The Komets expect the next series to start next Friday and Saturday in Rapid City. They would leave by sleeper bus on Wednesday and maybe stop halfway to practice before completing the trip.
On a breakaway by Artem Podshendyalov off a pass from Sean O'Connor.
Then they just scored again to go up 4-2 on a pass from
Mathieu Curadeau scored a short-handed goal off a brilliant pass from Guy Dupuis. Actually, Jon Booras of Bloomington kicked the puck into his own goal on the rebound.
Then Bloomington got a 3-on-2 goal when Michael Ratchuk came over to take the man leaving the PrairieThunder's Brady Sheahon to score.
Bloomington has turned his PK into a diamond 1-2-1 to counter the Komets 1-3-1 power-play formation.
I asked former NHL referee Ray Scampinello about the lack of a call the other night when Kaleigh Schrock skated away from Chris Cloud after he dropped his gloves and stick to fight. Ray said the referee has the option of giving him an unsportsmanlike conduct call, but he is not required to. It's a judgment call.
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The artist's name is Marcel also known as RottnAps, who is Leo Thomas's nephew. Some of the lyrics are classic! Great job!
Here's a story from the Ball State Daily News. There are some Fort Wayne kids on the team, including one of our favorite bloggers you might recognize.
Here's a photos
Goaltending runs in Reiter family which includes a notebook
No changes for Komets in Game 3
Bloomington's Garrett Klotz has been called up to Adirondack of the AHL.
Bobby Phillips won't play Wednesday but said he's improving and could have played if the Komets had been down 2-0 in the series.
The Komets will wear white at home the rest of the playoffs after wearing black in the second half.
Bloomington's two leading scorers, Jason Dale, had only five shots and one assist in the first two games.
You can watch it here as Glenn and I talk about whether the Komets will sweep, and what the key moves have been so far in the series.
