Fort Wayne Komets

ECHL Suspends Heartlanders’ Knaub for Fight Instigation Along With Two Others

The ECHL has announced fines and suspensions from this weekend’s slate as the league announced that three players were suspended During Iowa’s 9-4 loss to Cincinnati on November 4, Iowa Heartlanders Forward Michael Knaub jumped the barrier between the ice and bench to instigate a fight with the Cyclones’ Cristiano DiGiactino for a high hit […]

ECHL: Meet The Four New Head Coaches

It’s another off-season of coaching changes in the ECHL, however, it’s a little quieter than the 2022 offseason, where we saw seven new head coaches as heading into the 2023-24 season, four teams will have a new bench boss; Fort Wayne Komets, Trois-Rivieres Lions, Toledo Walleye, and the Newfoundland Growlers. All four of these coaches […]

ECHL: History of the Fort Wayne Komets

The Fort Wayne Komets began in 1952 under the International Hockey League (IHL), where they remained until 1990. At that time, the franchise would move to Albany, New York, as the Albany Choppers. A few days later, the Franke family, who purchased the Flint Spirits, moved the team to Fort Wayne and took on the […]

ECHL: Shawn Sydlowski Returns To Fort Wayne

Shawn Sydlowski has announced that he is returning to the Fort Wayne Komets after spending last season with the Orlando Solar Bears. In 46 games last season with the Solar Bears, Sydlowski had 14 goals and 15 assists for 19 points. The 33-year-old winger has spent nine of his first ten seasons with the Fort […]

ECHL: Five Notable Names That Moved On This Summer

Every off-season, we see some big names from the ECHL make the jump over to the AHL or over to Europe, and the 2023 off-season was no exception, as there is a ton of ECHL talent that will be taking their talents overseas next season. While tracking all the names that have gone overseas from […]

ECHL: Indy Fuel Re-Sign Goaltender Cam Gray

The Indy Fuel have announced that they’ve re-signed goaltender Cam Gray for the 2023-24 ECHL season. Gray spent his collegiate career at Adrian College, where he went 53-9-2 with a 2.34 GAA, .912 SV%, and six shutouts. Gray led the Bulldogs to a Divison III National Championship in his final season at Adrian. In 2022, […]

ECHL: Florida Everblades Sign Scott Allan to Upcoming Season

General Manager and Head Coach Brad Ralph agreed to terms with defensemen Scott Allan for the 2023-24 upcoming season today around 3:00. The 6’6″ blue liner heads to the sunshine state to help the Blades claim their defense the back-to-back championship title. The 22-year-old made his first debut in the big leagues with the Fort […]

Anthony Peters between the pipes for the Florida Everblades.

ECHL: Peters Named Florida Everblades Assistant Coach

With the recent loss of former assistant coach Jesse Kallechy after he was named head coach for the Fort Wayne Komets of the ECHL. The Florida Everblades were on the hunt for a new assistant coach. General Manager and Head Coach Brad Ralph named former goaltender for the Everblades Anthony Peters the new Assistant Coach […]

Fort Wayne Komets Sign Two Quebeckers

The Fort Wayne Komets have had a busy off-season already prior to this week as they’ve announced a new head coach and assistant coach, signed four players, and signed one to a tryout. Today they made two more moves as forward Shawn Boudrias returns for his third season, and goaltender Francois Brassard signs with the […]

ECHL: Jesse Kallechy Officially hired as Fort Wayne Komets’ Head Coach.

The Fort Wayne Komets have named Florida Everblades assistant Jesse Kallechy as the 30th head coach of the 72-year-old franchise, vice president, general manager, and director of hockey operations David Franke announced on Wednesday. “His style of coaching and how he wants his team to play is right in line with the Komets style of […]