Komets open playoffs Friday at home

Fort Wayne, IN-- The Komets will face the Kalamazoo K-Wings in the first round of the ECHL Kelly Cup playoffs starting next week. The Komets earned home-ice advantage for the first round by finishing the season in second place in the North Division while the K-Wings locked up third place, setting the stage for the eighth post-season meeting between the Komets and the Wings over the history of the two clubs. It will be the first time Fort Wayne and Kalamazoo have met in an ECHL playoff round, and the first time the two clubs have met in the playoffs since 2009 when the Komets eliminated the Wings 4 games to 2 in International Hockey League play.

The North Division semi-finals will open in Fort Wayne Friday, April 17 at 7:30pm. Game two is slated for Saturday, April 18 at 7:30pm in Fort Wayne before the series switches to Kalamazoo for games 3, 4, and if necessary, 5. If needed, games 6 and 7 will be held in Fort Wayne. Tickets for the first two Komet home playoff games are on sale at the Coliseum Ticket Office and online at www.ticketmaster.com.2015 ECHL KELLY CUP NORTH DIVISION SEMIFINALSFORT WAYNE KOMETS VS KALAMAZOO K-WINGSBest-of-seven series Game 1- Friday, April 17................Kalamazoo at Fort Wayne, 8pm Game 2- Saturday, April 18...........Kalamazoo at Fort Wayne, 7:30pm Game 3- Wednesday, April 22......Fort Wayne at Kalamazoo, 7pm Game 4- Friday, April 24................Fort Wayne at Kalamazoo, 7:30pm*Game 5- Saturday, April 25...........Fort Wayne at Kalamazoo, 7:30pm*Game 6- Monday, April 27.............Kalamazoo at Fort Wayne, 7:30pm*Game 7- Wednesday, April 29.......Kalamazoo at Fort Wayne, 7:30pm*If necessary.