Fort Wayne Komets
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The Fort Wayne Komets are a minor league ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 franchise currently a member of the Central Hockey League
Central Hockey League
The Central Hockey League is a mid-level professional hockey league, owned by Global Entertainment Corporation. Its current champions are the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs, which defeated the Colorado Eagles four games to three in the 2011 playoffs....

 in the Northern Conference. The team was previously a member of the International Hockey League before it merged into the CHL in 2010. The Komets also played in the previous incarnation of the International Hockey League from 1952 until 1999, when they joined the United Hockey League
United Hockey League
The United Hockey League was a low-level professional ice hockey league , with teams in the United States...

 (which took the IHL name in 2007). They have won seven post-season championship titles in the IHL in 1963, 1965, 1973, 1993, 2008, 2009 and 2010 with one in the UHL in 2003. They play their home games at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
The Allen County War Memorial Coliseum is a 13,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Fort Wayne, Indiana, initially built in 1952 for nearly $3 million in Fort Wayne's Johnny Appleseed Park. The Allen County War Memorial Coliseum was originally designed to seat 8,000 for hockey or 10,240 for basketball...

 in Fort Wayne, Indiana
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Fort Wayne is a city in the US state of Indiana and the county seat of Allen County. The population was 253,691 at the 2010 Census making it the 74th largest city in the United States and the second largest in Indiana...

.

The current Komets franchise (formerly the Flint Spirits
Flint Spirits
The Flint Spirits were a professional hockey team in Flint, Michigan from 1985–1990, and played their home games at the IMA Sports Arena. They were a part of the International Hockey League, and replaced the recently departed Flint Generals team. They compiled an overall record of 162–220–28...

) replaced the original Fort Wayne Komets that relocated and became the Albany Choppers
Albany Choppers
The Albany Choppers was an independent professional ice hockey team competing in the International Hockey League during the 1990–1991 season. The franchise originally existed as the Fort Wayne Komets, whose owner, David Welker, opted to move his franchise to Albany, New York and its brand-new...

 in 1990 before folding in that same season. In all of North American professional hockey, only the Original Six
Original Six
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 teams of the NHL
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...

 and the Hershey Bears
Hershey Bears
The Hershey Bears Hockey Club is a professional ice hockey team playing in the American Hockey League, and is currently the top affiliate of the NHL Washington Capitals. The hockey club is based in the unincorporated town of Hershey, Pennsylvania, located within Derry Township some 14 miles east of...

 of the AHL
American Hockey League
The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...

 have played continuously in the same city with the same name longer than the Komets.

Retired numbers

  • #2 Guy Dupuis
    Guy Dupuis
    Guy Dupuis is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman. He is known for playing fourteen seasons with the Fort Wayne Komets of the CHL. Dupuis was the last active member of the Komets' 1993 Turner Cup-winning team.-Career:...

  • #5 Terry Pembroke
  • #6 Lionel Repka
    Lionel Repka
    Lionel Repka is a former professional ice hockey defenceman.Over eleven seasons in the International Hockey League Repka played 666 games - all with the Fort Wayne Komets...

  • #11 Len Thornson
    Len Thornson
    Len Thornson is a retired Canadian ice hockey forward.Thornson spent his entire professional hockey career in the International Hockey League , mostly with the Fort Wayne Komets. He also spent part of one season with the Indianapolis Chiefs and the Huntington Hornets...

  • #12 Reg Primeau
  • #16 Eddie Long
  • #18 Robbie Laird
    Rob Laird (ice hockey)
    Robert Laird is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played in one National Hockey League game for the Minnesota North Stars during the 1979–80 NHL season...

  • #26 Colin Chin
  • #30 Robbie Irons
    Robbie Irons
    Robert Richard Irons is a former National Hockey League and International Hockey League goaltender. He was born in Toronto, Ontario. He played in three minutes and one second of one game in the NHL with the St. Louis Blues during the 1968–69 season...

  • #34 Chris Treft
  • #40 Bob Chase
  • #58 Greg Kates
  • #59 Colin Lister
  • #77 Steven Fletcher

Scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed IHL regular season.

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; * = still active with the team

Updated at completion of 2008-2009 season
Player Pos GP G A Pts
Len Thornson C 763 412 807 1219
Eddie Long RW 801 425 427 852
Terry McDougall  C 507 249 395 644
Colin Chin C 660 246 390 636
John Goodwin  LW 480 200 387 587
Colin Chaulk*  C 442 147 399 546
Reg Primeau C 452 200 342 542
Merv Dubchak  RW 437 321 218 539
Robbie Laird LW 520 223 276 499
Guy Dupuis* D 880 112 386 498

Regular season

  • Most goals in a season: Merv Dubchak, 72 (1965–66)
  • Most assists in a season: Len Thornson, 93 (1966–67)
  • Most points in a season: Len Thornson, 139 (1966–67) & Terry McDougall, 139 (1978–79)
  • Most penalty minutes in a season: Andy Bezeau
    Andy Bezeau
    Andy Bezeau is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 10 seasons in the minor leagues.-Playing career:...

    , 590 (1995–96)
  • Most wins in a season: Kevin St. Pierre, 43 (2003–04)
  • Most shutouts in a season: Kevin Reiter
    Kevin Reiter
    Kevin Reiter is an American professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing in the Central Hockey League with the Fort Wayne Komets...

    , 7 (2007–08) & Kevin St. Pierre, 7 (2003–04)

Team records

  • On March 28, 2008, the Komets set a new professional hockey record of 23 straight home wins. They defeated the Kalamazoo Wings
    Kalamazoo Wings
    The Kalamazoo Wings, nicknamed the K-Wings, are a mid-level professional ice hockey team in Kalamazoo, Michigan. A member of the ECHL's Eastern Conference, North Division, they play in the 5,113-seat Wings Stadium....

