One wouldn't think the Fort Wayne Daisies of the All-American Girls Baseball League and the Fort Wayne Komets would have had anything in common. But they did. Ernie Berg and Harold Van Orman, the two original owners of the International Hockey League Franchise, were both involved with the Daisies. Berg was the team's business manager and Van Orman a member of the Daisies' board of directors.
It was Berg who started to think about a hockey franchise for the city when plans were first announced for the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. He took a trip to Toledo one night to watch a game in the IHL and came home full of enthusiasm. He talked Van Orman into joining him in seeking a franchise. MORE