During the last two months, Thunder forward Chris Chappell has evolved from a hockey player who received more playing time due to teammates’ injuries to one who has himself become indispensable.

It was a long distance to travel for Chappell, who was little more than an extra piece for the first half of the season.).. Read more at: kansas.com

Playing a hunch, Komets coach Al Sims started rookie forward Tom Mele on Tuesday. Mele has mostly been used sparingly as the 10th forward so far in the series.

“I wanted to get some energy right away in our team and get the crowd going,” Sims said. “Tommy threw a big hit right at the start and so did someone else. It just got our team going, got the fans going and gave our team some confidence. I thought Tommy played excellent for the minutes he played.” Read more at: news-sentinel.com

The first Game 7 of thee 2012 Ray Miron Presidents’ Cup playoffs will take place on Thursday night in the Turner Conference Finals when the Fort Wayne Komets host the Missouri Mavericks.

The Mavs won the first two games of the series, both in Fort Wayne, and the Komets won Game’s 3 and 4 in Missouri before the team’s held serve on home ice splitting Game’s 5 and 6. Read more →

The résumé of Komets center Colin Chaulk is chock full of terrific performances in pivotal games, and Tuesday will go down as one of the best.

Not because of his statistics – he had only one goal – but because of the way he came out in the first period. Chaulk hit every opponent in sight to lead the Komets to a 4-1 victory over the Missouri Mavericks)..  Read more at: journalgazette.net

Ouch!

This one hurt – it really hurt – as the Missouri Mavericks failed to claim Game 6 in the best-of-seven Turner Conference championship series, falling to Fort Wayne 4-1 Tuesday night on the Komets’ home ice.

The series is now even at three wins apiece and will be decided at 6:30 p.m. Thursday when the teams lock up in a game that will decide the fate of both squads. Read more at: examiner.net

The best way for the Komets to stop Missouri’s big momentum heading into Game 6 was for Fort Wayne’s big stars to play their best.

After stinking up the Independence Events Center on Saturday night with stats of three shots on goal, no points and a minus-11 rating,).. Read more at: news-sentinel.com