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Sunday, March 07, 2021 4:50 pm
No joke: K s posted ad for new coach
JUSTIN A. COHN | The Journal Gazette
No, Ben Boudreau isn’t suddenly jobless. After all, the Komets are off to a 7-1-3 start that has put them atop the ECHL with a .773 winning percentage. And no, it wasn’t a joke by some disgruntled fan with too much time or money on their hands, or even a prank by the Wheeling Nailers, who would seemingly love nothing more than to try and get in the Komets’ heads.
Fort Wayne-native Gratz hired at Trine
JUSTIN A. COHN | The Journal Gazette
Brian Gratz, a native of Fort Wayne with much experience in professional hockey, has been hired as an assistant coach for the Trine hockey team, The Journal Gazette confirmed.
Gratz, 39, who briefly played for the Komets as a goalie in 2005-06, spent last season as an assistant coach for Chinese team ORG Beijing of the VHL (Vysshaya Liga), a Eurasian league one step below the Russia-based Kontinental Hockey League, widely considered the top league outside of the NHL.
The head coach of that team was Gary Graham, another native of Fort Wayne and former Komets head coach, but ORG Beijing isn’t playing this season because of the coronavirus pandemic.