Komets Get Ready For QC, Dayton

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• Friday at Quad City -- The Komets will get the February portion of 2011-12 underway when they travel to Quad City Friday for an 8:05pm ET faceoff at the i wireless Center in downtown Moline, Illinois.  The Mallards (23-17-1, 47 points) are battling to keep playoff contention holding fourth place in the Turner Conference and trailing the second-place Komets by five points.  Friday's match will be the fifth of nine meetings this season and the Komets' third of five trips to Quad City.  The Komets stopped the Mallards 4-1 in the last meeting Jan. 22 at Quad City for a three-game win streak against Quad City.  The Mallards are 2-5-0 in their last seven games and are idle until the Komets visit Friday. 

• Gems invade Saturday -- The Komets return home to host the Dayton Gems Saturday at 7:30pm after a two-week absence while the Circus was at the Coliseum.  It's the ninth of 14 meetings this season.  The Komets hold a 6-2-0 series edge over Dayton after eight meetings.  The Gems are 3-2-0 in their last five games and enter the week riding a two-game win string.  Dayton (15-19-7, 37 points) trails fourth-place Quad City  by 10 points and will host Rapid City Tuesday before traveling to Fort Wayne Saturday. 

After this weekend the Komets will enjoy their final three-day layoff until mid March before skating 13 games in 22 days to complete the February docket.