Defenseman Bobby Shea returns from AHL

Fort Wayne, IN-- The Komets announced Friday that defenseman Bobby Shea has been released from his AHL PTO with Rochester and has returned to the Fort Wayne lineup.

Shea (Shay), 26, signed his PTO with Rochester on Dec. 28, and registered a +3 and accumulated seven penalty minutes in his brief AHL stint with the Americans. Shea started the season with the Komets and scored three goals and 14 points in 18 games prior to his Rochester call-up. 2016-17 is the defenseman's fourth pro year since completing a four-year college career with Bowling Green in 2012-13.

The Komets also announced Friday that defenseman Ryan Lowney has signed a professional tryout and may be in the lineup this weekend when the Komets skate at Indy. Lowney, 23, recently completed a four-year collegiate career with Ferris State University. The Redford, Michigan native finished the season scoring 15 assists and 17 points in 37 games. Last year he was on board for an appearance in the NCAA Regional Final as well as the Bulldog's first WCHA Tournament Championship. Lowney finished with collegiate totals of seven goals, 51 assists and 58 points in 158 games.

Komets at Indy for a pair-- The Komets travel to Indianapolis to face the intrastate rival Fuel Friday and Saturday at 7:35 each night at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum (6,488). The Komets are unbeaten by the Fuel in the season series 6-0-0 with three meetings remaining. The Komets began their current five-game winning streak with a 5-1 win at Indy Feb. 24 in the last meeting. The Fuel are winless in their last five games (0-4-1) after a 6-1 loss at Quad City Saturday.

Komets on the air-- Follow the Komet 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.

Goin' Green for St. Patrick's Day-- The next Komet home game is St. Patrick's Day, Friday, March 17 when the Tulsa Oilers visit for an 8pm faceoff. The Komets will go green with special Irish jerseys. The game-worn jerseys will be sold in a raffle and silent auction during the game benefiting Habitat for Humanity.

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.