The Oilers have agreed to extend the affiliation after two seasons which have seen the Komets take positive steps towards becoming a stronger ECHL organisation.
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The Komets are close to re-signing former captain Lincoln Kaleigh Schrock so he can be in the lineup today against Cincinnati, a source told The Journal Gazette. It would likely be for just one game.
Legendary Komets player Wright dies at 82
Won 2 Cups with Fort Wayne, later coached team
Justin A. Cohn | The Journal Gazette
Ted Wright, who played for the Komets from 1962 to 1970, was one of its most versatile players and later coached the team, has died. He was 82.
Wright, a native of Sudbury, Ontario, helped the Komets to Turner Cups in the International Hockey League in 1963 and 1965.
Inducted into the Komets Hall of Fame in 2002, Wright is one of only 20 players in the Komets 69-year history to play seven or more consecutive seasons.
“Teddy was tough, really tough. He was tough and aggressive and didn t back down from anybody,” said his longtime teammate, Norm Waslawski, who recalled a time Wright chased notorious tough guy John Bailey from the ice to the opposing locker room.