Komets

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P.C. Drouin was named the IHL's Player of the Month and Tim Haun the Goaltender of the Month for December today. Drouin had 19 points and was plus-8 in 19 games, and Haun was 3-1-1 with 2.17 goals against average and .919 save percentag

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Coach Sims says he has a separated shoulder. The Komets will have to go with five defensemen this weekend. No, Jake Pen

Haven't seen the league or the team announce this yet. Feb. 14 game at Bloomington has been changed to Jan. 28 to make room for a Jeff D

Guess who the oldest active player in the ECHL is?

This story contains some interesting stuff on Kevin Hansen and his wife Shannon.

Komets are now 19-1-3 when playing before 10,000 or more fans at home. I sense a trend.

Jay Holladay had all of two fights as a pro before the last three games when he's had four. He told me he's not been able to contribute as much offensively because of an injury that's been bothering him so he's trying to contribute in other ways. You've got to give him credit for that.

Konstantin Shafranov and Dominic Osman will both make the road trip this weekend, but it's unsure at this time if they will play. Shaf had a charley horse.

After finally getting a day of rest, Komets looked pretty good for most of the period on Wednesday night. There's a full house, but that crowd again includes Dominic Osman with an ankle and Konstantin Shafranov with a leg injury.  So far the lines are Chaulk, O'Connor and Varone; Drouin, Thomas and Hukalo and

And more importantly why?

My two cents: They are playing tighter and tighter as the game goes along. They get a lead and start playing not to lose, which of course swings the momentum the other way. They are playing... scared might be too much, but definitely tentative.

What do you think?

First guy who says they should just go out and beat somebody up gets the boot. Be realistic.

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