The Komets stunned the Grizzlies at Utah 3-1 Wednesday night to take a commanding 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference semifinals series.
Utah scored on their first shot of the first period at 2:49 and held on to a 1-0 lead until Shawn Szydlowski solved Grizzlie goaltender Mark Owuya at 1:50 of the third period to tie the game at 1-1.
Mike Embach gave the Komets a 2-1 lead at 5:21 before Garrett Thompson sealed the victory with 1:30 remaining in the match for Fort Wayne’s third unanswered marker of the stanza. Komet netminder Pat Nagle earned the win making 20 saves on 21 shots. Owuya suffered the loss allowing three goals on 31 shots.
The Komets can finish Utah Friday night when the two teams meet for the fourth game of the series at 9:30pm ET at the Maverik Center.
Tickets for the next Komet home playoff game are on sale at the Coliseum ticket office and online at www.ticketmaster.com.
2016 ECHL KELLY CUP WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALSFORT WAYNE KOMETS VS UTAH GRIZZLIESFort Wayne leads best-of-seven series 3-0Game 1- Friday, April 29................. Utah 4 at Fort Wayne 6Game 2- Saturday, April 30.............Utah 3 at Fort Wayne 5Game 3- Wednesday, May 4...........Fort Wayne 3 at Utah 1Game 4- Friday, May 6.................... Fort Wayne at Utah, 7:30pm MT (9:30pm ET)Game 5- Saturday, May 7............... Fort Wayne at Utah, 7:30pm MT (9:30pm ET)*Game 6- Monday, May 9................. Utah at Fort Wayne, 7:30pm ET*Game 7- Tuesday, May 10..............Utah at Fort Wayne, 7:30pm ET**If necessary.
Komet Playoff Hockey on the air-- All games are scheduled to be broadcast on WOWO Radio AM 1190 and FM 105.7. Broadcasts can also be heard at Komets.com presented by OmniSource.
Season tickets-- Season Tickets for 2016-17 are on sale at the Komet office at 1010 Memorial Way in Fort Wayne. For information visit www.komets.com or call 260-483-0011.
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