Front Row: Brian Holderness, Bob Chase(PR Dir), Ralph Keller(Coach), ColinLister(Business Mgr),
Ken Ullyot(GM), Robbie Irons
Middle Row: Terry Reincke(Trainer), Robbie Laird, Rob Tudor, Mike Will, LowellOstlund,
Terry Ewasiuk, Bob McNeice, Bill Welker(Mascot)
Back Row: Terry McDougall, Dave Faulkner, Ron Zanussi, D'Arcy Keating, TerryPembroke,
Dave Norris, Tony Horvath, Doug Horbul
| 1976-77 IHL Standings | |||||||
| North Division | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
| Saginaw Gears | 78 | 40 | 27 | 11 | 91 | 338 | 292 |
| Kalamazoo Wings | 78 | 38 | 27 | 13 | 89 | 325 | 290 |
| Flint Generals | 78 | 35 | 33 | 10 | 80 | 342 | 306 |
| Muskegon Mohawks | 78 | 31 | 36 | 11 | 73 | 294 | 322 |
| Port Huron Flags | 78 | 27 | 43 | 8 | 62 | 268 | 328 |
| South Division | |||||||
| Toledo Goaldiggers | 78 | 40 | 31 | 7 | 87 | 321 | 317 |
| Dayton Gems | 78 | 35 | 38 | 5 | 75 | 304 | 312 |
| Fort Wayne Komets | 78 | 32 | 36 | 10 | 74 | 301 | 311 |
| Columbus Owls | 78 | 28 | 35 | 15 | 71 | 294 | 309 |
Individual Awards
Garry F. Longman Memorial Trophy (Best Rookie) Ron Zanussi, & Garth MacGuigan, Muskegon
Playoffs
Defeated the Dayton Gems 4 games to 0 in the first round
Lost to the Toledo Goaldiggers 4 games to 1 in the semifinals
| 1976-77 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 |
| 8 | Terry McDougall | 77 | 36 | 66 | 102 | 26 |
| 14 | Rob Tudor | 78 | 34 | 60 | 94 | 108 |
| 18 | Rob Laird | 78 | 43 | 46 | 89 | 151 |
| 19 | Ron Zanussi | 77 | 53 | 33 | 86 | 138 |
| 15 | Dave Norris | 78 | 27 | 36 | 63 | 240 |
| 10 | D'Arcy Keating | 77 | 22 | 41 | 63 | 24 |
| 6 | Bob McNeice | 77 | 14 | 46 | 60 | 114 |
| 9 | Dave Faulkner, Saginaw | 17 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 |
| Fort-Wayne | 51 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 26 | |
| Totals | 68 | 20 | 32 | 52 | 32 | |
| 20 | Doug Horbul | 45 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 14 |
| 12 | Mike Will | 63 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 28 |
| 5 | Terry Pembroke | 67 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 42 |
| 3 | Terry Ewasiuk | 54 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 137 |
| 4 | Tony Horvath | 46 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 205 |
| 21 | Lowell Ostlund | 78 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 263 |
| 7 | Brian Walker | 26 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 |
| Marty Gateman | 23 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
| Dan Cowley, Flint | 16 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 21 | |
| Fort-Wayne | 13 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Totals | 29 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 31 | |
| *Dan O'Driscoll | 15 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 12 | |
| *Marc Gaudreault | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | |
| Kirk Fyffe, Saginaw | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 27 | |
| Fort-Wayne | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| Totals | 13 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 36 | |
| Elmer Ray | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 36 | |
| Brendan Lowe, Saginaw | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Fort-Wayne | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 51 | |
| Totals | 25 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 56 | |
| Roy Carmichael, Dayton | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Fort-Wayne | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Totals | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
| 1 | Brian Holderness (G) | 39 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| Brian Shmyr | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jon Hammond | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Rick Durston | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mike Hoberg, Port-Huron | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Fort-Wayne | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Totals | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| Dave Legree (G) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | *Tom Mohr (G) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Robbie Irons (G) | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 301 | 508 | 809 | 1668 | ||
| Goaltenders | |||||||||||
| Player | GP | Min | GA | GAA | W | L | T | Svs | Pct | EN | SO |
| Robbie Irons | 41 | 2249 | 141 | 3.76 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Brian Holderness | 39 | 2211 | 143 | 3.88 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Dave Legree | 3 | 92 | 10 | 6.52 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Tom Mohr | 4 | 143 | 15 | 6.29 | 0 | 0 | |||||