Corey Elkins scored in the third period of his first game with the Komets, as he was pulled down from behind, and it proved to be the game-winner in a 4-2 victory over the Gwinnett Gladiators.
Lincoln Kaleigh Schrock added an empty-net goal in front of 5,429 fans at Memorial Coliseum.
Thomas Beauregard scored twice for Fort Wayne, which was playing the first of four games in five nights.
Elkins, a former NHL player, had just been assigned to Fort Wayne by Norfolk of the American Hockey League.
