Left wing Dylan Clarke scored with a shot from the right circle during the 3-on-3 overtime, seconds after the Komets’ Drew Daniels was foiled at the other end, and the Indy Fuel won 3-2 Friday at Memorial Coliseum.

Indy came into the night on a 1-8-1 streak so even making it to overtime meant success, but the victory was even better for the Fuel.

It was the first ever Star Wars Night held by the Komets and they wore special jerseys – stormtroopers were within the fireball logos – and they were auctioned off to benefit Camp Watcha Wanna Do, which has recreational activities for cancer patients. Daniels’ jersey sold for the most, $1,803, and goaltender Pat Nagle’s went for $1,122.

Video highlights and pictures from the game are above.

Forward Nikita Kashirsky opened the scoring for the Komets 10:29 into the first period; after sending a pass to Joe Perry, who fired a shot on goaltender Mac Carruth, Kashirsky swept the puck into an open net. In his first four periods with the Komets, who acquired him from Alaska for Peter Sivak, Perry assisted on three goals.

The Fuel’s Cody Sharib answered at 16:03 by putting a rebound past Nagle, who returned Thursday from a one-game stint with Grand Rapids of the higher-level American Hockey League.

Perry had a great chance to regain the lead for Fort Wayne at 7:15 of the second period, when he was left unattended 15 feet from the net, but Carruth deflected his high shot into the corner and lost his mask in the process.

Instead, it was Indy’s Alex Lavoie who made it 2-1 with a goal at 9:53, by skating around the defense and snapping a shot that slipped just underneath the crossbar, hit Nagle’s water bottle and immediately popped out before referee Jeremy Tufts ruled it had indeed gone in despite the protests of a crowd of 7,510.

Defenseman Will Weber tied it at 2 – it was his first goal of the season – when he sent a wobbly shot from the left circle past a befuddled Carruth at 12:36.

Clarke had a goal waved off at 11:09 of the third period because Tufts had blown the whistle a split second before Clarke fought his way through a crowd and smacked a rebound into the net. Fort Wayne’s Daniels thought he had it won at 17:09, when he whacked at a rebound and it popped into the air and almost crossed the goal line but hit the goaltender’s skate.

After he missed 12 games with an injury, the Komets had back in the lineup forward Alex Belzile, who had three goals and six points in the first six games of the season. They played without Gabriel Beaupre and Domenic Alberga, while Dean Ouellet, Brock Montgomery and Reid Halabi were injured. Defenseman Cody Corbett was also called up this week to San Antonio of the AHL.

Notes: Voting is open through Dec. 21 for the ECHL Fantasy Team at www.ECHL.com. The Komets on the ballot are Mike Embach, Shawn Szydlowski and Cody Sol, though there is a write-in option, and the players selected will be announced in January. The top vote-getters from each team will wear a special jersey at an upcoming game that will be auctioned off. … Not enough Star Wars for you tonight? The Mad Ants have Star Wars Night on Saturday at the Coliseum in a game against Iowa.

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