Fuel Fall to Fort Wayne in 5-2 Loss

INDIANAPOLIS - The Indy Fuel (4-4-0-0) fall to the Fort Wayne Komets (2-5-0-0) to hand Fort Wayne their second win of the season at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum and strengthen their 2-0 record against the Fuel.

Jamie Schaafsma opened the door for the Komets when confusion in front of the net allowed a rebound off of Anthony Petruzzelli to bounce past Matt Tompkins at 7:46 in the first period. Garrett Laad followed shortly after with a slapshot from the left circle that buried the puck in the back of the net.

Neil Manning notched his second goal of the season when he tipped in dagger from Quentin Shore that allowed the Fuel to get on the board with five minutes left in the second period. The efforts would go unmatched as the Komets were able to further their lead at the beginning of the third period after J.C. Campagna came bolting out of the penalty box after serving his two minute penalty for hooking and fired a brake away goal that soared over Tompkins shoulder.

Olivier Labelle tallied his fourth goal of the season converting on a three-on-five man advantage with two minutes remaining in the game. It would prove to be too much for the Fuel and the Komets snapped their five game losing streak.

Garett Laad found the net twice with his first goal of the season at 8:37 in the first period and 13:14 in the second. Marc-Olivier Roy also contributed to the Komets efforts with a goal at 7:16, his fourth of the season.

While the score was uneven the shots on goal were fairly consistent throughout the game, ending with the Fuel tallying 35 and the Komets 37. The two teams combined for total of 15 penalties and 47 penalty minutes.

Two games into their three games in three days stretch of the season, Indy takes on the Wheeling Nailers at WesBanco Arena on Saturday.

Single-game tickets are now on sale for the Fuel's 5th anniversary season at Indiana Farmers Coliseum! Lock up your seat for every second of the action at Indiana Farmers Coliseum with a Fuel Ticket Plan - grab yours by heading to IndyFuelHockey.com or by calling the Fuel front office at 317-925-FUEL. Don't forget to follow the Fuel on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat (IndyFuel) for news, updates, contests and much more throughout the 2018-19 season.

-- INDYFUELHOCKEY.COM --