K s lose to Nailers in game capped by fracas
JUSTIN A. COHN | The Journal Gazette
About the closest thing you’ll find to a certainty in the ECHL is the Komets beating the Wheeling Nailers when they play at Memorial Coliseum.
But tonight was the exception to the rule. The Nailers got a 4-3 victory over the Komets, who have won 20 of the last 24 games between the teams here.
The waning seconds saw Wheeling’s Austin Fyten knee the Komets’ Anthony Petruzzelli, setting off a melee and likely putting him in the crosshairs of ECHL discipline. The Wheeling players then engaged in a shouting match with Fort Wayne fans and the Nailers’ Chad Duchesne swiped at a fan with his stick.
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Komets forward Alan Lyszczarczyk and goalie Trevor Gorsuch, right, defend the net from the Wheeling Nailers Nick Rivera on Saturday in Wheeling, West Virginia.
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Komets defenseman Nick Boka, left, defends the Wheeling Nailers Brendan Harris on Saturday in Wheeling, West Virginia.
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Komets forward Jackson Leef, right, looks to make a pass as he’s defended by the Wheeling Nailers’ Patrick Watling on Saturday in Wheeling, W.Va.
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The Komets Blake Siebenaler, right, prepares to check the Wheeling Nailers Joshua Winquist, who had just passed the puck up the boards in Wheeling, West Virginia.
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Wheeling Nailers goaltender Shane Starrett, top, blocks with his mask a shot from Komets forward Alan Lyszczarczyk on Sunday in Wheeling, West Virginia.
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The Wheeling Nailers Jeese Lees, top right, scores Sunday as Komets goaltender Louis-Philip Guindon collides with Stephen Harper at Wheeling, West Virginia, and Alan Lyszczarczyk, right, looks on at WesBanco Arena.
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The Wheeling Nailers Patrick Watling skates with the puck and is chased by the Komets Randy Gazzola, top right, and Marcus McIvor at Wheeling, West Virginia, on Sunday.