glenn Detulleo is on a three-game point streak. Lucas Drake is five points shy of 200 in his career. Though they have played two fewer games than most teams in the league, Kalamazoo is the only winless team in the IHL. Kalamazoo is now 1-4-0-0 on Orange Ice. Mark Olson played in his first pro game on Saturday. Before Saturday, Olson's last collegiate game was during the 1990-91 for Northern Michigan University. So far this season, Kalamazoo has not scored a goal in the third period. The K-Wings have been outscored 6-0 in the final period. In the first three games of the season, Kalamazoo has outshot their opponents 102-85.The K-Wings are 19 of 22 on the penalty kill, which ranks third in the league at 86.4%.
Muskegon Lumberjacks - (1-1-0-0) – When the Lumberjacks conquered archrival Kalamazoo Friday night, they concluded their season-opening two-game home stand undefeated at 2-0-0-0. It represented a complete reversal of form from last year when Muskegon also opened the season with a two-game home stand only to drop both games to the same two teams that they vanquished this season, Port Huron and Kalamazoo. With their 6-4 setback Saturday night at Port Huron, Muskegon has now dropped five consecutive games at McMorran Place Arena since winning in each of their first three endeavors to Port Huron a year ago. Of the 11 goals against, the Lumberjacks have yielded in their initial trio of contests thus far this season, 10 of those goals have been surrendered in the first period where the Jacks have been outscored 10-4. After allowing a power play goal against on the opponent’s first opportunity of the season back on opening night, the Jacks have not surrendered a power play goal against since, going a perfect 9-9 in that span. They lead the league in penalty-killing at 90%.
Port Huron Icehawks - (1-2-0-0) – The Icehawks lost two close one-goal games to the Generals on Thursday and Friday despite outshooting Flint by nine shots on Thursday and by 27 shots on Friday. The Icehawks were not outshot in their first five games of the season. They outshot their opponent four times and were tied in shots once. The streak ended on Saturday when they were outshot by Muskegon. The Icehawks lead the league in total shots with 178 and have recorded the lowest average shots against per game (26.80%). The Icehawks scored five goals in an 11 minute span in the first period in Saturday’s 6-4 win over the Lumberjacks. With the win the Icehawks handed Muskegon their first loss of the young season. The win also snapped a four game losing streak for Port Huron. Defenseman Ian Turner played in his 300th professional game on Friday. Jeremy Tucker is one game shy of playing in his 150th pro game. Several Icehawks are among the league leaders. Jamie Carroll leads the league in shots on goal with 23. Ian Turner is ranked second in the league in points among defenseman with four (1g, 3a). Jason Selleke is tied for first in power play goals with three. Kerry Bowman is on a three game streak for assists and leads the league for assists among rookies (3a).
Muskegon’s Luke Stauffacher scored his first three goals of the season Friday, scoring a natural hat trick in the 4-2 victory over Kalamazoo. Stauffacher is now tied for first in scoring among the Lumberjacks with teammate Todd Robinson. Both players have scored three goals and two assists (five points) in the first three games played.
Flint’s power play came alive this past weekend, scoring five of their ten goals on the man-advantage. Leading the Generals in power play goals is forwards Greg Bullock and John DiPace, both notching in two a piece. Flint currently leads the IHL in power play percentage with 23.3%, scoring a total of seven goals on 30 chances in five games.
AROUND THE “I”
Bloomington PrairieThunder - (1-1-0-0) – Of the 20 goals the PrairieThunder have scored this season, the duo of Don Parsons and Jon Booras has been involved by either scoring a goal or getting an assist eight times. Travis Granbois has had two of the team's three game-winning goals. Defenseman Riccardo Rigamonti has had four straight games with a positive plus/minus rating. He currently stands at plus-eight. Don Parsons, Travis Granbois, Brett Holmberg and Jon Booras have all recorded at least one point in each of the PrairieThunder's first four games. Bob Hoffmeyer, the father of IHL linesman Jarad Hoffmeyer, was on the New Jersey Devils' staff when the NHL team made PrairieThunder coach Jarrod Skalde the 26th pick in the 1989 entry draft.
