Komets

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1-3 p.m., Saturday at Komet Kuarters with Terry Pembroke, Eddie Long and David Hukalo and some other schmoe. I believe Pembroke is the last player with a retired number to do a signing for this book so come on down. I've also heard Ken Ullyot is going to be at Friday's game as well.

Former Komet Sebastien Laplante of Quad City has been named IHL Goalie of the Week. Mike Kinnie of Port Huron is the Player of the Week and Matt Krug of Muskegon is the Rookie of the Week.

Also, got an email from Matt Reynolds. He said he talked with David Franke, and Fort Wayne would be his first choice to play in this country, but he's going to try to sign again in Europe.

IHL Vice President of Hockey Operations Brad Jones said Port Huron's Mike Bray and the Komets Brad MacMillan received game misconduct penalties for their post-game fight Saturday night in Port Huron, but there will be no further penalties. The incident did not show up on the game tape.

Neither player will have to sit out the next game, but it will go toward their season total of game misconducts under the fighting category. Each player can accumulate up to five game misconducts for fighting and then must serve a one-game suspension for a sixth. Each subsequent game misconduct

I talked to David Franke this afternoon and he said he doesn't know if Brad MacMillan will be suspended for fighting Port Huron's Mike Bray after Saturday's game. Franke said Bray speared MacMillan after the game and that is what started the fight. Franke and coach Al Sims both plan to talk to International Hockey League Vice President of Hockey Operations Brad Jones about the situation.

"We won't know anything until late Monday at the earliest," Franke said. "I don't know if the incident was on the gametape or not, but I saw it and Al saw it."

Whenever Al Sims has been the coach, the Fort Wayne Komets have been known for their defense and special teams. Both areas will get a lot of work in practice this week as the Komets approach their home-opener at 8 p.m., Friday, against Bloomington.

The Komets are 1-1 after the International Hockey League's first weekend, winning 4-3 at Dayton in overtime on Friday and losing 5-4 at Port Huron on Saturday. The Komets have allowed five power-play goals in 16 chances against while scoring only two on their own 12 chances.

Really makes you appreciate what these guys have to go through to maintain a certain level of conditioning to be able to play the game as professionals. Especially the veterans who have families, jobs, etc. There's still quite a difference between being in shape, skating shape and then game shape, but it's still impressive. You could also see how the kids make a difference in the energy level. Last night's game will also go a long, long way to pulling a team together for the rest of the season. Dayton is also going to be pretty good.

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Komets came back to tie 3-3 on a great play by Matt Woodard to force overtime. Nick Boucher was huge with 38 saves in regulation and Leo Thomas won it in overtime ina breakaway with 3:17 left.

Komets have been out-shot 16-7 and they keep taking penalties behind the play. First goal was short-handed and the second was a 5-on-3 power play. Here they are:

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