And your referee is Kevin Graber.
Will be shown in the regular timeslots of 7 p.m., Wednesday; 4 a.m. and 11 a.m., Thursday on Comcast Ch. 55.
The IHL has suspended Komets center Colin Chaulk one game for leaving the bench during an altercation. Komets are going with Justin Hodgman centering Luciano Aquino and Mitch Woods. Coach Al Sims also said the starting goaltender for Wednesday will be a game-time decision.
``The league did what they had to do, and now everybody knows for next time,'' Chaulk said.
The first annual Technology Specialists Komet Bloggers' Musical Chairs will be held during the second intermission of Friday's Game 5.
Here's the details:
``We're looking for a “Blogger's Dozen” (13) of Contestants. The First 13 Komet Bloggers from either Justin Cohn's “Ice Chips” Blog or Blake Sebring's “Tailing The Komets” Blog to compete in the 1st Annual Technology Specialists Komet Bloggers' Musical Chairs Competition.
This week's video is up here and contains more goals than you can shake a stick at. Thanks to Pat, Randi and Tim and also to Keith.
I asked Kevin Bertram about Saturday's incident and he declined to comment.
Komets captain Guy Dupuis said: ``We had a talk before the game and both guys settled that. We know it wasn't in malice. It wasn't something personal. It was two guys, 20 guys who want to win really badly and we get excited out there. It's not because we don't like a guy personally. We don't take it personally. When you want it that badly, sometimes you lose your emotions and that's what happened, and we know that.''
They are punishing Muskegon with their speed. Fury just can't keep up as Komets are beating them to rebound after rebound. Shots are 41-8 after two periods. One of the Komets' best players tonight? Jake Pence. They can't get around him. Everybody came to play today. It's like the Komets finally decided, the heck with this, we're playing our way no matter what they do.
Two games, and I've seen a few things already that I've never seen before. A coach get tossed from a playoff game, a 0-0 regulation playoff game, 20 power plays in a playoff game and a defenseman punching his goaltender. Not to mention David Franke behind the bench or a trio of five-on-threes against -- in the same period!
Ya gotta love the playoffs. I live for this time of year. Every day you have a chance to see something you've never seen before.
After killing off two Fort Wayne power-plays to start the third period, Muskegon took a 4-3 lead on a disputed goal. The Fury's Rafal Martynowski chipped the puck on the Fort Wayne net, and Komets center Matt Reynolds whipped it off the goal line before it went completely over. Hawthorne consulted with the goal judge and then ruled the puck was a goal.
The Komets were up 3-1 when Muskegon scored 5-on-3 to cut it to 3-2. Immediately after the goal, Komets goaltender Nick Boucher skated toward the corner and said something to Komets defenseman Kevin Bertram who then hit Boucher twice in the facemask with his gloved fist. The linesman had to step between them.
Bertram skated to the bench, and the incident was completely over. No one seemed to say anything to either Bertram or Boucher, and Bertram took his next shift on turn. He didn't appear to say anything to Boucher during his shift.
Terry Marchant scores the Komets' first-period goal off a pass from Matt Reynolds Saturday night.
I was really hoping to go to that event, until the playoff schedule game out. Somebody please give me a report on how things went. I hope it was a lot of fun.
This will be fascinating. Both coaches complained about the lack of calls in Friday's game, and that's never been a problem for tonight's ref, Jim Hawthorne who consistently calls the most penalties in the league. I can't wait to see how the players react to this.
How much fun was that?
How good was Isaac Reichmuth tonight, too? He and Kevin Reiter going mano-a-mano.
I was suprised the Komets weren't more exhausted after the game, but they seemed pretty good. They are sleeping here tonight and then driving up tomorrow to Muskegon. I've got a feeling the Komets better be prepared to kill some penalties tomorrow because they may get the majority of the penalties tomorrow.
The weird thing about this game is that both teams executed their gameplans pretty flawlessly, but neither could capitalize thanks to the goaltenders.
Al Sims' 55th birthday and he was booted by Referee Bob Langdon with 45.9 left in the second period, pretty obviously for abusive language. Sims had been on Langdon all night to call more penalties, and the ref has thus far chosen not to. With a smaller than normal Memorial Coliseum crowd, you didn't need to be able to read lips to tell what Sims has been saying all night.
The last Komets' coach to receive a game misconduct? Grant Sonier on Dec. 12, 1998. Assistant coach Gerard Gallant received one April 1, 1999.
Olivier said he still feels like he's part of the team, and said he'd have no problem returning next season -- provided he doesn't get a chance at a higher league. He seemed in really good spirits as you can tell.
