Komets Pics

Here are a few photos from last night at Memorial Coliseum. I teamed up with News-Sentinel photographer Ellie Bogue to cover the Fort Wayne Komets' Turner Cup championship-clinching victory over the Muskegon Lumberjacks. Ellie and I came up with a pretty good plan to get everything in, including the video (More on that later). I haven't seen her pictures yet, but I'm sure she did the great job that she always does covering the game. It was fun following the K's this year, but now we're on to the next thing, and if I wouldn't have worked until 4:30 this morning I'd be on Pit Road at Indy right now (as of this writing) getting ready for Pole Day for the Indy 500.

Check out News-Sentinel.com for more photos, slideshows, the great sports writing by Blake Sebring and Reggie Hayes and our video content from the playoffs.


In any case ... here are the pics.



<sub>Fort Wayne's Justin Hodgman, right, slips the puck past Muskegon goalie Kevin Armstrong to score the Komets fourth and final goal in a 4-1 Game 5 victory over the Lumberjack on Friday at Memorial Coliseum. With the win the Komets repeated as IHL champions for the first time in team history.
Photo by Chad Ryan.



Fort Wayne center Justin Hodgman hoists the Turner Cup on Friday after the Komets beat Muskegon to win consecutive IHL titles. Hodgman scored a goal in the Komets 4-1 victory.
Photo by Chad Ryan.




Fort Wayne's Sean O'Connor, right, reaches for a loose puck during the first period of Friday's Turner Cup Finals Game 5 at Memorial Coliseum.
Photo by Chad Ryan.




Fort Wayne's Leo Thomas, right, reacts after beating Muskegon goalie Kevin Armstrong on a two-on-one break during the third period of Friday's Game 5 of the Turner Cup Finals on Friday at Memorial Coliseum.
Photo by Chad Ryan.







Fort Wayne Komets fans cheer and throw confetti at the final horn as the Komets beat Muskegon 4-1 to claim the Turner Cup on Friday in front of a sellout crowd at Memorial Coliseum.
Photo by Chad Ryan.




Fort Wayne's Keith Rodger, left, and Dylan Row celebrate after clinching the Turner Cup on Friday at Memorial Coliseum.
Photo by Chad Ryan.




Konstantin Shafranov kisses the Turner Cup after the Komets repeated as Turner Cup championships, beating the Muskegon Lumberjacks 4-1 on Friday in front of a sellout crowd at Memorial Coliseum.
Photo by Chad Ryan.




Fort Wayne's Leo Thomas pulls away with a mouth full of beer, champagne and whatever else was dumped into the Turner Cup in the locker room as the Komets celebrate their back-to-back Turner Cup championships on Friday at Memorial Coliseum.
Photo by Chad Ryan.




For the first time in team history the Fort Wayne Komets repeated as Turner Cup championships, beating the Muskegon Lumberjacks 4-1 on Friday in front of a sellout crowd at Memorial Coliseum.
Photo by Chad Ryan.</sub>