Fort Wayne, IN-- The Komets will face the defending ECHL Kelly Cup Champion Allen Americans in the Western Conference Finals starting this Friday at 8pm at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum.
In the best-of-seven conference quarterfinals the Komets bounced the Cincinnati Cyclones 4-3 and Allen dismissed the Idaho Steelheads 4-3.
In the conference semifinals the Komets eliminated the Utah Grizzlies 4-0 and Allen eliminated the Missouri Mavericks 4-2 with a 5-1 win Tuesday night at Missouri.
The Fort Wayne/Allen best-of-seven conference finals series will run a 2-3-2 format with games 1 and 2 in Fort Wayne this Friday and Sunday. Games 3, 4 and 5, if necessary, at Allen. Games 6 and 7, if needed, are slated for Fort Wayne on Tuesday, May 24 and Thursday, May 26.
2016 ECHL KELLY CUP WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALSFORT WAYNE KOMETS VS ALLEN AMERICANSBest-of-seven seriesGame 1- Friday, May 13....................Allen at Fort Wayne, 8:00pm ETGame 2- Sunday, May 15................. Allen at Fort Wayne, 6:00pm ETGame 3- Thursday, May 19...............Fort Wayne at Allen, 8:05pm ETGame 4- Saturday, May 21............... Fort Wayne at Allen, 8:05pm ETGame 5- Sunday, May 22................. Fort Wayne at Allen, 5:05pm ET*Game 6- Tuesday, May 24................ Allen at Fort Wayne, 7:30pm ET *Game 7- Thursday, May 26...............Allen at Fort Wayne, 7:30pm ET**If necessary.
Tickets for Komet home playoff games this Friday and Sunday are on sale at the Coliseum Ticket Office and online at ticketmaster.com. 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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