    4–3. 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.

  • On May 15, 2010, the Komets defeated the Flint Generals in Game Five of the IHL Turner Cup Finals to win the series, 4 games to 1, earning the Komets a "three-peat" after winning the Turner Cup in 2008 and 2009 as well.

Season-by-season results

International Hockey League (1952–1999)

Records as of October 28, 2008
Year GP W L T OTL PTS GF GA PIM Playoffs
1952–53 60 20 38 2 0 42 182 244 - Did Not Qualify
1953–54 64 29 30 5 0 63 203 220 - Lost in Quarterfinals
1954–55 60 22 37 1 0 45 181 235 - Did Not Qualify
1955–56 60 29 29 2 0 60 272 219 - Lost in Semifinals
1956–57 60 25 29 8 0 64 170 177 - Did Not Qualify
1957–58 64 28 28 8 0 64 213 224 726 Lost in Semifinals
1958–59 60 32 27 1 0 65 236 213 571 Lost in Finals
1959–60 68 50 16 2 0 102 312 187 1102 Lost in Finals
1960–61 69 31 35 3 0 65 304 265 899 Lost in Round Robin
1961–62 68 33 31 4 0 70 265 245 1054 Did Not Qualify
1962–63 70 35 30 5 0 75 283 255 591 Won Championship
1963–64 70 41 28 1 0 83 322 264 935 Lost in Finals
1964–65 70 40 25 5 0 85 344 240 969 Won Championship
1965–66 70 38 26 6 0 82 312 259 - Lost in Semifinals
1966–67 72 40 31 1 0 81 274 234 - Lost in Finals
1967–68 72 30 29 13 0 73 282 272 - Lost in Semifinals
1968–69 72 24 33 15 0 63 235 262 - Lost in Semifinals
1969–70 72 26 38 8 0 60 241 266 - Lost in Quarterfinals
1970–71 72 28 32 12 0 68 221 233 - Lost in Quarterfinals
1971–72 72 37 33 2 0 76 291 244 - Lost in Semifinals
1972–73 74 48 23 3 0 99 308 219 - Won Championship
1973–74 76 31 45 0 0 62 245 305 - Did Not Qualify
1974–75 76 26 44 6 0 58 247 313 - Did Not Qualify
1975–76 78 28 36 14 0 70 289 309 - Lost in Semifinals
1976–77 78 32 36 10 0 74 301 311 - Lost in Semifinals
1977–78 80 40 23 17 0 97 305 287 - Lost in Semifinals
1978–79 80 45 29 6 0 96 386 327 - Lost in Semifinals
1979–80 80 40 27 13 0 93 343 311 - Lost in Finals
1980–81 82 37 30 15 0 89 337 303 - Lost in Semifinals
1981–82 82 35 41 6 0 81 368 375 - Lost in Semifinals
1982–83 82 45 26 11 0 103 377 344 - Lost in Semifinals
1983–84 82 52 23 7 0 112 371 273 - Lost in Semifinals
1984–85 82 37 34 11 0 90 339 327 - Lost in Semifinals
1985–86 82 52 22 0 8 112 345 263 - Lost in Finals
1986–87 82 48 26 0 8 104 343 285 - Lost in Semifinals
1987–88 82 48 30 0 4 100 343 310 - Lost in Quarterfinals
1988–89 82 46 30 0 6 98 293 274 - Lost in Semifinals
1989–90 82 37 34 0 11 85 316 345 - Lost in Quarterfinals
1990–91 83 43 35 0 5 91 369 335 - Lost in Finals
1991–92 82 52 22 0 8 112 340 287 - Lost in Quarterfinals
1992–93 82 49 27 0 6 104 339 294 2165 Won Championship
1993–94 81 41 29 0 11 93 347 297 1792 Lost in Finals
1994–95 81 34 39 0 8 76 296 324 1541 Lost in Quarterfinals
1995–96 82 39 35 0 8 86 276 296 2267 Lost in Quarterfinals
1996–97 82 28 47 0 7 63 223 318 2412 Did Not Qualify
1997–98 82 47 29 0 6 100 270 243 1675 Lost in Quarterfinals
1998–99 82 33 33 0 16 82 250 280 2615 Lost in Quarterfinals


United Hockey League (1999–2007)
Year GP W L OTL SOL PTS GF GA PIM Playoffs
1999–00 74 40 27 7 0 87 281 251 1504 Lost in Semifinals
2000–01 74 42 26 6 0 90 261 253 1566 Lost in Semifinals
2001–02 74 37 24 13 0 87 227 215 1432 Did Not Qualify
2002–03 76 44 21 11 0 99 249 191 1717 Won Championship
2003–04 76 53 17 6 0 112 281 180 1687 Lost in Semifinals
2004–05 80 51 24 5 0 107 274 211 1708 Lost in Finals
2005–06 76 44 26 0 6 94 258 206 1760 Lost in Quarterfinals
2006–07 76 51 21 0 4 106 263 187 1932 Lost in Semifinals


International Hockey League (2007–2009)
Year GP W L OTL SOL PTS GF GA PIM Playoffs
2007–08 76 56 12 6 2 120 280 186 1978 Won Championship
2008–09 76 46 18 3 9 104 288 213 1678 Won Championship
2009–10 76 50 21 1 4 105 263 183 1589 Won Championship


Central Hockey League (2010-present)
Year GP W L OTL PTS GF GA PIM Playoffs
2010–11 66 31 27 8 70 187 204 1352 Lost In Semifinals

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