Komets

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The Komets had to turn in their playoff roster today. General Manager David Franke said Nick Boucher should practice tomorrow, and Tyler Sims has been added as the official emergency back-up goaltender. Konsta

April 18, 2010 - Fort Wayne, Ind. - Fort Wayne's David Hukalo, top, stares down Flint's Craig Cescon, after dumping him to the ice in Sunday's regular-season finale at Memorial Coliseum. Cecson was given a holding penalty on the play.

Photo by Chad Ryan.

Oh, who am I kidding. Heck yes, I'm going to brag. This is from our season preview. Not bad, huh?

Blake's predicted order of finish
IHL regular season
1. Fort Wayne: Komets have best coaching, depth and leaders. Can they survive injuries again?

2. Muskegon: Lumberjacks celebrate 50th with league's top forward line. Is the defense better?

3. Port Huron: IceHawks have experience and gotten better on defense. It's up to Larry Sterling.

4. Flint: Generals have a few stars, and Muzzatti will keep building lineup. Need defensive help.

Most valuable player: Colin Chaulk

Most-improved player: Frankie DeAngelis

Best defenseman: Guy Dupuis

Mr. Hustle: Lincoln Kaleigh Schrock

Rookie of the Year: Lincoln Kaleigh Schrock

Gallmeier Award for Community Service: Justin Chwedoruk and Tim Haun

Wiegmann Family True Komet: Guy Dupuis

Unsung Hero: Leo Thomas and Br

He said he hurt it making a save about five minutes into the game. It's a rotator cuff problem, but he doesn't know how much it will affect him for the playoffs.

``He tucked it over to my blocker side so I slid across and my leg missed, but my arm as I slid past the post got wedged,'' Boucher said. ``I slid past the net and just pulled my arm with me. I've never hurt it so I don't know what to expect. Talking to the guys who have hurt their shoulders before, it's usually worse the next day. We'll see.''

Great first period as both teams are playing very hard, lot

There's a lot of candidates this  year with leading scorer Colin Chaulk and Leo Thomas, but And the goaltenders have to be the co-MVPs this year. Four rookie D-men, a team that couldn't score for the first 75 percent of the season, but they showed up every night.

You can watch them here.

His travel plans got delayed because of the volcano eruption in Iceland. He's now supposed to leave sometime this week.