Fort Wayne, Indiana: The Komets finished last week with three of a possible four points, good for fifth place in the Central Division, one point behind third-place Wheeling and just one behind fourth-place Kalamazoo. On Friday, the Komets will make their way to Wheeling. The team will travel to Kalamazoo on Sunday after hosting Indianapolis for Orange Out Night at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. There are six games left in the regular season for the Komets.
ECHL APPEARANCES
The outcomes from last week
3/29 vs Indy FW 3 – IND 4 OTL on Fri.
30 vs. Kalamazoo FW 5 – KAL 2 W on Sat.
Regarding the previous week –
The Indianapolis Fuel will be back at the Coliseum on Friday. Ethen de Jong, a rookie for the Komets, batted first to begin scoring.
In the second period, the Komets again opened the scoring as Zack Andrusiak took a Jack Dugan pass to net his 33rd of the season to give the Komets the lead at 3:55. Indy’s Cam Hausinger evened the score 15:05 with his seventh goal of the campaign. In the third, just seven seconds into the period, Jake Chiasson scored to put his team up by a goal again. The Komets could not maintain the advantage as the Fuel converted at 7:17 to tie the game. The game was forced to overtime, and the Fuel’s Seamus Malone ended the game with a wraparound goal at 1:54, which resulted in a final score of 4-3. Tyler Parks made 44 saves in the loss.
GAME SHEET
On Saturday, the Komets grabbed the early lead and did not relinquish, beating the visiting Wings 5-2. Xavier Cormier scored at :38 mark of the first period to open the scoring. Former Komet, Brad Morrison, scored for Kalamazoo on a power play to even the score at one. The Komets netted the second period’s only goal as Jack Dugan scored his 20th of the season at 3:44. In the third period, it was all Fort Wayne as Cormier, Jake Chiasson, and Jack Gorniak scored. Kalamazoo’s Colin Soccoman scored the Wings’ lone goal at 7:01, as Brett Brochu earned the win in goal, making 26 saves.
