It felt like it took 2 hours to play, and I'm sure I missed most of it yawning. Evansville didn't have a shot on goal for the first 10 minutes, finished with five, yet leads 3-2 after two periods. Komets are working together more than they did last night, but Evansville is much slower and has a much shorter roster than Dayton did Friday night. Komets look better, but really not much.
Komets trainer Shawn Dundon and his wife Gina are the proud parents of a new baby boy, Bryce, born at 1 p.m. this afternoon.
You can ready today's story here. Please not the fantastic picture by Chad from opening night. That's why he's the best.
* OK, here's the last thing (you hope, ha, ha) I'll say about Anton Kharin. Just for curiousity sake, I looked up what he did against the Komets that year with Muskegon. Regular season 2GP 1 assist 3 shots, 0 pim, 0 plus/minus; Playoffs 5GP 1 goal, 2 PIM, minus-8, 16 shots. I don't care how you feel about plus-minus, minus-8 in 5 playoff games ought to tell you something. Komets scored 21 goals in the series, three on the power play. So for the 18 goals they scored at even-strength in the series, he was on the ice for eight of them.
The Komets announced Wednesday that center Chris Francis and right winger Marc Rechlicz have been added to the Fort Wayne roster.
Long-time News-Sentinel columnist and lifetime Komets fanatic Kevin Leininger will be the speaker at the Monday meeting of the Bethlehem Men's Group. He'll discuss local and national politics, his memories of celebratign on the Port Huron ice in 1973 and his life-long membership at Zion. We'll meet in Room 17 off the basement. All males of any age are welcome. Also, please bring a can of food to donate to the food bank.
I always thought it was interesting how injured players have always told me they didn't feel like they were part of the team. It seems like this is always self-inf
Fort Wayne Youth Hockey is sponsoring a Nelson's Chicken and Apple Dumpling sale from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Canlan Ice Sports. A 1/2 chicken costs $6, four chicken strips cost $6 and warm apple dump
Calling all kids! Here's your chance to become a News-Sentinel Komets reporter for a game. Twenty students will be selected to serve as Komets student reporters. That means they come sit next to me for a game, go home and write about what they experienced and then their story appears in The News-Sentinel. Chose students receive game tickets, press box access for themselves and their families, a special press kit and recognition on the scoreboard and over the public address system during the game. Plus, I make sure everyone has fun. We generally like to keep it between the ages of 10 and 18.
The Komets had right wing Marc Rechlicz and left wing Zak Ray at practice today, and Komets general manager David Franke said the team expects Rechlicz to be in the lineup Friday night.
Komets fell behind 3-1 late in the second period when Quad City scored a power-play goal with Guy Dupuis sitting out another hooking penalty. Komets cut it to 3-2 early in the third period, but were unable to take advantage of a 5:00 power play to tie the game.
The Fort Wayne Komets activated defensemen Keith Rodger and David Cianfrini off injured reserve for tonight's game at Quad City. Both have been sitting on the sidelines for the first three games of the season because of a sore back for Rodger and a sore knee for Cianfrini.
The Komets have placed forward Olivier Legault on 10-day injured reserve with a sore wrist and jammed finger, and general manager David Franke said one more player will need to go on injured reserve before today's game.
