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Komets Remain on Top of IHL Standings
Monday, Dec. 31st, 2007
ROCHESTER, MI - The battle for first place in the IHL began Friday night with a home-and-home series versus the first place Fort Wayne Komets and the second place Flint Generals, who were two points out of first. The Generals dominated Friday’s contest from the beginning, scoring a league-high nine goals against the visiting Komets. Flint was a stellar six for nine on the power play, increasing their league best power play percentage to 23.19%. The 9-3 victory over the Komets tied the Generals for first place.
Fort Wayne would not let the 9-3 defeat from the previous night interfere with their game Saturday, as they traveled back home to Memorial Coliseum looking to regain sole possession of first. The Komets answered back from the previous night, scoring nine goals of their own and holding Flint to just one goal. Of the Komets nine tallies, veteran center Colin Chaulk had the hat trick, scoring one power play and two even strength goals. The 9-1 defeat over the Generals marks the largest margin of victory to date in the IHL.
No goaltender has won more shootouts in the IHL than Kalamazoo’s Jeremy Symington. Symington has a league leading three wins in the shootout, with two of those three coming this week. The first was Wednesday night in Flint when he relieved teammate Brad Smith to begin the third period. The second was Saturday night when Symington made a league-high six saves in an eight round shootout versus Bloomington, handing the PrairieThunder their first shootout loss of the season.
AROUND THE “I”
Bloomington PrairieThunder - (1-1-0-1) – PrairieThunder forward Sam Ftorek has scored 19 goals in 27 games he has played so far this season. The current goals in a single season record for Bloomington is 23, scored last season by Alex Goupil in 67 games. Bloomington center Don Margettie has racked up a total of 113 penalty minutes. The PrairieThunder record for penalty minutes was set last season with 116 minutes by current teammate Sam Miller. Goaltender Loic Lacasse had a total of 42 saves in Kalamazoo Saturday night, tying teammate Derek Dolson for a single game season high in saves, which occurred back on October 28th in Port Huron. The PrairieThunder have the league’s best power play percentage on the road at 21.3%. However, they also have the league’s worst penalty killing record on the road at 74.4%. Bloomington earned three out of six points available this weekend.
Flint Generals - (1-1-0-1) – The Flint Generals and their opposition have been filling up the net recently at Perani Arena and Event Center. In the last three games, a total of 36 goals have been scored and the Generals have scored at least five goals in all of those games. The Generals saw their unbeaten string in regulation on the road come to an end on Saturday night with the loss to Fort Wayne. The Generals had not lost a game in regulation with two shootout losses and an overtime loss in the previous nine games. The Flint Generals have posted a mark of 7-3-1-1 in the month of December. Mike Kinnie is the hottest General with 17 points including six against Fort Wayne this past Friday night. Kinnie and Jason Cirone each have 12 assists, while Jared Dumba has eight goals. Eric Marvin has six wins in December. It was a strange series between the Flint Generals and the Fort Wayne Komets over the weekend. Nine goals were used to decide the outcome of both games. The Generals winning 9-3 on Friday as Mike Kinnie notched six points, and then falling 9-1 on Saturday in Fort Wayne.
Fort Wayne Komets - (2-1-0-0) – The Komets continue to lead the IHL for the fourth consecutive week, winning two of three games played to improve to 17-7-3-1 for 38 points. Saturday night, the Komets handed Flint their first road regulation loss of the season 9-1. Last time the Komets scored nine goals in a game was March 13, 2005 versus Richmond (9-2). Milestones: Konstantin Shafranov (LW) registered his 200th Fort Wayne career point Friday Dec. 28 at Flint (scored two goals in 9-3 loss, first goal was his 200th Komet career point); Colin Chaulk (C) scored his 100th Komet career goal Saturday Dec. 29 versus Flint in 9-1 win (his 2nd goal of the game was 100th Fort Wayne goal). Streaks: Mathieu Curadeau (C) four-game point-scoring streak (3 g, 3 a, 6 pts); David Hukalo (RW) four-game point streak (1g, 7a, 8pts) and four-game assist scoring streak (7a).
