A few weeks ago I wrote about baseball player Dan Eash who is battling ALS, or Lou Gehrig's Disease. The Walk to Defeat ALS is coming up Oct. 11 at IPFW.
Join Team E as a Walker by going here.
Support Dan as a Team E Walker by going here.
A few weeks ago I wrote about baseball player Dan Eash who is battling ALS, or Lou Gehrig's Disease. The Walk to Defeat ALS is coming up Oct. 11 at IPFW.
Join Team E as a Walker by going here.
Support Dan as a Team E Walker by going here.
This is from Nicole and Guy Dupuis:
Hello friends and family,
Just a reminder that the Buddy Walk is only 2 weeks away on Saturday, October 3rd at Foster Park. Festivities begin at 10:00 a.m. If you plan on walking with our team, "Matthew's Mates," please be sure to send us an e-mail at gndupuis@yahoo.com so we have enough team buttons made. If you've already confirmed with us, no need to do it again.
Attached are Matthew and Guy's Buddy Walk television and radio commercials. For tv, watch Indiana's News Center, and radio will be played on K-105 and 97.3.
They beat Burlington tonight 4-3 to clinch the Midwest League championship series. Fort Wayne is title town!
The International Hockey League will conduct training camp for referees and linesmen this Saturday and Sunday at the Onyx Ice Arena, home of the Rochester Rattlers travel hockey team, located in Rochester, Michigan.
The camp will be conducted by Brad Jones, IHL Vice President of Hockey Operations and Jerry Pateman, one of the IHL Supervisors of Officials.
Former Komet Weekes, yet another well-spoken goaltender, posted a 7-5-0 record with a 2.42 GAA in 16 games with the New Jersey Devils last season.
Born of Barbadian descent, the 34-year-old native of Scarborough, Ont., proudly wears the Barbados flag on the back of his goalie mask as a tribute to his roots.
He is also one of the NHL's most community-minded and charitable players.
Weekes is 105-163-6 with a 2.88 GAA and 19 shutouts in 348 NHL games (317 starts) with the Florida Panthers, Vancouver Canucks, New York Islanders, Tampa Bay Lightning, Carolina Hurricanes, Rangers and Devils.
Komets General Manager David Franke said tonight veteran forward David Hukalo won't be able to start playing until early November as he continues to recuperate from off-season shoulder surgery. Franke said the Komets are looking to bring at least one more forward to training camp and the team, "Is talking to a couple of kids."
Franke also said he expects Tyler Sims, Tim Haun and Matt Wagner to fight it out amongst the three of themselves for the back-up job to Nick Boucher.
The Komets announced Tuesday the addition of two players to the preseason roster. Netminder Tyler Sims and forward Michael Uvodich have agreed to terms and have been invited to the Komet training camp.
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 defenseman Ryan McGinnis and forward Olivier Legault for the upcoming 2009-10 season; per team policy, the terms of the contracts will be undisclosed.
Off to an impressive start to his professional career, McGinnis spent his rookie campaign splitting time between the Albany River Rats of the American Hockey League and the Florida Everblades of the ECHL.
Komets captain Guy Dupuis will be making an appearance tonight at the first-ever meeting of the Bethlehem Lutheran Church men's group. The church is located at 3705 S. Anthony Blvd., and the meeting starts at 7 p.m. It's open to males of any ages. We'll be meeting in the basement so come in by the doors located
Rank the seven IHL teams from what they have signed so far. Who do you think is the top team and why?
1. Fort Wayne: Best continuity, defense and goaltending signed so far. Getting Syroczynski, Woods and Haun I think are the key signings so far.
2. Muskegon: Almost ditto. Like the Komets, wonder if age will catch up to them. League's best offense.
3. Port Huron: Always have a lot of respect for Stan Drulia and how he puts teams together. Kevin Hansen will be great for them in the smaller rink.
This is from Blogger BobThe Northern Indiana Convertible Club will present it's 7th Annual Benefit Car Show on Sunday, September 13th from 12 PM to 5 PM. It will be held at the Penguin Point located at 7303 Winchester Road, Fort Wayne.
The proceeds will benefit Fort Wayne Rescue Ministries, which is the organization that operates the Charis House and the Fort Wayne Rescue Mission.
This year, P.C. Drouin and Three Rivers Insurance Group are sponsoring six (6) awards for the show and will be at the event. The Turner Cup will also be present at the show.
They'll play Nov. 22 at 4 p.m. at the coliseum and tickets go on sale Sept. 12 at the coliseum box office. $14, $12 and $7.
What would you like to see the new commissioner accomplish? What would you put on his priority list?
I'd like to see him really work on big-picture things. Just think what it could mean to the entire league if he could somehow come up with a major, major sponsor for the entire league. That would take pressure off every team and give them a little breathing room in this economy. I don't have any specific ideas, but, hey, that's what he's for.
Here's an interview with new IHL Commissioner Dennis Hextall. I tried to think of things the bloggers would like to ask so I have a tremendous headache right now.
To me, it was very refreshing to talk to someone who admits he doesn't know things but wants to learn. I was impressed that he didn't try to
The International Hockey League (IHL) announced Wednesday that Dennis Hextall has been named President/Commissioner of the league. He will begin his duties as Commissioner on Tuesday, September 8th.
"We are very pleased to have Dennis Hextall as the Commissioner of the International Hockey League,” stated Michael Franke, IHL Chairman of the Board. “He brings tremendous experience and integrity to the league. We feel he will be a key part of the continued growth of the IHL.”
You can read about the former Komets equipment manager who made it to the NHL here.
