Szydlowski gets call from Cleveland

Fort Wayne, IN-- The Komets announced Wednesday that forward Shawn Szydlowski has signed an AHL professional tryout contract with the Cleveland Monsters. His most recent call-ups to the AHL were in 2014-15 when he served brief stints with Binghamton, Lake Erie and Norfolk. Szydlowski made his pro debut in the AHL with Portland appearing in two games during 2010-11 before skating 53 games with Rochester in 2011-12. Szydlowski is skating his fourth straight season with Fort Wayne and currently leads the Komets with 21 goals, 28 assists and ranks second in the ECHL with 49 points after 31 games. The St. Clair Shores, Michigan native has logged ECHL totals to date of 96 goals, 131 assists and 227 points in 219 games.

Oilers here Friday, Mallards visit Sunday-- The Komets will be back in action Friday when the Tulsa Oilers visit for an 8pm faceoff. Saturday the Komets travel to Quad City for an 8:05pm ET start against the Mallards. Sunday the Komets return home to host the Indy Fuel at 5pm.

Save those valuable unused Komet tickets-- This Sunday the Komets host Indy on Season Ticket Recycling Night. Komet Season Ticket Holders will be able to exchange any unused Komet tickets from previously scheduled home games this year for tickets to the game Sunday against the Fuel. 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 for the game this Friday.

Meijer Family Night Sunday-- The Komets present Meijer Family Night at every Sunday home game this season. Coupons for a Sunday 4-for-$36 ticket offer are available at all Meijer locations around the Fort Wayne area. Also, fans can bring their skates for a free open skate after each Sunday Meijer Family Night home game.Superhero Night Friday, Jan. 20-- Fans are welcomed to join the Komets and Hagerman in paying a well-deserved tribute to the real superheroes in our lives, the Fort Wayne Police, Fire and EMS on Friday, Jan. 20 when the Komets host Cincinnati at 8pm. The Komets will wear special Superhero jerseys to be auctioned off at the game to benefit local Police, Fire and EMS selected charities. Meet your favorite Superhero characters courtesy of TAG Art Company. And get to the game early for one of the special Komets Superhero capes to be given away to the first 1,000 kids entering the building.

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

Single game and group tickets on sale-- Single game tickets for all Komet home games are on sale at the Coliseum Ticket Office, online at TicketMaster.com, or at the Komet office at 1010 Memorial Way. Also, Group Night packages are available for Family, Business or Civic Group outings. For more information visit Komets.com or call 260-483-0011.