CHL Fort Wayne Komets

Komets Home for Double-Header Weekend; Columbus Assigns Defenseman Delisle to Fort Wayne

November 15, 2010 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Fort Wayne Komets News Release


Fort Wayne, IN | Monday, Nov. 15, 2010 --- The Komets return to home ice after suffering three road losses in as many nights last week and enter week six of the 2010-11 CHL campaign with a 2-6-1 record after nine games.

The Week Ahead Friday, Arizona (2-7-2) at Fort Wayne, 8pm ET Friday the Komets will host the Arizona Sundogs at 8pm. It's the only visit of the season by the Sundogs and it marks the final meeting of the year. The Komets traveled to Arizona for a pair of games in October (1-0-1). The Sundogs are winless in their last eight games (0-6-2). Their last win was against the Komets in Arizona Oct. 22. The Sundogs will skate at Bloomington Wednesday before making their appearance in Fort Wayne Friday.

Saturday, Dayton (7-2-1) at Fort Wayne, 7:30pm ET Saturday Fort Wayne native Brian Gratz and the Dayton Gems make their first of seven visits to Fort Wayne for a 7:30pm faceoff. Dayton is battling Colorado for first place in the Turner Conference, trailing the Eagles by two points entering the week. The Gems are riding a three-game win string and are unbeaten in their last four games (3-0-1). Dayton travels to Evansville Friday before visiting Fort Wayne Saturday.

Defenseman Delisle assigned to Fort Wayne.....the Komets announced today that the NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets have assigned defenseman Steven Delisle to Fort Wayne. Delisle, 20, was selected by the Blue Jackets in round four of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft and has not seen action yet this season. Delisle completed four years of juniors play in stints with the Gatineau Olympiques and the Rouyn Noranda Huskies of the QMJHL last season, accumulating five goals, 29 points and 77 penalty minutes in 64 games for 2009-10. The six-foot, six-inch, 209-pound defenseman is in Fort Wayne and is expected to be in the lineup when the Komets host Arizona this Friday night.

To make room for Delisle, the Komets have waived defenseman David Cianfrini. Cianfrini appeared in five games scoring no points and posted a minus-four rating.

About last week.....the Komets lost all three road games for week five of 2010-11 and enter week six riding a three-game winless streak (0-3-0). It is the first three-game losing streak for Fort Wayne since November, 2008. The Komets have now dropped four straight road games. The last time Fort Wayne had a four-game road losing skid was in January, 1999, when the Komets suffered five straight road losses. The Komets scored four goals in the three games played last week for a 1.44 goals-per-game average after nine games. Winger Sean O'Connor notched his first goal of the year during a 4-1 loss to Dayton. Friday center Leo Thomas and defenseman Frankie DeAngelis each netted their second goals of the campaign at Evansville. Saturday Brandon Naurato scored his second tally of the season in a 2-1 loss at Missouri.

The netminders.....Kevin Reiter made his third appearance of the season Thursday at Dayton suffering his second loss making 18 saves on 21 shots. Reiter successfully stopped Dayton's Mike Vaskivuo on a penalty shot for his second Fort Wayne career penalty shot save. Nick Boucher dropped two decisions and fell to 2-4-0 after six appearances. Boucher allowed five goals on 73 shots for an overall goals-against average of 2.68 and ranks 10th in the CHL with a .917 save percentage.

Share The Warmth Coat Drive Nov. 19 and 20....the Komets, in conjunction with Kroger and Scott's, are asking fans to get ready to bring gently used or new kid's coats, sizes six through 14 please, new mittens, hats and scarves to the next two Komet home games Friday, Nov. 19 and Saturday, Nov. 20. All items will be distributed to children in need in the local area. Komet fans making a donation will get 10 free chuck-a-pucks, compliments of Kroger and Scott's. Share the warmth thru Coats for Kids!

Friday night Marathon Nights.....Friday nights are Marathon Nights at Komet home games. Fans can take advantage of a buy-one-get-one-free ticket offer with three fill-ups when the Komets host the Arizona Sundogs this Friday at 8pm. Fill Up Cards are available at participating Marathon stations.

Great seats available.....Tickets for all Komet home games are on sale at the Coliseum Ticket Office and online at www.ticketmaster.com. The Komets offer discounts on group tickets sold at the Komet office at 1010 Memorial Way. For more information visit the Komet office, call 260-483-0011 or visit the Komets' website at www.komets.com.

All games on News Talk 1190 WOWO.....Bob Chase is back for his 58th consecutive season behind the Komet microphone broadcasting radio-rinkside. All games broadcast this year can be heard on News Talk 1190 WOWO and webcast at www.komets.com at Xfinity KometCast .

Komets.com.....the official website for the Fort Wayne Komets is www.komets.com. In addition to live gamecasts, the Komets' home on the web also features news, stats, interactive fan features and information as well as real-time scoring via the CHL and Pointstreak.

KOMETS PLANNER Komet games this week

.Friday, Nov. 19.........Arizona Sundogs at Komets, 8pm, WOWO AM 1190

.Saturday, Nov. 20.....Dayton Gems at Komets, 7:30pm, WOWO AM 1190

All games broadcast can also be heard at www.Komets.com at Xfinity KometCast .

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