One weekend may have changed the perception of the Komets.

A 5-1 loss tonight to the Cincinnati Cyclones in front of 6,697 fans at the Coliseum on Halloween, a night after a 4-2 loss at Indianapolis, has one wondering what happened to the team that had won its first four games.

The Komets (4-2-0) have until Friday to figure it out. That’s when they play host to Toledo in the first meeting with the Walleye since losing in the seventh game of the North Division Finals.

Cincinnati (3-1-0) was led by Eric Robinson’s two goals.

A turnover in the Fort Wayne zone led to Jack Downing’s goal 1:58 into the first period and Cincinnati teammate Zach Budish made it 2-0 at 8:00.

Forward Garrett Meurs answered with a power-play goal at 14:10, depositing a rebound into the net after Brock Montgomery hit the post, but Robinson answered with a one-timer from 15 feet out 1:19 later.

The Komets certainly had their chances to get back in it.

Brett Perlini’s shot from 35 feet out, just before the first period ended, got past goaltender Brad Thiessen but ricocheted off the post. A goal from the blue line by defenseman Cody Corbett, 4:48 into the second period, was waved off by referee Kenny Anderson because Meurs had cross-checked a player in front of the net. On the ensuing power play, Fort Wayne’s Trevor Cheek and Jordon Southorn were stopped by Thiessen on breakaways, before Robinson’s slapshot from a tough angle near the goal line made it 4-1.

Defenseman Mike Ratchuk’s wrist shot from just inside the blue line sailed through a crowd, during a power play, and put his former team in a 5-1 hole at 17:08.

Even the Komets’ hottest players were cooled off in this one.

Mike Embach, who came into the night with 11 goals and 19 points in 19 games for the Komets against the Cyclones, his former team, dating back to the 2013-14 season, was held without a point.

Drew Daniels, who had at least a point in each of the first five games of the season, totaling one goal, seven points and a plus-8 rating, was scoreless and minus-1.

Shawn Szydlowski, who also had five-game point-scoring streak, was held scoreless, giving him two goals, nine points and a plus-6 rating.

However, Cheek assisted on the Meurs goal, giving him at least a point in five of the Komets’ six games this season, and he had at least one goal in each of the first four games.

Notes: Defenseman Cody Sol, who had played in 89 straight games for the Komets, was a healthy scratch. … The Komets also played without Garrett Thompson and Kyle Thomas. … Dean Ouellet made his season debut.

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