Komets

Justin and I were talking in the press box tonight about Kevin St. Pierre's playing time of late. His thought was that Kevin Kurk needs some playing time, and my thought is that as long as Frenchy wants to play he plays. Justin wonders what happens if Frenchy gets hurt. My thought is they are dead at that point anyway so why worry about it?

There are about two weeks and 10 games remaining in the regular season, and I'm wondering who you think should get the annual awards:
MVP
Best defenseman
Unsung hero
Defensive forward

Mr. Hustle

Rookie of the year

Most improved player

* The Komets are 8-15-0 this season against the top four teams in the UHL, Muskegon, Rockford, Kalamazoo and Danbury, but they are 6-3 in their last nine games against the elite teams. That means they are 30-9-4 against everyone else.

* Since the Komets started the season 5-11-2, they've gone 33-13-2. Here's how that compares with the elite teams in the UHL: Danbury 31-8-9, Muskegon 31-12-6, Kalamazoo 31-11-6 and Rockford 29-12-6.

According to the UHL office, IceHogs coach Steve Martinson will be at tonight's game, and will serve his one-game suspension at Rockford's next home game on April 7.

The IceHogs' Robin Big Snake will not play tonight because of a suspension from a game March 24 in Danbury.

Which leads to today's story:

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/14213409.htm

See you at the game.

Mark Smith is back in town and was at practice today visiting with the guys. Because of UHL rules, he's not allowed to play in the UHL this season or next since he left to play in Europe.

Here's one on John Torchetti:

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/14204581.htm

Here's one on how the UHL supervises officials:

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/sports/hockey/uhl/14204587.htm

Got some other very interesting arcticles coming up Wednesday and Friday as well. Some of you will be shocked at Friday's story.

He skated at practice for the second time and said he believes he's ahead of schedule. He's hoping to skate in at the least the last four games of the regular season, but he said the best way for the boys to keep him on the sidelines was to keep winning.

He's definitely back on track as far as raising the volume level in the locker room.

Lance said he might be back even earlier than that since there are 11 games left in the regular season and he has played 288 in his career. He needs to finish the season at 299 games play to not qualify as a veteran player next season.

This is a photo by Linda Leslie taken from her site kometsphotos.com.

She also took the picture of the referees in today's paper.

The Komets have 11 games remaining, including six on the road. Wednesday's game is their second of four out of five at home followed by five in a row on the road. They have three games — all at home — against Rockford, Muskegon and Kalamazoo, the top three teams in the league. They have six games overall against teams that are in the playoff race, including two on the road at Quad City.

* Molly McMaster received a misconduct penalty while playing for Roanoke Valley against Elmira on Sunday. We'll see if she's assessed the automatic $50 fine since she was playing on a volunteer basis to promote colon cancer awareness.