Front Row: Bill Welker (Mascot), Muarry Bannerman, Terry McDougall, Dan Bonar,Mike Boland,
Al Dumba, Robbie Irons
Middle Row: Bob Chase (PR Director), Robbie Laird, Dave Norris, Terry Pembroke, Terry Ewasiuk,
Bob McNiece, Dan O'Driscol, Kevin McCloskey, D'Arcy Keating
Back Row: Gregg Pilling (Coach), Jeff Hall, (Trainer), Bob Parent, Doug Johnston, Mike Penasse,
Ken Ullyot (GM), Colin Lister (Business Manger)
| 1977-78 IHL Standings | |||||||
| North Division | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
| Saginaw Gears | 80 | 40 | 28 | 12 | 92 | 360 | 278 |
| Kalamazoo Wings | 80 | 35 | 31 | 14 | 84 | 315 | 288 |
| Flint Generals | 80 | 36 | 34 | 10 | 82 | 364 | 381 |
| Port Huron Flags | 80 | 33 | 32 | 15 | 81 | 322 | 331 |
| Muskegon Mohawks | 80 | 27 | 42 | 11 | 65 | 290 | 322 |
| South Division | |||||||
| Fort Wayne Komets | 80 | 40 | 23 | 17 | 97 | 305 | 287 |
| Toledo Goaldiggers | 80 | 34 | 28 | 18 | 86 | 331 | 316 |
| Milwaukee Admirals | 80 | 27 | 38 | 15 | 69 | 257 | 299 |
| Dayton/Grand Rapids Owls | 80 | 27 | 43 | 10 | 64 | 290 | 332 |
Fred A. Huber Jr. Trophy (Best Regular Season Record) Fort Wayne Komets
Ullyot Trophy (Southern Division Champs) Fort Wayne Komets
James Gatschene Memorial (MVP) Dan Bonar
Garry F. Longman Memorial Trophy (Best Rookie) Dan Bonar Playoffs
1977-78 Defeated the Muskegon Mohawks 4 games to 2 in the first round
Lost to the Toledo Goaldiggers 4 games to 1 in the semifinals
| 1977-78 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 |
| 7 | Dan Bonar | 79 | 47 | 61 | 108 | 43 |
| 14 | Al Dumba | 78 | 31 | 63 | 94 | 71 |
| 20 | Mike Penasse | 79 | 34 | 53 | 87 | 157 |
| 8 | Terry McDougall | 80 | 36 | 48 | 84 | 38 |
| 9 | Dave Faulkner, Port-Huron | 51 | 33 | 46 | 79 | 80 |
| Fort-Wayne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 52 | 33 | 46 | 79 | 80 | |
| 15 | Dave Norris | 74 | 32 | 30 | 62 | 224 |
| 10 | D'Arcy Keating | 79 | 27 | 26 | 53 | 55 |
| Mike Boland, Port-Huron | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Fort-Wayne | 74 | 7 | 39 | 46 | 228 | |
| Totals | 76 | 7 | 39 | 46 | 232 | |
| 6 | Bob McNeice | 73 | 12 | 33 | 45 | 107 |
| 18 | Rob Laird | 64 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 202 |
| 22 | Kevin McCloskey | 73 | 6 | 31 | 37 | 41 |
| Dan O'Driscoll, Port-Huron | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Milwaukee | 11 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2 | |
| Fort-Wayne | 29 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 16 | |
| Totals | 46 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 20 | |
| 3 | Terry Ewasiuk | 75 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 78 |
| Bob Parent | 60 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 44 | |
| Reg Lahey, Saginaw | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Fort-Wayne | 26 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 15 | |
| Totals | 29 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 17 | |
| 5 | Terry Pembroke | 61 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 33 |
| 17 | Jamie Gallimore | 23 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 21 |
| Doug Johnson | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 33 | |
| Mike Thomas | 14 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |
| 1 | Murray Bannerman (G) | 44 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
| Steve Hazlett | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| 22 | Dwayne Pentland | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| Gary Soetaert, Toledo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fort-Wayne | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 46 | |
| Totals | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 46 | |
| 30 | Robbie Irons (G) | 39 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Brian Drumm | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bob Poulin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | *Mike Fedorko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Creasy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jim Baxter (G), Kalamazoo | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fort-Wayne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 305 | 510 | 815 | 1491 | ||
| Goaltenders | |||||||||||
| Player | GP | Min | GA | GAA | W | L | T | Svs | Pct | EN | SO |
| Murray Bannerman | |||||||||||
| Robbie Irons | |||||||||||
| Jim Baxter | |||||||||||