Wings visit for Military Appreciation Weekend tonight

Fort Wayne, IN-- The Komets hope to make it a clean sweep of a Military Appreciation Weekend at the Memorial Coliseum tonight when the Wings visit from Kalamazoo for a 7:30pm faceoff.

Last night the Komets dismissed the Toledo Walleye 4-1 in the first of a two-game home stand. Four different skaters scored for the Komets including Mike Embach, Drew Daniels, Garrett Thompson and Brock Montgomery as the Komets snapped a brief two-game winless skid. Spencer Martin earned his second win of the season stopping 28 of 29 shots. -View Highlights--Gamesheet-Tonight's game will be the first of a home-and-home set between Fort Wayne (5-2-0) and Kalamazoo (3-4-1). The Komets and Wings head for Kalamazoo after tonight's game for a 4pm matinee at Wings Event Center Sunday. Last night the Wings clipped the Nailers at Wheeling 4-3 to extend their unbeaten streak to four games (3-0-1).

Military Appreciation Weekend-- Both home games this weekend are a part of Military Appreciation Weekend presented by Window World. The Komets will wear special patriotic military-themed jerseys to be auctioned to benefit Veterans Airlift Command. Also, all military, active and veterans, can take advantage of the Komets' Military Appreciation Ticket Offer where they can buy one ticket and get one free with a military I.D. courtesy of the Komets' Hero Salute Corporate Partner Fifth Third Bank.Tickets for Komet home games are on sale at the Coliseum Ticket Office and online at TicketMaster.com. Discounted Group tickets are also on sale for all Komet home games at the Komet office at 1010 Memorial Way. Call the 260-483-0011 or visit komets.com for more information.Komets on the air-- Most Komet games are scheduled to be aired on WOWO AM 1190 and FM 92.3 as Bob Chase broadcasts Komet hockey play-by-play for his 63rd consecutive season. All Komet radio broadcasts can also be heard worldwide as presented by Omni Source Radio Recycle at www.komets.com. Tonight's home game will be aired on WOWO Radio. Sunday's game at Kalamazoo will be broadcast on ESPN Radio AM 1380 with Shane Albahrani substituting for Chase.