Behind great defense, the Fort Wayne Komets (20-7-1) defeated the Bloomington Blaze (9-18-2) on Saturday night extending their win streak to five straight games and maintaining their six point lead atop the Turner Conference.
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The game was played in front of a packed crowd of 10,480.
Nick Boucher earned the win making 36 saves seeing his record improve to 18-4-1.
Stephon Thorne’s shorthanded goal at 4:50 of the second period was the game’s final goal and served as the game winner.
Bobby Chaumont scored the other Komets goal who were outshot 37-35 in the game.
Vladimir Nikiforov scored the lone goal for the Blaze who fall to 2-11-1 on the road this season.