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Former Cedar Rapids RoughRiders defenseman Riese Zmolek made his professional hockey debut last season, spending the majority of his time in the ECHL with the Iowa Heartlanders. He hopes that experience helps he and his team in year two.
Today, as part of the NHL s celebration of Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month, he profiles Hitoshi "Mel" Wakabayashi, who starred at the University of Michigan, played in the Japan Ice Hockey League and coached Japan at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics.
Komets coach Ben Boudreau was ill and back in Fort Wayne on Wednesday night. Meanwhile, his assistant, Olivier Legault, orchestrated a 4-2 victory ove .