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Ice Chips

  • Komets coaching update
    Komets general manager David Franke still believes he will have a coach in place by June 1, though he declined to get into specifics about potential candidates – with one exception.
  • Komets goalie Boucher retires
    Coach Al Sims and captain Colin Chaulk retired, and now so has the goaltender who backstopped them to four championships between 2008 and 2012.
  • Boucher to wear tie, not mask
    Ruoff Home Mortgage issued this news release today:
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Goalie news? Nope.

Just talked to Komets coach Al Sims and he said he's going to keep his goaltending starter a secret until Thursday, when the Komets play Game 1 of the IHL semifinals against the Port Huron Icehawks.

He's got Nick Boucher, the two-time Cup-winning goalie, or Tim Haun, the IHL's reigning Goaltender of the Year.

Tough call? Not to me. I go Boucher without hesitation. Look what he's done in the playoffs, and he's great against Port Huron.

But we'll see.

  • Komets left wing P.C. Drouin was selected as the IHL's Player of the Month. He tallied five goals and 15 points in 10 games.
  • If you missed tonight's edition of "We've got Game," click the button to the right to hear the replay. Great conversations on the NFL draft with Phil B. Wilson of the Indianapolis Star, the upcoming Komets series with Paul Costanzo of the Port Huron Times-Herald and the things we'd like back in sports with Greg Rajan of the Caller-Times in Corpus Christi. It was a fun show.

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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