Komets

The Komets are now 1-5-2 on Sundays after a 3-1 loss to Rockford. They had chances to score at the one end but Rockford goaltender Ronnie Vogel was too touch. At the other end, Kevin Kurk played OK, but he's got to control his rebounds better especially against a team like Rockford that crashes the net.

Got to the rink early today to work on a few things and found out that Kevin has a bum ankle that he suffered when Lance Galbraith shoved a Quad City player into him late in Saturday's win over Quad City. The Komets have Joe Franke again as the emergency back-up goaltender to Kevin Kurk. More details to come.

The Komets have won 15 of their last 20 games. If they maintain that pace in the second half, they have a shot at reaching 50 wins and 100 points. That's amazing considering the 5-11-2 start.

Does that make you feel any better about the team? Has anybody changed their feelings about the Stewart and Virag trades?

First off, thanks to all the folks replying to the "Help me out here'' topic. Totally blew me away because I was expecting  a much younger audience. You know what they say about assuming...

What I was wondering was, how many of you read the paper? The reason I ask is that several folks have asked for updates on former Komets, and I try to give listings of where they are playing three or four times per year in the at a glance segment. Eventually we'll be moving that section over to the blog.

Just got off the phone with David Franke. John Jarram is out at least three weeks with a shoulder injury, but Brent Rumble will be activated. Colin Chaulk will not play tonight after banging up a wrist in Rockford, and neither will Ryan Jorde with a knee problem. Both are day-to-day and hope to play Saturday.

Kevin St. Pierre will be in net tonight and the Komets expect him to start all three games this weekend.

I'm trying to learn more about my audience (or if there actually is an audience. LOL). Nothing too painful I hope. I was wondering three things:

How old are you?

How long have you been a Komets' fan?

How many games do you go to per season?

Do you have any topics for future blogs you'd like to see?

Thanks

Did anybody else notice it seemed to be the veteran players who were making the critical mistakes at the wrong times? On Rockford's last goal, the Komets had Dupuis, Guinn, Miller, Drouin and Chaulk on the ice. They can't do much better than that lineup. Galbraith was on the ice for five goals, three for and two against, Neumeier and Miller on for three against.

  Did the  story on Joe tonight come across OK? Sometimes I can't tell if it was clear enough that readers "get it.'' That's my problem not the readers if it happens.

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For those in United States who wish to submit expressions of sympathy, donations to the trust fund of Dianne and Justin Potvin would be greatly appreciated by Marc's family. Contact: Pam Farkas at Unizan Bank (pfarkas@unizan.com or call 330-966-5350), 1340 North Main Street, North Canton, Ohio, 44720.

As if anyone was wondering or cares, I agree with what Brendan Savage said in his column 100 percent, and I told him so. He was dead on and I wish I had written it.