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:	4 (1963, 1965, 1973, 1993)
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 four post-season championship titles in the IHL in 1963, 1965, 1973 and 1993 and one in the UHL in 2003. They play their home games at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Nickname: Motto: Room for Dreams Location in the state of Indiana, USA Coordinates: , Country State County Allen Founded October 22, 1794 Incorporated February 22, 1840 Government  - Mayor Tom Henry (D)  - City Clerk Sandra Kennedy (D)  - City Council Marty Bender (R) Liz Brown (R) John Shoaff (D) Tom Smith (R) Karen... The International Hockey League (IHL) is a professional ice hockey league with teams in the United States. ... Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... The Allen County War Memorial Coliseum is a 13,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Fort Wayne, Indiana. ... For the etymology of the word, see orange (word). ... This article is about the color. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Allan Eugene Sims was a professional hockey player and later a head coach in the NHL. Born in Toronto, Ontario on April 18, 1953, he stands 6 foot tall and his playing weight was 182 pounds. ... Located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, WOWO is an independent news/talk radio station transmitting on 1190 kHz at 50,000 watts during the daylight hours and 9,800 watts during the nighttime hours. ... WKJG is an AM radio station located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. ... The International Hockey League (IHL) is a professional ice hockey league with teams in the United States. ... The International Hockey League (IHL) was a professional ice hockey league in the United States and Canada from 1945 to 2001. ... The United Hockey League (UHL) is a professional ice hockey league with teams in the United States. ... The United Hockey League is a professional AA-level minor league in ice hockey in the United States. ... The Allen County War Memorial Coliseum is a 13,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Fort Wayne, Indiana. ... Nickname: Motto: Room for Dreams Location in the state of Indiana, USA Coordinates: , Country State County Allen Founded October 22, 1794 Incorporated February 22, 1840 Government  - Mayor Tom Henry (D)  - City Clerk Sandra Kennedy (D)  - City Council Marty Bender (R) Liz Brown (R) John Shoaff (D) Tom Smith (R) Karen...

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. The Albany Choppers were an independent professional ice hockey team competing in the International Hockey League. ... The Original Six is a well-known term for the six teams which comprised the National Hockey League (NHL) for the 25 seasons between the 1942-43 NHL season and the 1967 NHL Expansion. ... NHL redirects here. ... The Hershey Bears are a professional ice hockey team playing in the American Hockey League. ... The American Hockey League (AHL) is a professional ice hockey league in North America, that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League (NHL). ...

On March 8, 2008, the Komets broke a 44-year-old record of 18 consecutive home wins. The streak currently stands at 22 games (as of April 22, 2008). is the 67th day of the year (68th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 112th day of the year (113th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ...

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

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Season-by-season results

International Hockey League (1952-1999)

United Hockey League (1999-2007)

International Hockey League (2007-Present)

Current roster

As of March , 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
7		Maksim Shirokov	December 13,1982	Riga, Latvia
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
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
62		Justin Hodgman	C	June 27, 1988	Brampton, Ontario, Canada
71		P.C. Drouin **	LW	April 22, 1974	St. Lambert, Quebec, Canada
82		Olivier Legault	LW	October 2, 1986	Chibougamau, Quebec, Canada
89		Evgeny Saidachev	RW	July 21, 1985	Khabarovsk, Russia
91		Colin Shull 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.

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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

External links

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

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Football	NFL: Indianapolis Colts, CIFL:  Fort Wayne Freedom, WPFL: Indiana Speed
Hockey	IHL: Fort Wayne Komets, MAHL: South Shore Shooters, USHL: Indiana Ice
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