Komets

Luciano Aquino was named rookie of the month and Kevin Reiter the goaltender of the month.
We'll also have a playoff preview in tomorrow's paper.

Can be read here.

Guy Dupuis is defenseman of the week and Luciano Aquino is rookie of the week. Jaroslav Cesky of Flint was forward of the week and Luc Lacasse of Bloomington was goaltender of the week.

We've got this week's Komets clip up at http://fwnextweb1.fortwayne.com/ns/video/komets/ and as a bonus we've got the gang's interview with IHL President Paul Pickard at http://fwnextweb1.fortwayne.com/ns/video/pickard/
Thanks to Pat Stelte for the hustle. He's da man!

The Komets have moved Olivier Legault to the non-roster spot so they retain his rights, and they have waived Maksim Shirokov. Shirokov will go through the IHL waiver draft at 4 p.m. Tuesday. Komets General Manager David Franke informed the players this morning.

As for Legault, Franke said, ``We will retain his rights for the rest of the year and into the summer and we have explained to him that we still want him to be part of our team next year and he definitely wants to play here again next year. We just explained it was a numbers situation.''

It's waiting for approval from Muskegon, but the first three dates are solid.

Game 1: Friday, April 18 in Fort Wayne

Game 2: Saturday, April 19 in Muskegon

Game 3: Sunday, April 20 in Fort Wayne

Game 4: Wednesday, April 23 in Muskegon

Game 5: Friday, April 25 in Fort Wayne

Game 6: Saturday, April 26 in Muskegon

Game 7: Tuesday, April 29 in Fort Wayne

Is up at News-Sentinel.com and includes a column on the IHL's playoff roster policy.

What do you think about facing the Fury in the first round?

There are still about 1,000 tickets left but they are going quickly if you want to grab some. That also means you might want to arrive a little earlier than normal or you could miss the pregame ceremonies and trophy awards from the league.

It's on the roster decisions they are going to have to make. You can read it here.