Goaltender Michael Houser has returned to the Komets from Tucson of the higher-level American Hockey League.

In 31 games with the Komets, he is 18-9-2 with a 2.83 goals-against average and a .907 save percentage.

To make room heading into Wednesday’s game at Memorial Coliseum against Wichita, the Komets waived goalie Gordon Defiel. He had backed up Garrett Bartus in one game.