Confirmed with Link: Coyotes Announce ECHL Affiliation with Fort Wayne Komets
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TheLegend
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Nice affiliation; hopefully we can send them more than Langhamer.
I just noticed the Comets signed Hodgman a few weeks ago, fwiw
TheLegend
Megathread Gadfly
Deal is only for one year so stay tuned........
I say they buy them and move them to Prescott valley or flagstaff.
I just noticed the Comets signed Hodgman a few weeks ago, fwiw
Has it really been 3 years since our little infatuation with him?
And not his first time in Fort Wayne, per Wikipedia.
Interesting career - over 3 seasons 20GP-7G-9A-16Pts
...but those same 3 seasons, in playoffs...
34GP-18G-25A-43Pts (!)...truly a key piece in their IHL (part II) glory years (2008-10)
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Considering the Komets have been playing in Fort Wayne for 66 years, I don't see that as a likely outcome. Only the Original Six and the Hershey Bears have been playing longer than that in the same place.
I can see this as being their goal though. To bring everyone much closer together.
And they had the highest average attendance of any team in the ECHL last year as well
Tom Polakis
Next expansion
I grew up in a small Michigan town with an IHL hockey team in the 1970's. That orange Komets logo hasn't changed since at least then. Looks like a circular saw blade.
Also, I doubt they'd get an Arena that can fit 10,500 ECHL fans if we moved them here. Plus, it would be much more of a threat to RR players if we say they'll end up in Fort Wayne, IN if they don't improve rather than somewhere else in Arizona
Not to mention that the Komets were #1 in the E last season as opposed to Tulsa's #22 (the other ECHL option we'd have unless we shared).
Jormungandr
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Damnit I wash I was back living in Toledo this season. The Walleye and the Komets have a pretty good rivalry going. Would've given me a chance to see some of the goalie prospects. I'm most interest in in Miska. He was VERY good in every Duluth game I saw last year.
BigMac1212
I feel...alone.
BigMac1212
I feel...alone.
Bondurant
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I remember the Komets from the IHL days. Rival to the Kalamazoo Wings. Fights galore. One game I attended wasn't too far from Slap Shot type action. Line brawl after opening puck drop.
BigMac1212
I feel...alone.
Coyotedroppings
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My Dad was a war gamer, we used to spend several days a year at what was then the Key Largo Inn - had an indoor Olympic size pool, with hot tub - good memories.
