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The Quad City Mallards of the AA+ International Hockey League today announced that they have entered into an agreement to serve as the “IHL affiliate of the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers.”

The 11th annual Down Syndrome Association of Northeast Indiana Buddy Walk will be held Oct. 3 at 10 a.m. at Foster Park. It's a 2.1-mile walk of approximately 1,500 people, including Komets captain Guy Dupuis and his family. That's Guy's picture with his son Matthew.

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Komets General Manager David Franke said today that forward Justin Hodgman has been invited to the Chicago Blackhawks' training camp starting Sept. 11. Hodgman has already signed a contract with the Blackhawks' AHL farm team in Rockford and could end up there or with Toledo of the ECHL.

"You can get to a higher level from Fort Wayne," Franke said. "Sometimes it's just tough convincing the players and the agents, but you can advance paying in the IHL and in Fort Wayne."

The Komets announced Wednesday that four more players have inked agreements boosting the preseason roster to 30 skaters.

Rookies Matt Wagner (goaltender) and Tim Recio (defensman) will attend camp as part of the Komets' affiliation with Evansville of the AAHL. 

Wagner, 22, appeared in 17 games with Evansville last season posting a 6-10-0 record and 5.87 goals-against average.

Recio, 25, also skated with Evansville last season posting a goal and 11 points in 31 games.

NHL is bidding to buy the Phoenix Coyotes after Reinsdorf group drops out.

There's no league in hockey that's stable right now. Maybe the NFL is the only league that doesn't have any major problems.

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The Memorial Coliseum filed a complaint in Allen Superior Court on Monday against Greater Kalamazoo Sports, Inc. The document claims the Kalamazoo Wings damaged equipment in the visitor's dressing room after a Dec. 21, 2008 game against the Komets. Coliseum official say fire damage to a showerhead, toilet seat, handicapped shower bench, walls and flooring in the room cost $9,450 to fix.

Fort Wayne is no longer the defending champion, but finishing No. 2 is still very good in this poll.

In an article published Monday, Street and Smith's Sports Business Journal ranked Fort Wayne as the No. 2 minor-league sports city in America behind Hershey-Harrisburg, Penn. Fort Wayne was the top-ranked city in 2007 after coming in No. 7 in the magazine's initial survey in 2005.

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The Kalamazoo Wings, proud member of the ECHL and affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers and San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League, announce they have agreed to terms with forwards Sean O'Conner, Erik Johnson and defenseman Matt Krug for the upcoming 2009-10 season; per team policy, the terms of the contracts will be undisclosed.

One of the top rookies in the International Hockey League a season ago, O'Conner joins the K-Wings after spending last season with the Fort Wayne Komets.