1959-60 program cover


 
1959-60 team photo
Front Row: Colin Lister (Business Mgr), Len Thornson, Bob McCusker,Duane Rupp, Andy
Milne, Andy Voykin, John Ferguson, Art Stone
Back Row: Reno Zanier, Art Hart, Con Madigan, George Polinuk (Trainer), Ken Ullyot (GM/ Coach),
Len Ronson, Lloyd Maxfield, Eddie Long, Lionel Repka

 

1959-60 IHL Standings
East Division GP W L T Pts. GF GA
Fort Wayne Komets 68 50 16 2 102 312 187
Louisville Rebels 68 37 30 1 75 303 276
Toledo/St. Louis 68 28 36 4 60 266 298
Indianapolis Chiefs 68 25 40 3 53 234 322
West Division
St. Paul Saints 68 41 21 6 88 261 188
Minneapolis Millers 68 39 27 2 80 297 233
Milwaukee Falcons 68 24 42 1 49 251 314
Omaha Knights 68 15 47 5 35 198 303
Denver Mavericks completed season as Minneapolis Millers
Fred A. Huber Jr. Trophy Fort Wayne Komets

Individual Awards

James Norris Memorial Trophy (Top Goalie) Reno Zanier

Playoffs

1959-60 Defeated the Louisville Rebels 4 games to 2 in the first round
Lost to the Minneapolis Millers 4 games to 3 in the finals .

 

1959-60 Fort Wayne Komets
Stats From The Internet Hockey Database
Note: An asterisk (*) means that the player finished the year with another team in the same league
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Player Name

GP G A Pts PIM
9 Len Ronson 68 62 47 109 53
11 Len Thornson 67 36 71 107 6
8 Bob McCusker 67 34 55 89 56
16 Eddie Long 67 44 44 88 63
10 Lloyd Maxfield 68 34 44 78 48
  John Ferguson 68 32 33 65 126
4 Connie Madigan 66 7 50 57 272
3 Duane Rupp 67 10 44 54 22
6 Lionel Repka 68 9 37 46 90
2 Andy Voykin 68 7 34 41 162
7 *Gus Braumburger, [Fort Wayne-Omaha] 55 8 25 33 57
  Andy Milne 24 9 23 32 2
  Art Hart 47 7 23 30 129
12 Art Stone 24 13 16 29 10
  Paul Strasser, [Toledo-Fort Wayne] 34 10 14 24 24
  *Melvin "Shorty" Melanchuk, [Fort Wayne-Indianap.] 22 2 6 8 28
  Stan Fogg (G) 1 0 0 0 0
  Don "Nipper" O'Hearn (G) 1 0 0 0 0
  Wayne Sproxton 3 0 0 0 0
  Murray "Muzz" MacPherson (G), Indianapolis 2 0 0 0 0
  Minneapolis 3 0 0 0 0
  Fort-Wayne 3 0 0 0 0
  Totals 8 0 0 0 0
1 Reno Zanier (G) 64 0 0 0 0
  Totals   314 535 849 1063
Goaltenders
  GP MIN GA GAA W L T Save PCT EN SO
Reno Zanier 64   167 2.61           0 7
Murray "Muzz" MacPherson 3   9 3.00           0 0
Stan Fogg 1   4 4.00           0 0
Don "Nipper" O'Hearn 1   5 5.00           0 0