Komets Look to Rally in Game Three
April 25, 2022 - ECHL (ECHL)
Fort Wayne Komets News Release
Fort Wayne, IN - The Komets look to even up their best-of-seven Central Division Semi-Final playoff series with Wheeling this week. Last weekend, the team dropped games one and two at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. The series shifts to Wheeling with game three on Wednesday.
Central Division Semi-Final summary
Game 1: Friday, April 22 at Fort Wayne 0-1 L v WHL
Game 2: Saturday, April 23 at Fort Wayne 2-4 L v WHL
Game 3: Wednesday, April 27 at Wheeling
Game 4: Friday, April 29 at Wheeling
Game 5: Saturday, April 30 (if necessary) at Wheeling
Game 6: Monday, May 2 (if necessary) at Fort Wayne
Game 7: Tuesday, May 3 (if necessary) at Fort Wayne
About last week - Friday, the Komets' defense of the Kelly Cup started but ended with a 1-0 loss in game one to Wheeling. The Nailers Patrick Watling scored the contest's lone goal at 19:55 of the first period. Goaltender Sam Harvey was out-dueled by former Komet Louis-Phillip Guindon. Harvey finished the game with 22 saves, while Guindon finished with 34 stops.
Game two back at the Coliseum on Saturday started with ECHL league MVP Will Graber knocking home the team's first goal of the postseason at 7:33 of the first period. The Nailers countered at 15:35 with a power-play goal from Dylan MacPhearson. Wheeling got the only tally of the second period making the game 2-1 at the end of forty minutes. The Nailers made it a 3-1 game with a goal at 6:15 of the third period. The Komets battled back to pull within one when Adam Brubacher netted his first playoff goal at 16:50 with assists from Shawn Szydlowski and Blake Siebenaler. Wheeling netted an insurance goal at 18:10 to put the game out of reach. The Komets outshot the Nailers 43 to 28. Sam Harvey once again got tagged with the loss, making 24 saves.
Icing the puck - The Komets have come back from being down 0-2 to win a series four times. 1963 versus Muskegon, 2008 versus Port Huron, 2012 versus Missouri, 2016 versus Cincinnati. In 1963, 2008, and 2012 the Komets won the championship. Shawn Szydlowski's assist in game two was his 50th playoff assist as a Komet.
KOMETS ALL-TIME TOP 10 PLAYOFF SCORING LEADERS
Player GP G A Pts
1 Len Thornson 92 53 74 127
2 Colin Chaulk 99 33 69 102
3 Terry McDougall 69 29 66 95
4 Shawn Szydlowski 79 27 50 77
5 Barry Scully 59 39 34 73
Eddie Long 65 34 39 73
6 Colin Chin 86 39 32 71
7 John Goodwin 52 23 45 68
8 Norm Waslawski 52 32 35 57
Rob Laird 59 28 29 57
Jim Burton 72 10 47 57
This week- The Komets travel to Wheeling for game three on Wednesday, game four on Friday, and game four if necessary on Saturday.
Komet Hockey on WOWO-- Fans can follow the action with Shane Albahrani broadcasting play-by-play on WOWO AM 1190 and FM 107.5. Game broadcasts are also streamed live at Komets.com.
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