The Fort Wayne Komets held their 2011 End-of-Season party and Jersey Auction Wednesday night at the Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne.
Komet veteran defenseman Guy Dupuis' #2 sweater garnished the highest bid for the second straight year at $2,750.
21 Komet jerseys were auctioned for a total of $16,950.
Specialty items including a 2010-11 Komets scrapbook, a set of three P.C. Drouin proto-type bobbleheads and the Komets Christmas Tree displayed in the 2009 Festival of Trees yielded an additional $1,375.
The game-worn jerseys and various specialty items auctioned combined for a total amount raised of $18,325.
Net proceeds from the jersey auction will be distributed to charity.
2011 Komets Jersey Auction winning bids:
Jersey Player Winning Bid Rank
2 Guy Dupuis $2750 1
35 Kevin Reiter $1150 2
44 Leo Thomas $1000 3
20 Bobby Phillips $ 950 4
55 Artem Podshendyalov $ 950 4
79 Kaleigh Schrock $ 900 5
22 Danny Lapointe $ 800 6
23 Tab Lardner $ 800 6
91 Colin Chaulk $ 800 6
71* P.C. Drouin (for PHPA) $ 700 7
82 Mike Ratchuk $ 700 7
7 Matt Krug $ 600 8
29 Sean O'Connor $ 600 8
72 Craig Cescon $ 550 9
94 Mathieu Curadeau $ 550 9
4 Dustin Molle $ 550 9
10 Tom Mele $ 550 9
14 Frankie DeAngelis $ 550 9
71 P.C. Drouin $ 550 9
33 Nick Boucher $ 500 10
39 Derek Patrosso $ 450 11
* - First of two P.C. Drouin jerseys auctioned. Proceeds of this jersey go to the PHPA Health and Welfare Fund for CHL players facing hardship.
Specialty items
2010-11 Komet Scrapbook $700
P.C. Drouin Bobblehead set $600
Komets Christmas Tree $ 75
(from 2009 Festival of Trees)
Comments
Suprised with some of the names toward the bottom.
Man! People must have ran out of money for the last few jerseys...too bad!
Not winning a championship can dampen enthusiasm for spending stupid amounts of $$ on a jersey
Still, crazy to think that a guy that suited up for a couple games in the playoffs draws more than Boucher. At least crazy to me.
A lot of people got game-worn Boucher jerseys from his offer last summer too. The other thing to consider is who is bidding for these. It isnt just fans, but friends and families who can skew the bidding. Not saying Reiter doesnt deserve to go #2 either.
I am surprised that the Chaulk fans didnt push his much higher.
That said great job as always by Komet fans raising money for charity.
Speaking of that, Blake (or anyone) do you know which charities they are donating to this year?
I guessed right :)
I win the Mirasty jersey,thanks Blake :)
Are they still giving some of the money to Rob Guinn's daughter? I seem to remember hearing that the Komets had set up a fund for her.
Yes, FMM.
I take it there was no bid for Warners?
They only auctioned off the players that were on the playoff roster.