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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.
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
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.
It has nothing to do with who has a better shot to make the team.
Komets coach Al Sims watched tonight's game from the press box. How about the view?
"The game looks so much easier. Everything looks like chess pieces. You see everything developing, adn you are like, `Jeez, how could a guy pass it there?' You are not down getting the speed and feel of the game so it's a little bit of an illusion up there. Things look a lot easier than they really are. Guys don't have as much time as you think they do."
Vince Laise scored for the Komets after making a nice play to cut to the net and tie up a defenseman so T.J. Schneider could get to the puck. The Gems scored first as Mike Vaskivuo used Ks defenseman Zach Giesler as a screen on a lot slap shot from the top of the circle on Tyler Sims. You can really tell in a game like this who can skate and who can't.
Oops, Dayton just scored again.
The Komets are adding a third jersey for December's reverse-jersey month in the IHL. It could look something like this. I know this is one of David Franke's favorites and he has an original in his closet.
Which ones would you like to see? You can look at all of them here.
You can watch them here. There are also eight interviews a little way down the page on the left side.
The score was 1-1 as defenseman Vince Zaore-Vanie and Leo Thomas scored. All the goaltenders looked good. The ice was very, very choppy so it was mostly a defensive game. Then the teams had a shoototuand T.J. Reynolds, Michael Udovich and Ryan Potts were the only players to score.
Is this Sunday at IPFW. Registration starts at 11 a.m. and the 3K walk at 12:30 p.m.
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