Komets back in it

Fort Wayne, IN-- The Komets stopped the visiting Toledo Walleye Tuesday night 3-2 in overtime to cut Toledo's series lead in half at 2-1. Game 4 of the second round best-of-seven series will face off in Fort Wayne Thursday at 7:30pm.Martin Frk opened the scoring at 4:13 of the first period to give the Walleye a 1-0 lead. The Komets returned the favor when Matthew Heard evened the score with the only tally of the second period at 9:35.Frk netted his second of the game at 13:23 to give Toledo a short-lived 2-1 lead before Paul Crowder knotted the score at 2-2 with 27 seconds remaining in the third and Fort Wayne goaltender Pat Nagle pulled for the extra attacker on the ice.To the pleasure of 4,692 Fort Wayne faithful Mike Embach scored the game winner at 6:09 of the extra frame with assists from Kaleigh Schrock and Mikael Tam to give the Komets their first win of the series. It was Tam's second helper of the night.Nagle earned the win in his first start of the playoffs making 21 saves on 23 shots while Jeff Lerg posted his fourth loss of the post-season allowing three goals on 42 shots. -Gamesheet-ECHL North Division FinalsFort Wayne Komets vs Toledo WalleyeToledo leads best-of-seven series 2-1Game 1- Friday, May 1....................Fort Wayne 1, at Toledo 4Game 2- Saturday, May 2................Fort Wayne 2, Toledo 5Game 3- Tuesday, May 5................Toledo 2 at Fort Wayne 3, OTGame 4- Thursday, May 7...............Toledo at Fort Wayne, 7:30pmGame 5- Saturday, May 9................Fort Wayne at Toledo, 7:35pmGame 6- Sunday, May 10................Toledo at Fort Wayne, 6pm*Game 7- Wednesday, May 13.........Fort Wayne at Toledo, 7:35pm** If necessary

Komet playoff tickets on sale-- Tickets for Thursday's game 4 of the second round playoffs (Fort Wayne home playoff game #4 on the ticket) are on sale at the Coliseum Ticket Office or online at www.ticketmaster.com. 2015-16 Season Tickets are also on sale at the Komet office. For ticket information call 260-483-0011 or visit www.komets.com.All second-round games are scheduled to be broadcast on WOWO Radio AM 1190 and FM 92.3 and webcast at komets.com presented by OmniSource Radio Recycle. All of the road playoff games are scheduled to be televised on MyTV. Fans are invited to watch all road playoff games live at the Komets' official watch zone, The Tilted Kilt Pub and Eatery, in Jefferson Pointe on Illinois Road.