FLINT, Mich. -- After missing 14 games with a groin injury, goaltender Nick Boucher is back in the lineup. After missing 10 games with head/neck/shoulder injuries, defenseman Kevin Hansen is also on the ice for the Komets, who take on the Flint Generals tonight. Forward Olivier Legault is also out there, after sitting three games.
That's the good news.
But the Komets are without forward David Hukalo, who has the flu and also won't play Saturday at Muskegon, Mich. Center Mathieu Curadeau remains on call-up with Worcester of the American Hockey League, though he should be back Monday.
To make room for Boucher, the Komets placed seldom-used goalie Corey Wogtech on injured reserve.
For the third time this season, Bloomington lost a star player to Europe. Jarrod Skalde, a former NHL player, will play in Austria. As an outsider looking in, one of two things has to be going on: Someone in the region is recruiting players away from the league, particularly Bloomington; or the players don't like the coach.
-- By Justin A. Cohn, The Journal Gazette
Anyone else B2'ing tonight???
Posted by: JW | January 25, 2008 at 07:37 PM
Naw, wanted to listen to Chaser, nice, down 2 zip early.
Posted by: kyle hunt | January 25, 2008 at 07:39 PM
no kidding... i took a sip of my drink and thers a goal. Beausoleil is a madman out there so far
Posted by: JW | January 25, 2008 at 07:41 PM
and another!
Posted by: kyle hunt | January 25, 2008 at 07:44 PM
id have to say the henley fight was a draw. possibly a loss for henley, hate to say that. hopefully they meet up again
Posted by: JW | January 25, 2008 at 07:48 PM
Wow nothing going well tonight, sounds like Henley didn't have such a good tustle either.
Posted by: kyle hunt | January 25, 2008 at 07:49 PM
McCarty playing?
Posted by: kyle hunt | January 25, 2008 at 07:51 PM
yes
Posted by: JW | January 25, 2008 at 07:53 PM
Is Boucher spiking Reiter's water bottle? Nick comes back and Reiter goes to crap.. WTF? Hope Nick can hang tough and we can play our way back into it..
Posted by: JungleMonkey | January 25, 2008 at 07:55 PM
jorde beat legault that was pretty clear... this is a bad night for our 6 game win streak.
i durdin got checked into the penalty box that was kinda crazy
Posted by: JW | January 25, 2008 at 07:59 PM
Same thing I was thinking, almost like Kevin knows Nick is back there and he relaxes.
Posted by: kyle hunt | January 25, 2008 at 07:59 PM
the rest of this game could be very interesting
Posted by: JW | January 25, 2008 at 08:14 PM
We gotta just hit these guys hard, score a quick one and win a fight or two, be right back into it!.....Is that all.
Posted by: kyle hunt | January 25, 2008 at 08:28 PM
hahaha thats exactly what they did to us...we can dooooooooo itttttt
Posted by: JW | January 25, 2008 at 08:33 PM
So much for the quick score part.
Posted by: kyle hunt | January 25, 2008 at 08:45 PM
Crap!
Posted by: kyle hunt | January 25, 2008 at 08:51 PM
C'mon boys, get one and open the flood gates!
Posted by: deuce | January 25, 2008 at 08:51 PM
this will be a great series in the Finals, we will have to flood their arena with orange and black
Posted by: JW | January 25, 2008 at 08:53 PM
Man, I might just have to quit talking about going up to Flint and just do it!
Posted by: kyle hunt | January 25, 2008 at 08:58 PM
grrrrr.... 2 5 on 3's and nothing!
Posted by: deuce | January 25, 2008 at 09:10 PM
home ice is going to be huge if this ends up being the Finals... lets roll a thousand deep and take overrrrrrrrrrr
Posted by: JW | January 25, 2008 at 09:11 PM
Better have the deciding game at home.....eh.
Posted by: kyle hunt | January 25, 2008 at 09:14 PM
Ivanovic v. Sharapova bout to start...YAYYYYYY
Posted by: JW | January 25, 2008 at 09:35 PM
finally!
Posted by: deuce | January 25, 2008 at 09:37 PM
At least Woodsy dropped one.
Posted by: kyle hunt | January 25, 2008 at 09:48 PM
we kind of-sort of won a fight there. sort of??
Posted by: JW | January 25, 2008 at 09:48 PM
Pretty uppity for a team that had a nice lead all night, ummmm.
Posted by: kyle hunt | January 25, 2008 at 10:10 PM
Give Reiter a freakin break..how many darn games did this guy play in a row!! you can't expect nothing more from a fatigued goalie!! get a clue people...reiter is respectively our number 1 and will be the rest of the year!!! he has 4 or 5 shutouts!!! and boucher has none!
Posted by: kometfan | January 25, 2008 at 11:52 PM
Lighten up kometfan.
Posted by: kyle hunt | January 26, 2008 at 07:49 PM