Komets

CLEVELAND, OH

Rich Zalewski and Toby Lafrance were let go.

Not sure where you guys got the idea that Warner is hurt because he was going full-bore today at practice.

The Komets have released T.J. Schneider, Zach Gieszler, Jeff Wheeler and Vincent Zaore-Vanie. They are also bringing in Jimmy Bonneau, Travis Whitehead and defenseman Bobby Phillips, a defenseman who played at Mercyhurst. Some of you may remember his dad.

Komets will have to make more cuts by Friday.

"There are a lot of good players, and we want to make sure before we decide and get as close to the right move as we can," Komets coach Al Sims said.

The Fort Wayne Komets missed a chance to increase their lead and then lost it Saturday night. The Muskegon Lumberjacks scored three goals during a six-minute span in the third period to beat the Komets 3-1 in the final exhibition game for both teams.

Thanks to Keith Rodger's first-period power-play goal off a Colin Chaulk assist, the Komets led 1-0 until there were about 10 minutes left in the third period.

You can read it here.

Besides getting into a fight, Colin Chaulk had a rare hat trick for him on Friday night, earning three minor penalties in the second period. Coach Al Sims had a humorous take on that in the post-game interview.

The most-intense exhibition game I've ever seen. There were 71 minutes in penalties during the first period with six fights. Everything that Wednesday's game wasn't, this was. There was hitting, fights, great plays. It's like both teams and every player was tryi

You can read it here.

http://s1sonline.com/komets/dovote

The Komets trimmed seven players from the preseason roster Thursday.  Players released include forwards Mike Uvodich, Ryan Potts, Shawn Legris, Greg Leffler, defensemen Kelly Reynolds and Tim Recio and goaltender Matt Wagner.