IHL 2 Fort Wayne Komets

Komets Open Camp on Season 57

Published on October 6, 2008 under International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Fort Wayne Komets News Release


Fort Wayne, IN - The Komets opened camp Monday morning on their 57th consecutive season with player physicals followed by a noon press luncheon at the Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne.

Komet head coach and director of player personnel Al Sims will begin camp with a roster of 31 players. Practices will be held at the coliseum and at McMillen Ice Arena during the two-week camp.

There are three preseason tune-ups slated for the Komets, two at home and one on the road. The Komets will host Bloomington in exhibition this Wednesday at 7:30pm at the coliseum. The Komets will have a home-and-home preseason series against Kalamazoo starting Friday night at 7:30 at Wings Stadium followed by a 7:30pm faceoff Saturday in Fort Wayne at the coliseum.

The Komets will begin their defense of the IHL Turner Cup Championship Friday night, Oct. 17 at Port Huron at 7:30pm. The home opener is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 18 at 7:30pm against the Flint Generals.

The 76-game IHL schedule holds 38 home games and 38 road games for 2008-09. Besides Fort Wayne, the six-member IHL includes the Flint Generals, Kalamazoo Wings, Port Huron IceHawks, Muskegon Lumberjacks and Bloomington PrairieThunder. The league setup will be unchanged from last year with teams competing in the regular season for the IHL's Huber Trophy with the Turner Cup awarded to the playoff champion.

Komet players returning from last year include player/assistant coach Colin Chaulk (C), captain Guy Dupuis (D), Brandon Warner (D), Jake Pence (D), David Hukalo (RW), Kevin Bertram (D), Konstantin Shafranov (LW), P.C. Drouin (LW), Olivier Legault (LW), Mathieu Curadeau (C) and Nick Boucher (G).

Komet home games will continue to start under the same arrangement as last season. Monday thru Thursday and Saturday games will start with a 7:30pm faceoff. Friday games begin at 8pm and Sunday games will faceoff at 5pm. The Komets will continue the tradition of Thanksgiving night home games with a turkey holiday match against Flint. The annually celebrated New Year's Eve game will also be against Flint.

Tickets for all Komet 40 home games, including the two exhibition 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 in Fort Wayne. Season tickets also continue to be on sale. For more information on season tickets and group ticket sales, visit the Komet office, call 260-483-0011 or visit the Komets website at www.komets.com.

Bob Chase embarks upon 56th season at Komet mic.....Bob Chase will be back this year to broadcast Komet action for his 56th consecutive season at radio-rinkside. Most Komet games will be on WOWO Radio AM 1190 with some games airing on ESPN Radio AM 1380 as an alternative when conflicts occur. All games broadcast will also be webcast at www.komets.com Comcast 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 stats, news, interactive fan features and information as well as real-time scoring via the IHL and Pointstreak.

Komets 2008 Training Camp Schedule

Monday, Oct. 6.....noon press luncheon at coliseum, practice 2-4pm at coliseum

Tuesday, Oct. 7.....10am-noon practice at coliseum

Wednesday, Oct. 8.....10am-noon practice at coliseum; 7:30pm home game vs. Bloomington at coliseum

Thursday, Oct. 9.....10am-noon practice at McMillen Ice Arena

Friday, Oct. 10.....10am-11am practice at McMillen Ice Arena; 7:30pm game at Kalamazoo Wings Stadium

Saturday, Oct. 11.....10am-noon practice at coliseum; 7:30pm home game vs Kalamazoo at coliseum

Sunday, Oct. 12.....day off

Monday, Oct. 13.....practice 10am-noon at coliseum

Tuesday, Oct. 14.....practice 10am-noon at coliseum|

Wednesday, Oct. 15.....10am-noon practice at McMillen Ice Arena

Thursday, Oct. 16.....10am-noon practice at McMillen Ice Arena

Friday, Oct. 17.....10am-11am practice at McMillen Ice Arena; 7:30pm season opener at Port Huron

Saturday, Oct. 18.....10am-11am practice at coliseum; 7:30pm home opener vs. Flint

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