FORT WAYNE, IN – Two goals from Antoine Waked and Alex Rauter late in the third period would not be enough to overcome the Fort Wayne Komets lead as the Indy Fuel fell 5-2 at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Friday night. 
The Komets opened up the scoring for the night when they converted on a power play a little over the halfway point in the first. From behind the Fuel net, Anthony Nellis set up Anthony Petruzzelli who went five-hole on Fuel goalie Dan Bakala to give the Komets a 1-0 lead after 20 minutes of play.
After a quiet first half of the second frame the Komets went on on a tough stretch for the Fuel, netting three goals in under five minutes. At 12:09 Morgan Adams-Moisan maneuvered the puck from behind the net to find Matt Boudens who fired a shot from the slot to extend the Komets lead to 2-0. Indy then found themselves on a power play opportunity just a minute later but A.J. Jenks scooped up a turnover and came down the boards to serve Mathieu Brodeur a chance between the two circles for a shorthanded goal. Nick Boka made it 4-0 for the Komets after tapping in a rebounded puck that bounced off the top of the net at 16:50. Sean Romeo took over for Bakala for the remaining 3:10 left in the second.
With under seven minutes to go in the third period Waked buried a rebound off a shot from Nick Hutchison to give the Fuel their first goal of the game. Less than a minute later, Nic Pieorg played the puck from behind the Komets goal and found Rauter in front of the crease to bring Indy’s goal count to two. With less than a minute left in the third the Fuel pulled Romeo for an extra attacker and Adams-Moisan notched an empty netter to bring the final score to 5-2.
The Fuel and the Komets will rematch Saturday night at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum for a 7:30 p.m. puck drop.
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