Mark Rassell

History Of The ECHL: Idaho Steelheads

When Did They Come to Be? In 1996, the professional ice hockey team in Idaho officially became known as the Steelheads. They were in the West Coast Hockey League until 2003 when they officially became a part of the ECHL. Their original logo was chosen in a contest, one that involved many of the state’s […]

ECHL: Komets Earn a Victory on the Road in High Scoring Rematch

“The Rematch” took place Saturday night in Wheeling, West Virginia, after a wild Friday night game that finished with a 6-4 victory for the Komets but also included 79 penalty minutes for the K’s and 83 for the Nailers. Wheeling jumped out in front after Brooklyn Kalmikov scored at 3:42, causing the Komets to start […]

Scoring Frenzy Ends with Komets OT Win

If high-scoring hockey is what you are into, then Sunday’s matchup between the Fort Wayne Komets 25-16-4-2 and the Kalamazoo Wings 20-25-4 was your kind of game with 11 total goals, including a sudden-death winner by the Komets. Fort Wayne was coming off back-to-back intense games requiring comebacks, with one going the K’s way and […]

Komets Win Weekend Series Down in Texas

The Fort Wayne Komets (23-15-4-2) traveled south for the weekend as they visited the Allen Americans (22-23-1-0) for a three-game series. Game 1 took place on Thursday night and was full of fireworks from the start in a rather quick game lasting just 2 hours and 29 minutes. Samuel Dove-McFalls got things going for the […]