Avalanche reassign goaltender Aittokallio to Fort Wayne

Fort Wayne, IN-- The Komets announced today that their NHL affiliate, the Colorado Avalanche, has reassigned goaltender Sami Aittokallio from the AHL's Lake Erie Monsters to Fort Wayne.Aittokallio (eye-toe-KAHL-ee-oh), 22, was selected by the Avalanche in the fourth round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. The Tampere, Finland native made his pro debut in 2010-11 appearing in 16 games for Ilves in Finland's top professional ice hockey league (SM-Liiga). Aittokallio backstopped his native Finland to a fourth-place finish at the 2012 IIHF World Junior Championship in Alberta.Aittokallio made his AHL debut with Lake Erie logging 27 games and a 3.00 goals-against average and appeared in his first NHL game with Colorado during 2012-13.

Last season Aittokallio logged 36 games in his second season with Lake Erie, leading the Monsters with a 2.65 goals-against average, .909 save percentage and four shutouts.The netminder has made one appearance this season with Lake Erie, stopping 25 of 29 shots in a 5-4 win at Grand Rapids Oct. 24.

In additional player moves, the Komets announced today that goaltender Francois Tremblay has been placed on reserve.Komets home for Halloween double-header weekend-- This weekend the first-place Komets (5-0-0) are home for a Halloween double-header against the Kalamazoo Wings (3-1-1). The division rival Wings visit Friday at 8pm and again Saturday night at 7:30 for their first two of six visits this season.

Tickets on sale-- Komet hockey single game tickets and season tickets for 2014-15 are on sale now. Single game tickets can be purchased at the Coliseum Ticket Office and online at www.ticketmaster.com. Season Tickets are on sale at the Komet office, 1010 Memorial Way, in Fort Wayne. For information visit www.komets.com or call 260-483-0011.