Kalamazoo Wings - (2-1-0-0) – Kory Karlander and Nick Bootland are on seven-game point streaks. Both players are also on K-Wings season high six-game assist streaks. Kalamazoo hosts Muskegon during the 6th Annual Cool 101 New Year's Eve Bash presented by News Channel 3. The K-Wings are 2-2-0-1 during the annual classic, including 0-1-0-1 versus Muskegon. This Monday's game against Muskegon is the first of two rare Monday games for Kalamazoo. The other occurred on March 17th versus Fort Wayne during the Annual World Famous Fifth-Third Bank Green Ice Game. Kalamazoo has scored five shorthanded goals, which ties them with Fort Wayne for the league lead. Kalamazoo has scored 41 goals over its past 10 games, which gives them an average of 4.10 goals a game. Kalamazoo has faced two penalty shots this year, both against Bloomington. In both games, Bloomington would go on to win and snap five-game winless streaks. The K-Wings are on a three game home unbeaten streak (2-0-1-0). Kalamazoo is in sole possession of third place in the league. Florian Iberer leads all IHL defensemen in goals (8), assists (20) and points (28).
Muskegon Fury - (2-1-0-0) – Muskegon (13-10-2-0, 28 points) sports a .560 win percentage, third best in the IHL entering tonight’s contest. The Fury trail Port Huron by two points for fourth in the IHL and the Kalamazoo K-Wings by four points for third. Fury right wing Robin Bouchard continued to stamp his name all over the Muskegon Fury record book. With his first of two assists on Saturday, Bouchard passed Todd Robinson for most assists all-time in Fury history with 437. With his two victories this week, goalie Clayton Pool doubled his season total of victories with four. Pool was between the pipes for all three of the Fury contests this week, sporting a 2-1-0-0 record, a .917 save percentage and 3.00 goals against average. Veteran center Mark Cadotte had a huge week for the Fury, totaling eight points (2g, 6a) in the thee contests. Friday in Port Huron, Cadotte had four points (1G, 3A) in the third period alone, then added a goal and two assists against the Icehawks in Saturday’s game in Muskegon. Cadotte now has 23 points (6g, 17a) in 22 games since joining the Fury in an early-season trade.
Port Huron Icehawks - (1-2-0-0) – A 5-2 win at Muskegon on Wednesday brought the Icehawks to a league leading eight game road win streak. The streak was snapped on Saturday with a 4-2 loss at Muskegon. After starting the season 1-6 on the road, the Icehawks have soared to an overall road record of 10-7-0-0. The Icehawks continue to lead the league for third period goals (43), shots in all three periods and total shots (1,049). Right wing Robert Snowball is riding a four game streak for penalty minutes, with 20 PIM’s in that span. He now has 44 penalty minutes in just 12 games with Port Huron this season. Goalie Larry Sterling made 20 saves in the second period during Friday’s contest with Muskegon, a team high for saves in a single period this season. He finished the game with a total of 36 saves. Port Huron out shot their opponent in all three games they played last week. They have now out shot their opponent in 19 of 31 games played this season. They are 9-10 when out shooting their opponent.
Fort Wayne would not let the 9-3 defeat from the previous night interfere with their game Saturday, as they traveled back home to Memorial Coliseum looking to regain sole possession of first. The Komets answered back from the previous night, scoring nine goals of their own and holding Flint to just one goal. Of the Komets nine tallies, veteran center Colin Chaulk had the hat trick, scoring one power play and two even strength goals. The 9-1 defeat over the Generals marks the largest margin of victory to date in the IHL.
No goaltender has won more shootouts in the IHL than Kalamazoo’s Jeremy Symington. Symington has a league leading three wins in the shootout, with two of those three coming this week. The first was Wednesday night in Flint when he relieved teammate Brad Smith to begin the third period. The second was Saturday night when Symington made a league-high six saves in an eight round shootout versus Bloomington, handing the PrairieThunder their first shootout loss of the season.
AROUND THE “I”
Bloomington PrairieThunder - (1-1-0-1) – PrairieThunder forward Sam Ftorek has scored 19 goals in 27 games he has played so far this season. The current goals in a single season record for Bloomington is 23, scored last season by Alex Goupil in 67 games. Bloomington center Don Margettie has racked up a total of 113 penalty minutes. The PrairieThunder record for penalty minutes was set last season with 116 minutes by current teammate Sam Miller. Goaltender Loic Lacasse had a total of 42 saves in Kalamazoo Saturday night, tying teammate Derek Dolson for a single game season high in saves, which occurred back on October 28th in Port Huron. The PrairieThunder have the league’s best power play percentage on the road at 21.3%. However, they also have the league’s worst penalty killing record on the road at 74.4%. Bloomington earned three out of six points available this weekend.
