Justin Cohn

Senior Writer

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Justin A. Cohn, senior writer for °®¶¹app, has covered Fort Wayne sports since 1997. A native of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, he was named Sportswriter of the Year by the Indiana Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association in 2020.

Yanick Turcotte hasn't abandoned the way of the enforcer. Just last week he was called to the American Hockey League for one game with the Chicago Wolves, fought Kyle Marino, then opened his second game back with the Komets by fighting the Indy Fuel°®¶¹app™s Christopher Cameron. But Turcotte has strived to become a more compete player and it°®¶¹app™s paid dividends for the Komets.

The Komets solved the Indy Fuel°®¶¹app™s notoriously stingy defense on Friday night. As for the Indy offense, it couldn°®¶¹app™t get anything past Fort Wayne goaltender Brett Brochu. Justin Taylor and Jack Dugan each had a goal and two assists, and Brochu stopped 28 shots for Fort Wayne°®¶¹app™s first shutout of the season, as the Komets defeated the Fuel 3-0 at Memorial Coliseum. Harrison Rees also scored in front of an announced crowd of 6,165, as the Komets (15-7-1) won their fourth straight game.

Jack Dugan knew his scoring would return at some point, but it seemed like it was taking forever. He°®¶¹app™d hit the post, whiff on a shot, or have some monumentally good toe-drag broken up on by an opponent's desperation play, yet he°®¶¹app™d continue to tell himself to be patient °®¶¹app“ it would come. It finally did last weekend, when the Komets forward had a goal and an assist in Saturday°®¶¹app™s 8-2 victory over the Allen Americans and then three goals Sunday °®¶¹app“ all on breakaways, including the overtime winner °®¶¹app“ when the Komets beat the Americans 4-3.

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