Komets

WANE's Glenn Marini and I sat down today to talk about Saturday's game. You can watch it here. Please be patient because it takes a little while to load. It's 11 minutes of your life you will never get back.

Randy just let me know that the times The Public Access team will show a replay of Saturday's game at 7 p.m., Wednesday on Comcast Cable Ch. 55 and Verizon Ch. 25, and again at 11 a.m. on Thursday.

In stories this week, I said Brad MacMillan's 15-game suspension was the longest all-time for a Komet, breaking the mark of 12 games by Robin Bawa. After further research, Bob Bailey was suspended for the final 27 games of the 1963-64 season for hitting referee Frank Slota over the head with his stick.

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The Komets are still very upset about Saturday's altercations. No one seems to be upset with the suspensions the league handed down, but they are mad that Jason Lawmaster didn't receive any suspension.

The first is the general suspension announcement which you can read here.

The second is a column about how the league is struggling to find the balance with fighting. You can read that here.

The Public Access team will show a replay of Saturday's game at 7 p.m., Wednesday on Comcast Cable Ch. 55 and Verizon Ch. 25, and again at 11 a.m. on Thursday. I'm quite confident in saying that I'm sure Randy and Tim took a dignified, calm and reasoned approach to calling this contest. I'll bet they never even raised their voices, right Tim?

They were named IHL Goaltender and Rookie of the Week.

Couple more facts: Neither coach was fined, the players remain on the salary cap and roster and also continue to get paid.

Brad Jones:

The punishment is based on what I thought was fitting. The fact that both teams are losing a player for a significant amount of time and they remain on the salary cap comes into play.

On Lawmaster: I look at it that he's getting fined and did receive a game misconduct for being the aggressor. I felt that the situation behind the net could have been called a little differently which could have played a role in this.

David Franke:

The league just released the suspensions.

Brad MacMillan gets 15 games.

Robin Big Snake gets XX games.

Jason Lawmaster gets XX games.

... if say Jason Lawmaster has punched P.C. Drouin under the same circumstances as Brad MacMillan punched Robin Bouchard? Would you have wanted the Komets to go after Todd Robinson on the next faceoff?

In some ways, I can see where you've got three Lumberjacks approaching MacMillan and he probably is figuring he better be the first one to throw one or he might not get the chance. I can also see why the Lumberjacks have the right to be upset about it, too. I can't remember the last time I saw Robin Bouchard fight.