Fort Wayne Comet

Fort Wayne Comet
founding	1952
history	Part I: Fort Wayne Comets 1952–1990 Albany Choppers 1990–1991 Part II: Flint Spirits 1985–1990 Fort Wayne Comets since 1990
Stadion	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
Location	Fort Wayne , Indiana
Team colors	orange, black, white
league	International Hockey League (1952–1999) CoHL / UHL / IHL (1999–2010) Central Hockey League (2010–2012) ECHL (since 2012)
Conference	Western Conference
division	Central Division
Cooperations	Vancouver Canucks (1975–1985) New Jersey Devils (1984–1986) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–1998) Florida Panthers (1998–1999) Anaheim Ducks ( NHL , 2012–2013) Norfolk Admirals ( AHL , 2012–2013) Colorado Avalanche ( NHL , 2014-2016) Arizona Coyotes ( NHL , 2017-2018) Vegas Golden Knights ( NHL , since 2018)
Turner Cups	1962/63 , 1964/65 , 1972/73 , 1992/93 , 2007/08 , 2008/09 2009/10
Miron Cups	2011/12

The Fort Wayne Komets are an ice hockey team that has played in the ECHL since 2012 . The club colors are orange, black and white. The Komets play their home games at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum , which has a capacity of 10,500 for ice hockey games . Two franchises operated under the name that have been or are active in various minor leagues since 1952 .

The first team was founded in 1952 and took part in the International Hockey League until 1990 when it was transferred to the Albany Choppers . At the same time, the Flint Generals were relocated to Fort Wayne and took over the identity of the first franchise.

history

Since their founding in 1952, the Fort Wayne Komets played in the International Hockey League until the team was relocated to Albany in 1990 and played there one season as Albany Choppers before it was disbanded. Also in 1990, however, the Flint Generals were relocated to Fort Wayne and took on the identity of the first comet. Thus, the franchise continued to play in the International Hockey League until 1999 when it moved to the Colonial Hockey League , which later operated as the United Hockey League and the International Hockey League . After a two-year stay in the Central Hockey League , the Komets changed league again in 2012 and have been playing in the ECHL ever since .

The Fort Wayne Komets are one of the hockey teams in North America, along with the Hershey Bears from the American Hockey League and the Original Six from the National Hockey League , that have played the longest under the same name and in the same city.

Achievements and honors

Blocked jersey numbers

# 2 Guy Dupuis # 5 Terry Pembroke # 6 Lionel Repka # 11 Len Thornson # 12 Reg 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

Club records

season

	Surname	number
Most goals	Merv Dubchak	72
Most templates	Len Thornson	93
Most of the points	Len Thornson Terry McDougall	139
Most penalty minutes	Andy Bezeau	590
Most wins as a goalkeeper	Kevin St. Pierre	43
Most shutouts	Kevin Reiter Kevin St. Pierre	8th

Web links

• Official website of the Fort Wayne Comets
• History of the Fort Wayne Comet

Individual evidence

1. ↑ echl.com, Expansion Membership approved for Fort Wayne ( Memento of the original from May 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.