Fort Wayne, IN-- The ECHL announced Tuesday that Komet left winger Mike Embach has been named the Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week for Dec. 21-27.Embach scored three points (1g, 2a) and was +4 in the two games played last week. The Orland Park, Illinois native dished an assist in the Komets 4-0 win against Atlanta Monday and added a game winning marker and an assist in a 5-2 Fort Wayne home win over Kalamazoo Saturday. Embach finished the week riding a four-game point-scoring streak (3g, 2a).
Embach leads the Komets with 11 goals and has a team-high 22 points while appearing in all 25 games to date and has led the Komets in a current three-game win streak. The skater is in his third season with Fort Wayne and fifth as a pro.
The Komets will skate four games in five nights this New Year's holiday week as they finish 2015 and welcome in 2016. Tonight the Komets host Brampton at 7:30pm and will welcome Indy for New Year's Eve at 7:30pm. The Komets will then skate at Indy on New Year's Day at 7:30pm. The Komets cap the busy week with a 7:15pm faceoff at Toledo Saturday.
4 For 55 Tonight-- Tonight fans can take advantage of the Komets' "4-for-55" special Family 4-Pack Ticket Offer when the Komets host Brampton. Get four upper arena tickets, four hot dogs, four soft drinks and four chips for only $55!
Get your tickets early-- 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-- Komet games are scheduled to be aired on WOWO AM 1190, FM 92.3 and FM 107.5 with Bob Chase calling the action radio-rinkside in his 63rd consecutive season. All Komet radio broadcasts can also be heard worldwide as presented by Omni Source Radio Recycle at www.komets.com. This Friday, Jan. 1 Shane Albahrani will be substituting for Bob when the Komets skate at Indy.
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