Fort Wayne, IN - 

The first award issued was the Bud Gallmeier Memorial Trophy/Community Service Award. This is awarded to the Komet who is dedicated not only to the game of hockey, but also to serving the Fort Wayne community. The 2012-13 winner was goalie Charlie Effinger.

Next on the list is the Wiegmann Family “True Komet” Award. This is awarded to the player that best exemplifies the team spirit and has a positive attitude on and off the ice.  The 2012-13 winner was center Brett Smith.

The NOB Brick Award was awarded next. This goes to the most defensive forward on the team. Right winger Jean-Michel Rizk went home with this honor.

This year’s Mr. Hustle is right winger Brandon Marino.

Smith was also awarded the Unsung Hero Award. This award is in tribute to Komet Hall-of-Famers Robbie Irons and Terry Pembroke, given to the player whose hard work, dedication to his teammates and love of the game is in the true spirit of Komet legends Robbie Irons and Terry Pembroke.

Most Improved Player for the 2012-13 season was defenseman Ryan Hegarty.

The Defenseman of the Year went to Tyler Butler.

The final award, and the only one voted on by the players, was team MVP. Marino went home with this honor.

DANIEL R. PATMORE / SPECIAL TO THE COURIER & PRESS Evansville IceMen’s Mark Cody, (18) and Fort Wayne Komets’ Kaleigh Schrock, (79) fight it out on the Ice at 19:59 in to the first half as Linesman Dan Cohen looks on in Friday nights game at the Ford Center.

Fort Wayne, IN - The Fort Wayne Komets (26-26-2) are in a funk. They have lost five straight and seven of their last nine and are in a free-fall in the standings. The K’s started the weekend in the last playoff spot, but have landed in the tenth spot, six points out and three points behind the division rival Kalamazoo Wings.

At Evansville:

The IceMen dominated the Komets Friday night as Evansville Goalie Paul Dainton stopped all but a Tomas Beauregard shot early in the third period. Marco Cousineau started in net, but was pulled 4:21 into the middle frame after giving up Kevin Baker’s second goal of the night. Charlie Effinger allowed two, but this was after the game was already decided.

Game Statistics:

SOG:

SHOTS	1	2	3	Total
Fort Wayne Komets	13	19	6	38
Evansville IceMen	9	13	7	27

 Score by Period:

Team	1	2	3	Total
Fort Wayne Komets	0	0	1	1
Evansville IceMen	2	3	1	6

Power Play Efficiency

Prd	Fort Wayne Komets	Evansville IceMen
1st	0-2	1-1
2nd	0-1	0-0
3rd	0-3	1-1
Total	0-6	2-2

Three Stars:

Star	Team	Pos/Name	Stats
	Evansville IceMen	RW Kevin Baker	2 G, 2 A, +2, 3 SOG
	Evansville IceMen	C Todd Robinson	1 G, 3 A, +2, 1 SOG
	Evansville IceMen	G Paul Dainton	1 GA, 37 SVS

In Fort Wayne:

DANIEL R. PATMORE / SPECIAL TO THE COURIER & PRESS
Evansville IceMen’s Philippe Plante, (24) passes the puck as Fort Wayne Komets’ Matt Syroczynski, (27) tries to get it away as Komets’ Eric Giosa , (23) comes up from behind to assist in the first half of Friday nights game at the Ford Center.

Evansville swept the home-and-home series Saturday in front of a sellout crowd at the Memorial Coliseum. This also marked Komet captain Colin Chaulk’s first time in the lineup in 32 games. Chaulk could not help as the IceMen used a strong second period to give the Fort Wayne faithful an unfortunately familiar feeling. Eric Giosa scored the first goal of the game. Brandon Marino disrupted a potential four straight goal for Evansville in the second. J.M. Rizk did have a penalty shot attempt in the second, but Dainton was able to stop it.

Game Statistics:

SOG:

SHOTS	1	2	3	Total
Evansville IceMen	11	9	4	24
Fort Wayne Komets	7	15	8	30

 Score by Period:

Team	1	2	3	Total
Evansville IceMen	1	3	0	4
Fort Wayne Komets	1	1	0	2

Power Play Efficiency

Prd	Evansville IceMen	Fort Wayne Komets
1st	1-3	0-0
2nd	0-1	0-2
3rd	0-3	0-2
Total	1-7	0-4

Three Stars:

Star	Team	Pos/Name	Stats
	Evansville IceMen	RW Kevin Baker	2 G, 0 A, -1, 5 SOG
	Evansville IceMen	G Paul Dainton	2 GA, 28 SVS
	Fort Wayne Komets	C Eric Giosa	1 G, 1 A, +2, 1 Shot

In Toledo:

The Komets finally looked like a team needing a win. Unfortunately the K’s ran out of steam against the division rival Walleye. Matt Syroczynski and Brett Smith scored within 20 seconds of each other in the middle of the first period, but the Komets could not keep the momentum going. Former Komet Stephon Throne netted an equalizer soon after and the Walleye never looked back. Brandon Marino notched his 18th goal of the season late in the third after Toledo scored a total of four unanswered.

Game Statistics:

SOG:

SHOTS	1	2	3	Total
Fort Wayne Komets	14	16	5	35
Toledo Walleye	12	6	11	29

 Score by Period:

Team	1	2	3	Total
Fort Wayne Komets	2	0	1	3
Toledo Walleye	2	0	4	6

Power Play Efficiency

Prd	Fort Wayne Komets	Toledo Walleye
1st	0-0	0-1
2nd	0-0	0-0
3rd	0-0	0-1
Total	0-0	0-2

Three Stars:

Star	Team	Pos/Name	Stats
	Toledo Walleye	F Nino Musitelli	1 G, 2 A, +2, 3 SOG
	Toledo Walleye	F Stephon Thorne	1 G, 1 A, +1, 33 Shots
	Toledo Walleye	G Jordan Pearce	3 GA, 32 SVS

The Komets will faceoff against the division leading Cincinnati Cyclones Friday at 8:00 p.m. EST at home.