IHL 2 Fort Wayne Komets

Komets open 2006-07 training camp

Published on October 2, 2006 under International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Fort Wayne Komets News Release


Fort Wayne, IN --- The Komets training camp for 2006-07 opened Monday morning starting with player physicals, a noon press luncheon, and the first official skate of camp scheduled for Monday afternoon from 2:00-5:00 at the Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne.

Komet head coach and director of player personnel Pat Bingham will direct his first Komet squad of 29 players through camp in preparation of the season opener at Rockford Friday, Oct. 13. Veteran skater Bruce Richardson, appearing in his first season as a Komet, will serve as player/assistant coach for 2006-07.

The Komets will conduct all camp practices at the Coliseum and have 3 exhibition games on tap. The Komets will host 2 home preseason tilts at the Coliseum. Port Huron visits Wednesday night, Oct. 4 at 7:30 and Kalamazoo comes to town Friday at 8pm. Saturday, Oct. 6 the Komets travel to Kalamazoo for a preseason tuneup against the Wings at Wings Stadium at 7:30pm.

Players returning to the Komet fold this year are goaltender Kevin St. Pierre (4th year), wingers Jonathan Goodwin (3rd year) and David Hukalo (3rd year), center Kelly Miller (4th year), and defensemen Guy Dupuis (2nd UHL year, 10th overall), Mike Dombkiewicz (2nd year) and A.J. Bozoian (2nd year).

The 76-game season begins for the Komets on the road at Rockford Friday, Oct. 13. The Komet's 8th UHL campaign continues at Bloomington Saturday, Oct. 14. The Komets then open their 55th season of hockey in Fort Wayne Saturday, Oct. 21 against the Quad City Mallards at 7:30pm.

The Komets will play host this year to the UHL All-Star Classic Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007. It will be the second UHL All-Star Game played in Fort Wayne. The Komets also hosted the 2004 All-Star Game.

The UHL is divided into 2 divisions for 2006-07. The Komets are seeded in the Western Division along with Bloomington, Chicago, Quad City and Rockford. The Eastern Division includes Elmira, Flint, Kalamazoo, Muskegon and Port Huron.

Komet home games will continue to start under the same arrangement as last year. Monday-Thursday and Saturday games faceoff at 7:30pm. Friday games start a 8pm and Sunday games will begin at 5pm. The only exception is this year's traditional Komet New Year's Eve game starting at 7:30pm on Sunday, Dec. 31.

Tickets are on sale.....single game tickets for all 2006-07 Komet home games are on sale at the Memorial Coliseum Ticket Office and online at www.ticketmaster.com . 2006-07 season tickets continue to be on sale at the Komet office at 1010 Memorial Way in Fort Wayne. Fans may call the Komet office for ticket information at (260) 483-0011 or make inquiries via email at komets@komets.com . Ticket information is also available at www.komets.com.

Komet Hockey on WOWO.....most of the Komet games will be broadcast on WOWO Radio AM 1190 this year with Bob Chase at the Fort Wayne microphone for his 54th consecutive season. Again this year, some games will be aired on WKJG/ESPN Radio AM 1380 as an alternative when conflicts occur. All games aired on radio will also be available via the internet at Comcast KometCast at www.komets.com .

Komets.com.....the official website of the Fort Wayne Komets is www.komets.com . In addition to live game radio, the Komet's home on the web also features stats, news, interactive fan features and information as well as real-time scoring via the UHL and Pointstreak. Scoring of all Komet games can be viewed as it happens at www.komets.com .

KOMETS 2006 CAMP SCHEDULE (all practices and home exhibition games at the Memorial Coliseum)
Monday, Oct. 2.....noon press luncheon at Coliseum, practice 2pm-5pm Tuesday, Oct. 3.....practice 10am-1pm
Wednesday, Oct. 4.....practice 10am-noon, exhibition home game vs. Port Huron at 7:30pm
Thursday, Oct. 5.....practice 10am-1pm
Friday, Oct. 6.....practice 10am-noon, exhibition home game vs. Kalamazoo at 8pm
Saturday, Oct. 7.....exhibition road game at Kalamazoo Wings Stadium at 7:30pm
Sunday, Oct. 8.....day off
Monday, Oct. 9.....practice 10am-noon
Tuesday, Oct. 10.....practice 10am-noon
Wednesday, Oct. 11.....practice 10am-noon
Thursday, Oct. 12.....practice 10am-noon, bus to Rockford in the afternoon
Friday, Oct. 13.....season opener at Rockford at 8:30pm (Fort Wayne time)

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