Flint Generals - (2-1-0-0) – The Flint Generals continue their string against the Port Huron Icehawks with another back-to-back set beginning Friday in Port Huron and concluding Saturday in Flint. The Generals swept both games last weekend thanks to some late heroics. The Generals are 1-2 when they have scored the game’s first goal and have allowed 10 goals in their last three games, including five on Saturday night. The specialty teams continue to dominate for the Generals early on. Flint’s power play is first in the IHL ahead of the Fort Wayne Komets. The Generals have surrendered just three power play goals in their first 29 times shorthanded. The team only gave up one power play goal in three games played. The Generals have two one-goal game victories so far this season which continues on a great trend they enjoyed a season ago.
Fort Wayne Komets - (2-0-0-0) – The Komets lead the IHL with eight points, 26 goals for and have the stingiest defense of 10 goals against. The Komets 4-0-0-0 start is the longest undefeated start for head coach Al Sims in six seasons as Komet coach. It is also the best start for the Komets since 2001-02 when they registered six straight wins before losing in a shootout. Komets went on to post a 7-0-2 record before losing in regulation. Komets’ longest winning streak to start the season was eight games in 1978-79 before they lost to the Grand Rapids Owls 8-2. Center Mathieu Curadeau posted his second career hat trick Friday night at Bloomington with all three of his goals coming on the power play in the Komets’ 7-4 win. Streaking Komets: Center Colin Chaulk has a four-game point streak (1g, 10a), center Rick Varone has a four-game point streak (3g, 2a), left winger Konstantin Shafranov has a four-game point and assist streak (3g, 6a), left wing P.C. Drouin has a three-game point and goal scoring streak (4g, 2a) and right wing David Hukalo is riding a three-game point streak (1g, 4a).
Kalamazoo Wings - (0-2-0-0) – Including the end of last season, the K-Wings are winless in their last 10 regular season games (0-6-3-1). Rod Aldoff played in his 700th career game on 10/25 versus Fort Wayne. Glenn Detulleo is on a three-game point streak. Lucas Drake is five points shy of 200 in his career. Though they have played two fewer games than most teams in the league, Kalamazoo is the only winless team in the IHL. Kalamazoo is now 1-4-0-0 on Orange Ice. Mark Olson played in his first pro game on Saturday. Before Saturday, Olson's last collegiate game was during the 1990-91 for Northern Michigan University. So far this season, Kalamazoo has not scored a goal in the third period. The K-Wings have been outscored 6-0 in the final period. In the first three games of the season, Kalamazoo has outshot their opponents 102-85.The K-Wings are 19 of 22 on the penalty kill, which ranks third in the league at 86.4%.
Muskegon Lumberjacks - (1-1-0-0) – When the Lumberjacks conquered archrival Kalamazoo Friday night, they concluded their season-opening two-game home stand undefeated at 2-0-0-0. It represented a complete reversal of form from last year when Muskegon also opened the season with a two-game home stand only to drop both games to the same two teams that they vanquished this season, Port Huron and Kalamazoo. With their 6-4 setback Saturday night at Port Huron, Muskegon has now dropped five consecutive games at McMorran Place Arena since winning in each of their first three endeavors to Port Huron a year ago. Of the 11 goals against, the Lumberjacks have yielded in their initial trio of contests thus far this season, 10 of those goals have been surrendered in the first period where the Jacks have been outscored 10-4. After allowing a power play goal against on the opponent’s first opportunity of the season back on opening night, the Jacks have not surrendered a power play goal against since, going a perfect 9-9 in that span. They lead the league in penalty-killing at 90%.
Port Huron Icehawks - (1-2-0-0) – The Icehawks lost two close one-goal games to the Generals on Thursday and Friday despite outshooting Flint by nine shots on Thursday and by 27 shots on Friday. The Icehawks were not outshot in their first five games of the season. They outshot their opponent four times and were tied in shots once. The streak ended on Saturday when they were outshot by Muskegon. The Icehawks lead the league in total shots with 178 and have recorded the lowest average shots against per game (26.80%). The Icehawks scored five goals in an 11 minute span in the first period in Saturday’s 6-4 win over the Lumberjacks. With the win the Icehawks handed Muskegon their first loss of the young season. The win also snapped a four game losing streak for Port Huron. Defenseman Ian Turner played in his 300th professional game on Friday. Jeremy Tucker is one game shy of playing in his 150th pro game. Several Icehawks are among the league leaders. Jamie Carroll leads the league in shots on goal with 23. Ian Turner is ranked second in the league in points among defenseman with four (1g, 3a). Jason Selleke is tied for first in power play goals with three. Kerry Bowman is on a three game streak for assists and leads the league for assists among rookies (3a).
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