Komets

How the Komets pick their championship rings, with some great art by Chad.

Komets spent a lot of time today working on conditioning, both on- and off-ice.

After watching the video, Komets coach Al Sims said, he really liked the play of Kaleigh Schrock, Matt Ward and Tyler Fletcher.

``They were consistently our best line as far as getting the other team in their end, holding them there, taking the body. They had some chances to score. You could see they were in condition to play a high-paced game and they did well.''

A blast from the past, 1992 to be exact, care of Dave Longsworth.

deja-vu

I think we got beat in every facet of the game out there. We've got some work to do this week.

``You high stick people in the face, you're going to get a penalty. I couldn't really see Brandon's second penalty in the near corner here, but Frankie's penalty, I don't know about interference, but you know, we shot outselves in the foot. We certainly can't blame the referee. I thought he called an OK game.

The Rush got a power-play goal early in the second period. Komets played better in the second, but not well enough. Nick Boucher has been strong in nets, but Danny Battochio has been better, and so has his defense. Komets are now throwing as many checks as they need to slow down the Rush, and a lot of times they are getting ou

Lots of speed, lots of penalties from guys not moving their feet. Rapid City goal was kind of a fluke that popped into the air off a deflection and over Boucher. Komets seemed to settle down in the second half of the period.

And the new jersey. Also Schrock is wearing and A along with Drouin.

Great ceremonies. It went very smoo

Oct. 16, 2010 - Fort Wayne, Ind. - The Fort Wayne Komets unveiled their new championship rings after winning their third straight Turner Cup Championship on Saturday at Memorial Coliseum.

Videos from the Fort Wayne Sports Corporation's Sports Heritage Project.

Komets the early years

Komets 1980s to the present

Thanks to Ken Furniss and Art Saltsberg for doing such great work on this. This was a seven-year project we worked out. You can see the rest of the videos at the kiosk in the coliseum

This one didn't fit in the preview section and gives you a little bit of an outlook on how the guys feel going into this season. See the first co