Fort Wayne Komets

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Fort Wayne Komets
City:	Fort Wayne, Indiana
League:	International Hockey League
Founded:	1952 (IHL) 1999 (UHL/IHL)
Home Arena:	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
Colors:	Orange and Black
Owner(s):	Franke family
General Manager:	David Franke
Head Coach:	Al Sims
Media:	WOWO (1190 AM) WKJG (1380 AM)
Championships
Regular Season Titles:	11 (1959–60, 1962–63, 1972–73, 1977–78, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1986–87, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2007–08)
Turner Cups:	5 (1963, 1965, 1973, 1993, 2008)
Colonial Cups:	1 (2003)

The Fort Wayne Komets are a minor league hockey franchise currently playing in the International Hockey League. The Komets played in the previous incarnation of the International Hockey League from 1952 until 1999, when they joined the United Hockey League (which took the IHL name in 2007). They have won five post-season championship titles in the IHL in 1963, 1965, 1973, 1993, and 2008 and one in the UHL in 2003. They play their home games at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

The current Komets franchise replaced the original Fort Wayne Komets that relocated and became the Albany Choppers in 1990 before folding in that same season. In all of North American professional hockey, only the Original Six teams of the NHL and the Hershey Bears of the AHL have played continuously in the same city with the same name longer than the Komets.

[edit] Retired numbers

• #5 Terry Pembroke
• #6 Lionel Repka
• #11 Len Thornson
• #12 Reggie Primeau
• #16 Eddie Long
• #18 Rob Laird
• #26 Colin Chin
• #30 Robbie Irons
• #40 Bob Chase
• #58 Ken Ullyot
• #59 Colin Lister
• #77 Steve Fletcher
• #87 Jared Burkhart

[edit] Records

• On March 28, 2008, the Komets set a new professional hockey record of 23 straight home wins. They defeated the Kalamazoo Wings 4–3. ^[1] The record ended at 25.

• On April 12, 2008, the Komets set a new Fort Wayne hockey record of 56 wins in a season. The previous record of 53 was set in 2003-2004. ^[2]

[edit] Season-by-season results

International Hockey League (1952–1999)

United Hockey League (1999–2007)

International Hockey League (2007-Present)

[edit] Current roster

As of April 16, 2008.

Goaltenders
#		Player	Date of birth	Place of birth
33		Nick Boucher	December 29, 1980	Leduc, Alberta, Canada
35		Kevin Reiter	November 4, 1981	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Defensemen
#		Player	Date of birth	Place of birth
2		Guy Dupuis C **	May 10, 1970	Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
9		Brandon Warner	January 4, 1983	Huntertown, Indiana, USA
13		Sergei Durdin	January, 1, 1980	Riga, Latvia
14		Jake Pence	December 13, 1983	Owatonna, Minnesota, USA
20		Kevin Hansen A **	March 25, 1978	Hamburg, New York, USA
22		Kevin Bertram	March 29, 1977	Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
23		Ken Dufresne	October 5, 1987	Riviere-au-Renard, Quebec, Canada
43		Brent Henley **	August 30, 1980	Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

Forwards
#		Player	Position	Date of birth	Place of birth
10		Matt Reynolds	LW	May 7, 1981	Athens, Ontario, Canada
17		Mitch Woods	RW	May 20, 1986	Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
21		David Hukalo A	RW	July 21, 1978	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
24		Konstantin Shafranov **	LW	September 11, 1968	Ust-Kamenogorski, Kazakhstan
25		Terry Marchant **	C	February 24, 1976	Buffalo, New York, USA
29		Luciano Aquino	RW	January 26, 1985	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
71		P.C. Drouin **	LW	April 22, 1974	St. Lambert, Quebec, Canada
82		Olivier Legault (non-roster spot)	LW	October 2, 1986	Chibougamau, Quebec, Canada
88		Justin Hodgman	C	June 27, 1988	Brampton, Ontario, Canada
89		Evgeny Saidachev	RW	July 21, 1985	Khabarovsk, Russia
91		Colin Chaulk A **	C	January 7, 1977	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
94		Mathieu Curadeau	C	January 23, 1985	Montreal, Quebec, Canada

• To see the full player roster and stats, click here.

** signifies the player is considered a veteran

[edit] Logos

1952-1953	1953-1956	1956-1959 Home Jersey	1956-1959 Away Jersey
1962-1963	1963-1968 Kaptian Komet Logo	1968-1969	1969-1970
1970-1985	1985-1987	1987-1990	1990-1999
2001-2002 50 Anniversary	2004-2005

[edit] External links

• Fort Wayne Komets official web site
• Fort Wayne komets History

[edit] References

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