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New blog and IHL antics

First off, loyal Ice Chips readers, I'd like to make you aware of a new blog. I'll be tracking the Colts' Super Bowl run at Colts Corral.

Bookmark it.

In hockey-related news, I did want to bring you some links in the continually brewing saga between the Flint Generals and the Bloomington PrairieThunder, who keep brawling and trash-talking.

Click here and click here.

I'm going to side with the PrairieThunder on this one. I thought the Generals' signings of scrubs for the expressed purposes of goonery for only one night was low even for the IHL.

Justin A. Cohn, pro sports coordinator for The Journal Gazette, has been covering the Fort Wayne Komets since 1997. His reporting includes game stories from home and away, features about the players and personalities associated with the Komets, plus coverage of issues affecting hockey at all levels. A native of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Cohn graduated from Emory University in Atlanta. He can be reached at 260-461-8429 or by email at jcohn@jg.net.

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