Two hours after the game, Zachary Blazic is still ignoring penalty calls that happen right in front of him that he is looking directly at. Talk about having blinders on. This game definitely deserved a better effort from him. He was doing everything he could to not be a part of the decision, and in fact that ended up being a big deciding part of the game.
While battling with Komets defenseman Dustin Molle, Texas forward Jordan Kary deflects a shot into the Fort Wayne goal on a second-period power play.
This game tonight reminds me of the Bloomington game a couple of weeks ago when the Komets had won six in a row on the road but went over there and lost. Texas is a great defensive team, and Chad Woollard has a long history of torturing the Komets and is good enough to beat a team by himself on a good night.
Even though they are scoring more of late, the Komets have also had some bad defensive lapses recently against Wichita and Evansville. This could be a 2-1 or 3-2 game where a bad miscue could make all the difference.
There's also the danger of looking ahead to Christmas.
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Chris Auger go to on injured reserve
Texas game could be tricky for Komets
According to Komets General Manager David Franke, the Central Hockey League has ruled that the video replay from Karl Linden's elbowing major against the Komets' Chris Auger does not clearly show an elbow to the head. The video was reviewed by CHL Director of Hockey Operations Jim Wiley, and the league is not issuing a suspension for further discipline. Franke said he won't know until Wednesday at the earliest if Auger will be able to recover from a concussion to play in Wednesday's game against Texas.