Flint Generals - (1-1-0-1) – The Flint Generals and their opposition have been filling up the net recently at Perani Arena and Event Center. In the last three games, a total of 36 goals have been scored and the Generals have scored at least five goals in all of those games. The Generals saw their unbeaten string in regulation on the road come to an end on Saturday night with the loss to Fort Wayne. The Generals had not lost a game in regulation with two shootout losses and an overtime loss in the previous nine games. The Flint Generals have posted a mark of 7-3-1-1 in the month of December. Mike Kinnie is the hottest General with 17 points including six against Fort Wayne this past Friday night. Kinnie and Jason Cirone each have 12 assists, while Jared Dumba has eight goals. Eric Marvin has six wins in December. It was a strange series between the Flint Generals and the Fort Wayne Komets over the weekend. Nine goals were used to decide the outcome of both games. The Generals winning 9-3 on Friday as Mike Kinnie notched six points, and then falling 9-1 on Saturday in Fort Wayne.
Fort Wayne Komets - (2-1-0-0) – The Komets continue to lead the IHL for the fourth consecutive week, winning two of three games played to improve to 17-7-3-1 for 38 points. Saturday night, the Komets handed Flint their first road regulation loss of the season 9-1. Last time the Komets scored nine goals in a game was March 13, 2005 versus Richmond (9-2). Milestones: Konstantin Shafranov (LW) registered his 200th Fort Wayne career point Friday Dec. 28 at Flint (scored two goals in 9-3 loss, first goal was his 200th Komet career point); Colin Chaulk (C) scored his 100th Komet career goal Saturday Dec. 29 versus Flint in 9-1 win (his 2nd goal of the game was 100th Fort Wayne goal). Streaks: Mathieu Curadeau (C) four-game point-scoring streak (3 g, 3 a, 6 pts); David Hukalo (RW) four-game point streak (1g, 7a, 8pts) and four-game assist scoring streak (7a).
Kalamazoo Wings - (2-1-0-0) – Kory Karlander and Nick Bootland are on seven-game point streaks. Both players are also on K-Wings season high six-game assist streaks. Kalamazoo hosts Muskegon during the 6th Annual Cool 101 New Year's Eve Bash presented by News Channel 3. The K-Wings are 2-2-0-1 during the annual classic, including 0-1-0-1 versus Muskegon. This Monday's game against Muskegon is the first of two rare Monday games for Kalamazoo. The other occurred on March 17th versus Fort Wayne during the Annual World Famous Fifth-Third Bank Green Ice Game. Kalamazoo has scored five shorthanded goals, which ties them with Fort Wayne for the league lead. Kalamazoo has scored 41 goals over its past 10 games, which gives them an average of 4.10 goals a game. Kalamazoo has faced two penalty shots this year, both against Bloomington. In both games, Bloomington would go on to win and snap five-game winless streaks. The K-Wings are on a three game home unbeaten streak (2-0-1-0). Kalamazoo is in sole possession of third place in the league. Florian Iberer leads all IHL defensemen in goals (8), assists (20) and points (28).
Muskegon Fury - (2-1-0-0) – Muskegon (13-10-2-0, 28 points) sports a .560 win percentage, third best in the IHL entering tonight’s contest. The Fury trail Port Huron by two points for fourth in the IHL and the Kalamazoo K-Wings by four points for third. Fury right wing Robin Bouchard continued to stamp his name all over the Muskegon Fury record book. With his first of two assists on Saturday, Bouchard passed Todd Robinson for most assists all-time in Fury history with 437. With his two victories this week, goalie Clayton Pool doubled his season total of victories with four. Pool was between the pipes for all three of the Fury contests this week, sporting a 2-1-0-0 record, a .917 save percentage and 3.00 goals against average. Veteran center Mark Cadotte had a huge week for the Fury, totaling eight points (2g, 6a) in the thee contests. Friday in Port Huron, Cadotte had four points (1G, 3A) in the third period alone, then added a goal and two assists against the Icehawks in Saturday’s game in Muskegon. Cadotte now has 23 points (6g, 17a) in 22 games since joining the Fury in an early-season trade.
Port Huron Icehawks - (1-2-0-0) – A 5-2 win at Muskegon on Wednesday brought the Icehawks to a league leading eight game road win streak. The streak was snapped on Saturday with a 4-2 loss at Muskegon. After starting the season 1-6 on the road, the Icehawks have soared to an overall road record of 10-7-0-0. The Icehawks continue to lead the league for third period goals (43), shots in all three periods and total shots (1,049). Right wing Robert Snowball is riding a four game streak for penalty minutes, with 20 PIM’s in that span. He now has 44 penalty minutes in just 12 games with Port Huron this season. Goalie Larry Sterling made 20 saves in the second period during Friday’s contest with Muskegon, a team high for saves in a single period this season. He finished the game with a total of 36 saves. Port Huron out shot their opponent in all three games they played last week. They have now out shot their opponent in 19 of 31 games played this season. They are 9-10 when out shooting their opponent.
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