Huntington North and IPFW graduate Chris Treft is the new radio voice of the Gwinnett Gladiators. He spent last year working with Adirondack in the AHL.

This is from a story I wrote about him in 2009:

Column on what this means and what he has meant

From a Komets' press release:

The Komets announced Wednesday their list of players who have received qualifying offers for the 2015-16 season.

Fort Wayne has made eight qualifying offers (four forwards, three defensemen and one goaltender) and the list includes Eric Faille (F), Matthew Pistilli (F),  Shawn Szydlowski (F), Brett Perlini (F), Drew Daniels (D), Cody Sol (D), James Martin (D) and Pat Nagle (G).

Wolcottville-native Karch Bachman taken by Florida in fifth round with the 132nd pick in NHL draft.

Las Vegas, NV—  The ECHL presented Fort Wayne’s Chuck Bailey the Media Relations Director award for 2014-15 Thursday at the league meetings in Las Vegas.

After completing a 23-year career in radio broadcasting, Bailey became the Komets’ Director of Communications in 1993 and has served the Komets for 22 years including the past three seasons as a member of the ECHL.

From a Komets press release:

The Komets announced Wednesday that defenseman Connor Kucera has agreed to terms for 2015-16. 

Comes back to Fort Wayne after playing last year in France. Now updated with comments from Ouellet

Going on BS Sports Show at 7:15 p.m. to talk playoff beards and other stuff. You can listen at http://www.thebssportsshow.com

You can read about it here.

If anyone doesn't know or hasn't heard of Mike's ties to the Komets you can read this.