Komets clip Walleye at Toledo 2-1

Fort Wayne, IN-- The Komets capped a busy week of four games in five nights Saturday night by edging the Walleye in Toledo 2-1 on goals by Garrett Meurs and Domenic Alberga. The Komets extended their point-streak to seven games (6-0-1) with their third straight win and improved to 6-1-2 in one-goal games. Goaltender Pat Nagle pushed his unbeaten streak to seven games (6-0-1) stopping 31 of 32 shots and improved to 11-5-2 and an overall 2.16 goals-against average. It was Fort Wayne's first win at Toledo since the Winterfest game Jan. 4th last year, snapping a Walleye win streak of five home games including the 2015 playoffs. The Komets hold a season series lead 3-1-0 with five meetings remaining.-Gamesheet-The Komets improved to 17-10-2 and 36 points and move into first place in the Midwest Division leading Quad City by a point and third-place Cincinnati by four points.The Komets are idle until they travel to Quad City for a pair of games Friday, Jan. 8 and Sunday, Jan. 10.

The next Komet home game will be Friday, Jan. 15 at 8pm when the Orlando Solar Bears visit for the only meeting of the season.

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 weekend, Friday, Jan. 8 and Sunday, Jan. 10, Shane Albahrani will be substituting for Bob when the Komets skate a pair of games at Quad City.