Coach Al Sims and captain Colin Chaulk retired, and now so has the goaltender who backstopped them to four championships between 2008 and 2012.Here is the game story off the Komets' 2-1 loss to Toledo from Friday night: Click here to read it and watch the video, which is highlighted by terrific goaltending.
For those of you wondering about the penalty shot awarded to Brett Smith, personally, I don't think it should have been one.
But I'm in the minority. It's open to interpretation, to me, because he got an excellent scoring chance off. The question is: Would he have gotten a "more reasonable" scoring chance off?
The photo above has the rules spelling out the criteria for a penalty shot, so you can decide yourself. Think of it this way: Smith got a better scoring chance on the break that caused the penalty shot than he did on the penalty shot itself.
It's an interesting discussion, anyway, though I have heard from multiple referees today saying they believe it was a correct call that was made.
By the way, Swikar Patel has a lot of great photos off the game: Click here.
