Komets

There first one is here, and the second one about how the

You can click on the picture to see a larger size. The netting is remarkably different.

The guys are getting dressed to go out on the ice but here are a few updates:

* Travis Whitehead has signed a 25-game pro tryout contract with Norfolk and is off the Komets' roster for now.

* Vince Taratino is signing with the team, but he'll be going on injured reserve.

* Gary Graham is now a full-time assistant coach.

* The Komets have added local product Greg Leffler, a forward, and defenseman Zach Gieszler to the training camp roster. Gieszler is a friend of Brad MacMillan.

With some art by Chad can be seen here.

Flint has traded the rights to former Komets defenseman Jay Holladay to Quad City for cash considerations.

You can read the training camp preview here. You'll have to buy the paper for all the mug shots and bios of the players.

LINE-UP SET FOR HOCKEY PREVIEW SHOW THIS SATURDAY

CLEVELAND, OH

Everything at Memorial Coliseum
(Practices are not open to the public)
Monday: Noon, introductory press conference; skating first group 2-3 and second 3-4 p.m.
Tuesday: first group 9-10 a.m., second 10:30-11:30 a.m.; scrimmage 3-4 p.m.
Wednesday: pre-game skate 10-10:30 a.m.; players not playing 10:45 a.m. to Noon; Exhibition game against Dayton, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday: first group 9-10 a.m., second 10:30-11:30 a.m.; scrimmage 3-4 p.m.
Friday: pre-game skate 10-10:30 a.m.; players not playing 10:45 a.m. to Noon; Exhibition game against Muskegon, 8 p.m.

Third-year pros Toby Lafrance (C) and Vincent Zaore-Vanie (D) are expected to arrive in time for the start of camp Monday.

Lafrance, 22, has skated the past two seasons in the ECHL.  He appeared in 31 games last year with Johnstown scoring six goals and 16 points.  Lafrance maintains rookie status in the IHL as he has appeared in exactly 60 games as a pro thru last season.

Zaore-Vanie, 23, registered five assists and six points in 42 games last season with the CHL's Laredo Bucks.

Will go on sale at 10 a.m., Thursday, starting at $77 for a three-game package. The games will be played at 4 and 7:30 p.m., March 27 with the final at 8 p.m., March 28. If Notre Dame makes the tournament, they'll be in the field as the site host.

Tickets for the Notre Dame-Michigan State game on Nov. 22 are already on sale at $14, $12 and $7.