Komets

The IHL announced this afternoon they have suspended Komets forward Luciano Aquino two games for his actions in Friday's win over Bloomington. Bloomington forward Don Parsons was suspended one game for his actions.

Referee John Searle gave Luciano Aquino a high-sticking major and an attempt to injure match penalty during the second period. That means a player is automatically suspended until the league can rule on further discipline.

Not sure why, but I've got a feeling this game could get out of hand fairly easily.

Shafranov is on IR with a sore foot.

I thought I could show you Aquino's goal but it will be in tomorrow's paper.

This is a release from the IHL:

The International Hockey League (IHL) announced that the trade deadline, which was today at 3:00 p.m. EST, has passed. There were no trades made today before the deadline.

Seems like it's been a lot longer than two weeks since the Komets played at home, doesn't it?

I talked with Komets GM David Franke today and he said they still haven't had any trade interest and they are already looking toward talking with agents next week for an amateur forward and a defenseman. Those spots do count against the regular-season roster, Franke said, but not against the postseason roster for some reason. I'm a little confused on that one. Either way, it doesn't look like the Komets will necessarily have to make a roster move to clear space.

The International Hockey League (IHL) announced Tuesday the following suspension resulting from player actions during IHL Game #161, Fort Wayne @ Kalamazoo, on Sunday, February 24.

Defenseman Brent Henley has been suspended five (5) games for his actions during Sunday's game.  The suspension is being issued under Rule 29 (Supplementary Discipline).  Henley will be ineligible to participate in the following games:

IHL Game #166, Bloomington @ Fort Wayne, Friday, February 29

IHL Game #169, Fort Wayne @ Bloomington, Saturday, March 1

Sorry for the delay, but you can read it here. This week's video clip is also up and can be seen here.

The Komets were shut out on this week's International Hockey League Players of the Week voting, but there were still some players who had good weekends. The Komets nominated Terry Marchant at forward, Guy Dupuis at defense, Mathieu Curadeau at rookie and Nick Boucher at goaltender.

 The league is also saying that czar of discipline Brad Jones is reviewing Brent Henley's cross checking penalty from Sunday and might make a decision tomorrow.

Komets coach Al Sims has consistently used the same forward lines all season, but he sometimes mixes things up during road games. Sunday it paid off as the Komets rallied from a 2-0 deficit to beat Kalamazoo 4-2.

Anybody know where to find: Casey Burnette, Chris Dearden, Craig Desjarlis, Martin Fillion, David Frawley, Randy Hankinson, Kevin Holliday, Matt Hunter, Justin Kearns, Shane Kenny, Kevin Kurk, J.F. Labarre, Charlie Lawson, Jeff Loder, Aaron MacDonald, Todd MacDonald, Trevor Matter, David Mayes, Mike McKay, Ben Metzger, Mike Perna, Dennis Pinfold, Kevin Popp, Bogdan Rudenko, Kevin Slota or Josh VanderBreggen from the UHL days?