The ECHL teams cannot sign players for next year until June 16. The league meetings are also June 20.
The ECHL teams cannot sign players for next year until June 16. The league meetings are also June 20.
These are all due to the hard work of Vinnie Lopes who hustled all day.
``I am very well aware of the tradition of hockey here in Fort Wayne. When you think about iconic markets in minor league hockey across the country that have survived over the decades, It's a very, very select list. Certainly you think of places like Hershey, Rochester, Providence, but certainly Fort Wayne needs to be at or near the top of that list. What has occurred here over the last six decades is truly amazing.''
ECHL Commissioner Brian McKenna
Evansville IceMen owner not only lent his plane to get ECHL Commissioner Brian McKenna to Fort Wayne, he came with. What a class act he is.
Sorry the live blog didn't work on time. All I can do is apologize for that and say that the link now does work. Not sure why, but it does.
* Al Sims re-signed, they are not announcing the length of the contract.
* Komets may have an affiliation with an AHL team, but they are a little leary of that and may just go it as an independent.
* They are going to concentrate on signing their own players first.
* No news yet on Gary Graham's head-coaching efforts, but everyone is hoping they go well for him. Supposedly he's close on a couple of options.
You can see it here. It's with Vinnie Lopes because I'll be a little busy.
A good chance to support a fellow blogger and some Komets fans.
Like the move, dislike the move, ambivilent? Wait and see? What do you think?
I know everyone over the age of 5 has great stories about some of the road games the Komets have played in Kalamazoo, but what about those of you who have seen road games in Cincinnati and Toledo? If you've got any great stories about seeing those games, please include them here.
