Fort Wayne, IN — The Komets' 2008-09 Training Camp gets underway Monday, Oct. 6 at noon with a press luncheon in the Red Room of the Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne. All Fort Wayne area media are invited to attend.

Currently the Komet's 2008-09 roster holds 28 players including 15 forwards, 10 defensemen and three goaltenders.

Training camp will be held for two weeks and includes three exhibition games for the Komets. The Komets will host Bloomington in preseason action Wednesday, Oct. 8 at 7:30pm. The Komets will travel to Kalamazoo for the first of a home-and-home preseason series at Wings Stadium Friday, Oct. 10 at 7:30pm. The Komets return to Fort Wayne to host Kalamazoo Saturday, Oct. 11 at 7:30pm in the final tune-up of the 2008-09 preseason.

A complete training camp schedule will be released at the luncheon Monday.

The Komets will start the 2008-09 season on the road at Port Huron Friday, Oct. 17 before the Fort Wayne home opener Saturday, Oct. 18 against the Flint Generals at 7:30pm.
See 2008-09 Komet Schedule

Tickets are on sale for both Komet home exhibition games as well as all 2008-09 regular season games at the Coliseum Ticket Office and online at TicketMaster.com.  For information call the Komet office at 260-483-0011 or visit the Komet's website at www.komets.com

Boucher, Beckett, Osman, Legault, Curadeau update......goaltender Nick Boucher, defenseman Jason Beckett, right winger Dominic Osman, left winger Olivier Legault and center Mathieu Curadeau have all been participating in AHL training camps over the past couple weeks.

Boucher and Beckett have been skating in the Norfolk camp. Boucher has been released and is expected to return to Fort Wayne today. Beckett is on a two-way AHL/IHL contract and has been assigned to Fort Wayne and will be in the Komet camp when it begins on Monday.