Tales of the Komets by Blake Sebring

Tales of the Komets

by Blake Sebring

Format: 6 x 9 softcover
Page Count: 380

ISBN: 978-1-60008-038-8
Price: $22.95
Publication Date: May 15, 2007

Book Description

Over 55 seasons, the Fort Wayne Komets have been one of the greatest franchises in North American minor league sports. Throughout their existence, this hockey franchise has experienced uncounted unique stories dealing with players, teams, fans and other characters, such as:

The coach who said winning was better than sex
The fan favorite who was traded for two dryers
The player who rode his horse to practice
The player who earned more than $1 million in the minors
The equipment manager who saved the season
The player who wrote a poem to the fans
The best friends who fought each other
The reason Wayne Gretzky came to wear No. 99
The player who got a kiss during a game
The final fate of Brett Hull’s Stanley Cup puck
The Tom Petty song that helped in a championship
The opposing team that needed an exorcism

These stories and many more are inside Tales of the Komets.

Author Information

A native of Fort Wayne, Blake Sebring has covered the Fort Wayne Komets for more than 15 years, writing more than 5,000 stories about the team in both the International Hockey League and the United Hockey League. He started working at The News-Sentinel at age 15 in 1979 and joined the paper as a full-time writer in 1988. He is currently the assistant sports editor. You can read his coverage of the Komets at www.news-sentinel.com and through his blog at www.tailingthekomets.com. He is currently writing his second book about the Komets.