Petruzzelli rejoins Komets

Fort Wayne, Ind. — The Fort Wayne Komets announced that veteran forward and 2021 Kelly Cup champion Anthony Petruzzelli has signed on for his seventh season in Fort Wayne.  

Petruzzelli, 31, started his career in Fort Wayne in 2018, skating in four regular-season games and six playoff games, helping the Komets reach the Western Conference Finals. The Federal Way, Washington native has played in 323 games as a Komet, scoring 211 points (100g-111a) and raising the Kelly Cup on Coliseum ice during the 2020-21 season. Last season, Petruzzelli opted to play in Europe, appearing in four games with the Guildford Flames of the Elite Ice Hockey League before returning to the ECHL with stints in Jacksonville and Indy.

From the 2018-19 season through the 2022-23 season, Petruzzelli only missed nine games, all attributed to a call-up to the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League in 2019. From 2019-23, he played in 243 consecutive regular-season games, second only to Bobby Rivard’s team record of 280 games set from 1962-66. Petruzzelli was named captain of the Komets midway through the 2021-22 season and holds the club record for fasted regular-season overtime goal (10 seconds), set on Nov. 11, 2019, in a 3-2 win at Indy.