Komets

``I talked to Pat and David last night. I told David and Pat next year, if they see that I put up good numbers, maybe there's a future again. I told David last night that Fort Wayne Komets have ran 55 great years as an organization and when my famiy run an organization, they run it the same way. The professionalism is unbelievable. It's just an ice-time thing. I'm excited, I can't wait to get on the ice and play in a game.

According to an e-mail from his brother and agent Kenny Miller, forward Kelly Miller has decided to leave the Komets to play with the Huntsville Havoc of the Southern Professional Hockey League. Miller has yet to play for the Komets this season and has been the eighth-veteran on the roster. Each game a United Hockey League team is limited to playing seven players who have at least 300 professional games.

... about Frenchy's mask

A lot clearer version with obvious chanting possibilities.

Listen to it here

But to keep you entertained, Tony reminded me of this over the weekend and thought you might enjoy it.

It's a good thing I had a late deadline because I just finished
typing in all the penalties from Saturday night's Komets game. I got my first
blister Saturday night during the game writing them all down, and then added
two more typing them in after Fort Wayne's 8-3 win over Quad City.

Referee Jim Hawthorne called 30 penalties in the game, giving
each team 12 power plays. That seems to be typical of all the games around the
United Hockey League. There may not be any pickle juice left in the world by
the all-star break at this rate.

Is called Crowd Chant by Joe Satriani.
I found it here song down at No. 13. I used Windows to hear it.

It doesn't really have any lyrics that I can tell. It does have a pretty good spot for a chant or two.

Found some more with an explanation here.

Did you like the new goal song? (I'm already tired of it. LOL). How about everything else? I thought the opening ceremonies stuff was good as usual, with something new from Icy.

It's been a long time since the Komets have had a defenseman as strong as Mario Larocque. He and Dupuis together might be the most physically strong pairing in the  UHL. J.C. Ruid definitely has the longest reach in the league. I thought Goodwin might have been the Komets' best player as far as all-around game.

For me it's something really simple, I want to see what Icy comes up with to start. It amazes me -- and I'm a little envious of it -- how creative he is.

Hey Gang, Lars is my oldest Godson. He's 13 and he's going to be checking out the blog over the next couple of days. This is Uncle Blake's big attempt and last chance to impress him. Unfortunately, he lives in Indianapolis so he has no clue what good hockey is all about.

Z-bot, let me know when you want to go to a game.