League Alums Guide Komets to Third Straight Title
FORT WAYNE, IN -- Fort Wayne got two goals from former Cornell
standout P.C. Drouin; one goal from former Clarkson standout Matt
Syroczynski, his 11th of the postseason; and former Dartmouth
standout Nick Boucher stopped 19 shots as the Koments claimed their
third consecutive International Hockey League (IHL) title Saturday
evening.
A sold out crowd of 10,480 at the Allen County War Memorial
Coliseum in Fort Wayne witnessed history as the home town Komets
won IHL's Turner Cup Championship defeating the Flint Generals 3-2
and taking the best-of-seven Finals 4-1.
Never before in the 58-year history of the Fort Wayne franchise
have the Komets claimed three straight championships. It's
only the second time an IHL team strung three straight Turner Cup
Championships together. The Cincinnati Mohawks won five
straight titles from 1953-1957.
Syroczynski was named the 2010 IHL Turner Cup Playoff Most
Valuable Player. He scored the first goal of the game and only
tally of the first frame at 17:52 on the power play for a league
high 11th goal of the post-season. The left winger finished
the playoffs riding a four-game goal-scoring streak and point
streak (6 goals, 2 assists).
In the second period Fort Wayne picked up where it left off by
adding two goals by Drouin at 6:44 and 11:11. Drouin
completed post-season play with an IHL-high nine-game point-scoring
streak (5 goals, 12 assists).
The Generals fought back in the third frame on goals by John Ronan
at 4:29 and former Komet Jake Pence at 13:00 but Fort Wayne stood
it's ground to finally collect the win 3-2 and claim the Komets'
seventh IHL Turner Cup Championship and eighth overall in the
franchise's 58th season.
Boucher collected his third straight championship with the Komets
making 19 of 21 saves. Rob Nolan suffered the loss for the
Gens stopping 39 of 42 Fort Wayne shots.
