Fort Wayne, IN
— The Komets announced Thursday that they have met the IHL's
trade deadline with a deal that sends winger Dominic Osman and
defenseman Dylan Row to Kalamazoo for veteran defenseman Rod
Aldoff.
Aldoff, 38, has appeared in 57 games this season as an alternate
captain with the Wings leading Kalamazoo defensemen with 30
points. Aldoff has proven to be a benefit to the power
play scoring four of his seven goals and 12 of his 23 assists
this year with the man advantage.
The 14-year pro
skated his 700th career game against the Komets in Kalamazoo
near the start of the season Oct. 25. Aldoff netted his
first career hat trick Dec. 20 against Bloomington in a 6-3
Kalamazoo win. The veteran defenseman was named the IHL's
Player of the Week for the week ending Dec. 21.
Aldoff began
his career in 1995 with Tallahassee of the ECHL scoring a career
high 13 goals, 44 assists and 57 points. During his career
he has also skated IHL stints with Utah, Long Beach and
Bloomington and has experience at the elite level of play in
Europe.
Aldoff will wear number 25 and is expected to see his first
action as a Komet Friday night when Fort Wayne visits Port Huron
for a 7:30pm faceoff at McMorran Arena.
Osman, 27,
appeared in 37 games with the Komets scoring 18 goals and 30
points while posting a plus-four. The right winger is in
his second pro year and was named the IHL Player of the Week the
first week of the season. He recorded two hat tricks while
with the Komets, both in games at Port Huron.
Row, 25, started the year with New Mexico of the CHL before
signing with Huntsville of the SPHL. The defenseman was
added to the Komet roster last week and appeared in all three
Komet games over the past weekend.
Looking ahead the Komets will begin a tear of 11
games in 17 nights for the remainder of March. This
weekend the Komets will skate three games in three nights
starting at Port Huron Friday at 7:30pm. The
league-leading Icehawks are coming off a 4-2 home loss to
Kalamazoo last Sunday, ending their unbeaten streak at 12 games.
The Komets lead the season series 6-5-0 and are 5-1-0 at
McMorran Arena. It's the first meeting since the Komets
chilled the Icehawks 4-0 Jan. 31 on Fort Wayne ice. Port
Huron is also idle this week until they host the Komets Friday.
Saturday the Komets return home to host the Kalamazoo Wings at
7:30pm. After a 3-4 shootout victory at Bloomington
Wednesday night, the
fourth-place Wings trail the Komets by two points. Saturday will be Kalamazoo's
last visit to Fort Wayne where the Komets are 2-2-1-2 against
the Wings this season. Kalamazoo hosts Bloomington Friday
before visiting Fort
Wayne Saturday.
Sunday the Komets are back on the road to Bloomington for a
5:05pm faceoff (Fort Wayne time). It's the first of six
meetings remaining until the end of the season. The Komets
are 4-2-0-2 against the PrairieThunder in eight meetings so far.
Sunday's game will be the fifth of seven at Bloomington where
the Komets are 2-1-0-1 this season.
All three games this weekend will air on WOWO Radio AM 1190 and
will be webcast free online at
www.komets.com Comcast KometCast.
Wing-Ding
Doubleheader Saturday.....not only do the Komets host
the Kalamazoo Wings Saturday at 7:30pm, but prior to that game
the Komet Legends will take on the Detroit Red Wings Alumni team
at 5pm with doors opening at 4pm. One ticket gets fans in
for both games Saturday. Some of the Komet legends
expected to attend are Eddie Long, Steve Fletcher, Kelly Hurd,
Dale Baldwin, Dustin Virag, Carey Lucyk, Ian Boyce, Doug Rigler,
Grant Richison, Ron Leef and more. Scheduled to appear
(subject to change) for the Detroit Red Wings Alumni Association
are Shawn Burr, Dennis Hextall, Joey Kocur, Kevin Miller, Brent Fedyk and more.
And it's Army Night, too.....Saturday night is
also Army Night when the Komets host Kalamazoo at 7:30.
The Komets will battle the Wings in their special U.S. Army
Jerseys and a silent auction for each jersey will take place
during the game with proceeds donated to the Special Operations
Warrior Foundation.
And it's Lucky Bills Wallet Night.....Saturday the
Komets will be handing out special logo wallets to the first
1,000 fans through the doors at 4pm courtesy of Three Rivers
Federal Credit Union. Each wallet will have a prize or
cash amount, some will contain up to $100, in a celebration of
the green in honor of St. Patrick's day next week. Get
their early Saturday to test your luck!
Tickets.....Komet tickets are on sale at the Coliseum Ticket
Office and online at
www.ticketmaster.com. The Komets offer discounts on
group tickets sold at the Komet office at 1010 Memorial Way in
Fort Wayne.
For more information visit the Komet office, the Komets'
website at
www.komets.com,
or call 260-483-0011.
Rod Aldoff,
Defense, Born Jan 30 1971 -- Lethbridge, ALTA
Height 5.10 -- Weight 195 -- Shoots L
--- Regular Season --- ---- Playoffs ----
Season Team
Lge GP G A
Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1991-92 U. of Minnesota-Duluth
NCAA 23 1 8
9 25
1992-93 U. of Minnesota-Duluth
NCAA 39 4 11
15 34
1993-94 U. of Minnesota-Duluth
NCAA 38 4 25
29 88
1994-95 U. of Minnesota-Duluth
NCAA 36 11 18 29
80
1995-96 Tallahassee Tiger Sharks ECHL
70 13 44 57 74
12 1 4 5 10
1996-97 Ambri-Piotta
Swiss 13 3 7
10 20
1996-97 Utah Grizzlies
IHL 24 1 4
5 10 -- -- -- -- --
1997-98 Pee Dee Pride
ECHL 70 12 20 32
118 8 3 4 7
10
1998-99 Pee Dee Pride
ECHL 70 12 32 44
55 13 1 4 5 10
1999-00 San Diego Gulls
WCHL 27 4 25
29 18 3 0 2
2 18
1999-00 Long Beach Ice Dogs
IHL 42 7 6
13 35 2 0 0
0 0
2000-01 Ingolstadt ERC
2.GBu 39 11 25 36
109
2001-02 San Diego Gulls
WCHL 6 0 2
2 6 -- -- -- --
--
2001-02 Vipiteno
Italy 29 5 8
13 24
2002-03 Greensboro Generals
ECHL 54 9 23
32 36 8 2 2
4 4
2003-04 Straubing Tigers
2.GBu 38 3 9
12 26 3 0 1
1 4
2004-05 Rockford IceHogs
UHL 67 6 20
26 47 13 1 4
5 2
2005-06 Pensacola Ice Pilots
ECHL 41 0 8
8 38 -- -- -- -- --
2006-07 Chicago Hounds
UHL 65 2 26
28 73 5 0 0
0 8
2007-08 Bloomington PrairieThunde IHL
42 4 15 19
44 -- -- -- -- --
2008-09 Kalamazoo Wings
IHL 57 7 23
30 56
