After seeing his team go 1-9 in shootouts so far this season, Al Sims sent defenseman Rod Aldoff, Guy Dupuis and Brian Boulay out for the extra session, and Dupuis and Boulay scored to give the Komets the 6-5 victory over Flint.
"There's no sense going with the same guys when you're 1-9 with forwards shooting," Sims said. "I was going to go with defenseman until we won it or lost it."
It was the longest game of the season, lasting three hours, one minute, as the Komets improved to 13-0-1 over their last 14 games. Goaltender Nick Boucher came off the bench to make 11 saves in the third period and overtime and stop two Flint shooters in the shootout to improve his recent record to 10-0-1.
The win was the Komets' sixth in a row overall, and seventh in a row on the road, giving them a 24-8-4 record away from Memorial Coliseum this season with games remaining at Bloomington on Friday and at Kalamazoo on April 10. The franchise record for road wins in a season is 25 set in 2003-04.
The Komets finish up with four of six games at home, starting Wednesday against third-place Muskegon which is five points behind the Komets after Sunday's shootout win over Bloomington, but the Lumberjacks have played one fewer game than Fort Wayne. The Lumberjacks now go on a five-game road stretch before finishing the season with two games at home. Port Huron plays four of its final seven games at home.
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2 pts is 2pts no matter how they come at this point. It was a sloppy played game up till the last 5 minutes in the game. Sebass was not sharp at all and that can be expected, but neither was Alban. Alban stood on his head in the last 5 minutes of play. Good to see Mac get a goal today and how about Boulay maybe the most improved player of the year. He is really playing steady. Great week for the K's
When do we start collecting all the league awards, have they announced the schedule?
The only two that I'm thinking about are called Huber Trophy and Turner Cup. LOL! I personally think that Rick Bireley is deserving of the award for best Merchandise Director.
I'm sure that Fort Wayne will be getting it's share of hardware and silverware.
Lets take it one at a time. I'll start with the Huber Trophy first than whatever comes next. Do not get ahead of yourselves.
Blake. Does anyone know the extent of Curadeau's injury? I don't recall him playing after he went down. I thought he skated off the ice with some help.
Coach said he got his bell rung and he sat out as a precautionary measure. That's all I know.
Any idea why the Flint goal in OT was waved off? I couldn't see from where I was.
THE GOAL DID NOT GO IN. IT WAS WAIVED OFF RIGHT AWAY. NO ONE EVEN QUESTIONED THE CALL. LORD KNOWS I HATE TO TYPE THIS BUT HAWTORNE MUST HAVE GOT IT CORRECT.
The puck never crossed the line. It was right on the edge but never made it over the paint. Hawthorne was right there on the right hand side of the net and had a perfect view with no obstructions in his way.