The Komets expect the next series to start next Friday and Saturday in Rapid City. They would leave by sleeper bus on Wednesday and maybe stop halfway to practice before completing the trip.
On a breakaway by Artem Podshendyalov off a pass from Sean O'Connor.
Then they just scored again to go up 4-2 on a pass from
Mathieu Curadeau scored a short-handed goal off a brilliant pass from Guy Dupuis. Actually, Jon Booras of Bloomington kicked the puck into his own goal on the rebound.
Then Bloomington got a 3-on-2 goal when Michael Ratchuk came over to take the man leaving the PrairieThunder's Brady Sheahon to score.
Bloomington has turned his PK into a diamond 1-2-1 to counter the Komets 1-3-1 power-play formation.
I asked former NHL referee Ray Scampinello about the lack of a call the other night when Kaleigh Schrock skated away from Chris Cloud after he dropped his gloves and stick to fight. Ray said the referee has the option of giving him an unsportsmanlike conduct call, but he is not required to. It's a judgment call.