Trevor Cheek named ECHL Player of the Week

Fort Wayne, IN-- The ECHL announced Tuesday that Komet forward Trevor Cheek was named the Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week for the period of Oct. 31-Nov. 6.After starting the season in the Tucson lineup in the AHL, Cheek returned to Fort Wayne last week and scored a goal and added five assists to finish his first week of the year with six points.The Vancouver, Washington native had a hand in each of the four goals scored in a 4-0 home win over Indy Friday in his first appearance of the season. While scoring the third goal of the game, he also assisted on the game winner, had a power play assist on the second goal and assisted on the fourth goal to seal the game. Cheek followed with two assists Sunday in a 5-4 overtime loss at Brampton for two multi-point games for the week.Cheek enters this week ranking first on the Komets with five assists (tied with Kyle Thomas) and third with six points (tied with Mike Cazzola and Garrett Thompson).Last year Cheek tallied 17 goals and 25 points in 28 Fort Wayne regular season games before adding five goals and 13 points in all 16 Kelley Cup Playoff games.

The week ahead-- The Komets are on the road for week five of 2016-17, playing four games in five nights in the heartland of America against Western Conference rivals. Wednesday the Komets skate at Tulsa at 8:05pm ET and then travel to Missouri for a pair of back-to-back games Friday, at 8:35pm ET and Saturday at 8:05pm ET. The Komets cap the week with a 5:05pm ET faceoff at Wichita Sunday. It's the only visits of the season to Tulsa, Missouri and Wichita.Kids Seat Free Friday, Nov. 18-- Once again this season the Komets feature Kids Seat Free Nights. The next Kids Seat Free Night is Friday, Nov. 18 when Quad City visits, courtesy Aunt Millie's, Parkview Health and the Komets. Any child under the age of 12 can see the game for free with a full-priced adult ticket purchase.

Friday night Marathon Nights-- Again this year Komet fans can save on their Friday night tickets with Marathon. Fans can earn a buy-one-get-one-free ticket offer with the purchase of three fill-ups at participating Marathon locations. Save with your Marathon Fill-Up Card Friday, Nov. 18 when the Komets face the Mallards.TIP-A-KOMET Tuesday Nov. 15 at Applebee's-- The Komets invite all fans to the Tip-A-Komet benefit at Applebee’s North Clinton location by the Coliseum Tuesday, Nov. 15, from 6:30pm-8pm. Fans have a chance to be served dinner by a Komet player as the entire team will be on-hand for the special night at Applebee’s. All tips benefit Applebee’s Make-A-Wish Foundation Fundraising efforts. For more information fans can call the Komet office at 260-483-0011.

Komets on the air-- Komet games are scheduled to air this season on WOWO AM 1190 and FM 107.5. All Komet radio broadcasts can also be heard worldwide as presented by Omni Source Radio Recycle at www.komets.com.

Single game tickets and Season Tickets on sale-- Single game tickets for all Komet home games are on sale at the Coliseum Ticket Office and online at TicketMaster.com. Season tickets continue to be on sale at the Komet office at 1010 Memorial Way in Fort Wayne. For more information visit Komets.com or call 260-483-0011.