Is here.
I'm not sure they could play much harder considering the circumstances. 13 skaters for half the game, and they still out-shot them 46-30. They were totally spent in the locker room, but they were still ticked off at giving up a point. I was in the locker room 2 1/2 hours before gametime and just about everybody had an ice pack, or a splint or was getting stim, and that's just the guys who played. There's about six guys on this team who should probably be sitting in the stands with their injuries. One of the leading scorers has a broken finger and can't even hold his stick correctly.
As the Komets are playing Muskegon, Mathieu Curadeau is driving back to Fort Wayne from Norfolk of the American Hockey League. Curadeau has 2 goals and 3 points with 21 penalty minutes in 18 games with t
According to General Manager David Franke, it looks like a decision will be made on Brandon Warner by Wednesday, and it's 90 percent likely he'll have to undergo surgery which will keep him out of the lineup for two months or more.
Kevin Bertram (shoulder), Jake Pence (ribs) and Brad MacMillan (concussion) are iffy for next weekend. Dominic Osman is also iffy with a sore knee, and the Komets are asking the league to review the hit by Port Huron's Robert Snowball from Saturday night.
Franke also believes Sebasti
It's too bad Vegas doesn't take IHL bets because you could make a fortune on Nick Boucher and the Komets in Port Huron. They are 11-2 there ove the past two seasons, and Boucher is 9-1 in net.
Dominic Osman is likely out of Sunday's game after getting kneed by Port Huron's Robert Snowball. Komets coach Al Sims said he can not put any weight on that leg yet.
Sims said he tried to call Ryan Potts about coming back, but he's out of town.
Boucher has stopped 64 of 65 shots the last two nights.
Who did you think hustled the most tonight? Who impressed you? Who stood out to you?
To make room for Mark Versteeg-Lytwyn, the Komets released cent
Colin Chaulk left the hospital Tuesday morning and went home. There is no timetable for his return, and no guarantee he'll be ready to go when he's eligible to come off the 30-day injured reserve list. He, and everyone else, has high hopes, but with something like MRSA, he'll be ready when he's ready and not before.
Here's how paranoid the hospitals are on this stuff: I had a doctors appointment at Lutheran on Monday and a copy of Saturday's paper which the original story was in was sitting in the lobby. That story was clipped out of the paper so nobody could read it.
You can order it here. I don't think I'm going to be able to get them in time for the games this weekend, and the Komets are on the road next week so this is probably your quickest bet to receive it. I'll try to organize a signing with the oldtimers for the homet games Jan. 30 and 31.
The Fort Wayne Komets hung on as long as they could Tuesday morning before losing 5-2 at Muskegon. The Komets trailed 3-2 going into the third period despite out-shooting the Lumberjacks 28-19 but gave up two goals in the last five minutes.
“We played well, especially the first two periods,” Komets coach Al Sims said. “We're still struggling to score obviously.”
We're still not to the halfway point of the season, so how remarkable would it be if somehow the Komets recover from all these injuries and all the adversity and still have a strong second half? This would become one of the most amazing Komets seasons of all time. I think it would be even more historical than the way they won the cup last year. You may think I'm nuts -- OK, more nuts than usual -- but I still believe that is a possibility with this team provided everyone can get healthy, which is not a given, but it's also more likely than not.
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We're getting very close now to both of these being ready for the public. The cover to Bob's book is done by Andy Nichols and the cover to the Legends book is a photo by Aaron Suozzi, formerly of The News-Sentinel. My hope is to have the Legends book out within the next two weeks, and Bob's book out two weeks after that. Thanks for all of your patience.
The Komets, Senator Richard Lugar and the ISTA Foundation for Improvement of Education are asking fans to bring new or gently used books for ages infants through fifth grade to the games Friday and Sunday. Books will benefit Reach Out and Read as well as local schools.
From a Muskegon press release: This Tuesday morning, the Lumberjacks will host their fourth annual Education Day game at Walker Arena. It's a 10:30 duel with Fort Wayne as the Muskegon organization has schools from all over the community be its guests for a key, critical game in the league standings for both clubs.
The Komets are leaving Monday afternoon for the game.
Talked to Colin again today and he's feeling better, but he needs at least one more surgery to make four. He said he feels like they have it under control now.
That even with his recent struggles at home, Nick Boucher still has t
