Front Row: Robbie Irons, Dave Morrow, Al Dumba, Kevin McCloskey, Dave Norris, Terry McDougal,
Andre LePage
Middle Row: Bill Welker(Stick Boy), Craig Smith(Trainer), Phil Schultz(Prom. Asst.),Moose Lallo(Coach),
Dwight Schofield, Bob Chase(P.R. Dir.), Ken Ullyot(GM),Colin Lister(Business Mgr.)
Back Row: Dave Salvain, Tim Dunlop, Stu Ostlund, Richard Pepin, Dave Ross, Bill Blackwood,
Robbie Laird, Barry Scully
| 1978-79 IHL Standings | |||||||
| North Division | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
| Port Huron Flags | 80 | 44 | 29 | 7 | 95 | 393 | 292 |
| Kalamazoo Wings | 80 | 40 | 28 | 12 | 92 | 368 | 327 |
| Saginaw Gears | 80 | 35 | 35 | 10 | 80 | 326 | 322 |
| Flint Generals | 80 | 35 | 40 | 5 | 75 | 356 | 349 |
| Muskegon Mohawks | 80 | 15 | 58 | 7 | 37 | 275 | 475 |
| South Division | |||||||
| Grand Rapids Owls | 80 | 50 | 21 | 9 | 109 | 368 | 267 |
| Fort Wayne Komets | 80 | 45 | 29 | 6 | 96 | 386 | 327 |
| Toledo Goaldiggers | 80 | 35 | 32 | 13 | 83 | 320 | 302 |
| Milwaukee Admirals | 80 | 21 | 48 | 11 | 53 | 260 | 391 |
Individual Awards
James Gatschene Memorial (MVP) Terry McDougall
Leo P. Lamoureux Memorial Trophy (Leading Scorer) Terry McDougall
Andy Mulligan (Top Executive) Trophy Ken Ullyot
Playoffs
Defeated the Toledo Goaldiggers 4 games to 2 in the first round
Lost to the Grand Rapids Owls 4 games to 3 in the semifinal
| 1978-79 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 |
| 19 | Terry McDougall | 79 | 57 | 82 | 139 | 47 |
| 14 | Al Dumba | 80 | 46 | 65 | 111 | 65 |
| 18 | Rob Laird | 80 | 45 | 62 | 107 | 296 |
| 10 | Stu Ostlund | 69 | 34 | 49 | 83 | 24 |
| 8 | Dave Ross | 67 | 43 | 37 | 80 | 35 |
| 17 | Rick Pepin | 76 | 31 | 43 | 74 | 38 |
| 9 | Barry Scully, Toledo | 18 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 8 |
| Fort-Wayne | 61 | 33 | 24 | 57 | 24 | |
| Totals | 79 | 42 | 30 | 72 | 32 | |
| 3 | Tim Dunlop | 78 | 13 | 55 | 68 | 20 |
| 12 | Steve Murphy, Port-Huron | 32 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 16 |
| Fort-Wayne | 20 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 11 | |
| Totals | 52 | 19 | 44 | 63 | 27 | |
| 15 | Dave Norris | 76 | 27 | 31 | 58 | 205 |
| 22 | Kevin McCloskey | 80 | 4 | 52 | 56 | 162 |
| 2 | Bill Blackwood | 76 | 10 | 39 | 49 | 70 |
| 20 | Gerry Minor | 42 | 18 | 28 | 46 | 67 |
| 6 | Dwight Schofield, Kalamazoo | 47 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 199 |
| Fort-Wayne | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 54 | |
| Totals | 61 | 10 | 32 | 42 | 253 | |
| Kip Churchill, Kalamazoo | 32 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 2 | |
| Fort-Wayne | 18 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 2 | |
| Totals | 50 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 4 | |
| 7 | Rick Hendricks, Muskegon | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 29 |
| Fort-Wayne | 64 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 95 | |
| Totals | 77 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 124 | |
| 6 | Jack Rankin, Kalamazoo | 11 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| Fort-Wayne | 30 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 28 | |
| Totals | 41 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 41 | |
| Peter Brown, Toledo | 37 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 52 | |
| Fort-Wayne | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | |
| Totals | 17 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 64 | |
| Dave Morrow | 37 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 19 | |
| Bob MacGuigan, Muskegon | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | |
| Kalamazoo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fort-Wayne | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
| Totals | 16 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 6 | |
| Jean-Francois Boutin, Port-Huron | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 25 | |
| Kalamazoo | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| Fort-Wayne | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Totals | 17 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 27 | |
| Jim Minor | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |
| Dave Salvian | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| Glen Burdon | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| 10 | *D'Arcy Keating | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Don Cutts (G) | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 51 | |
| Normand LaPointe (G), Toledo | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Fort-Wayne | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 30 | Robbie Irons (G) | 54 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | Rick Wynn (G) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glen Letourneau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Andre LePage (G) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Polonich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Larry Naismith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Doug Buchanan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dan O'Driscoll | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Totals | 386 | 656 | 1042 | 1381 | ||
| Goaltenders | |||||||||||
| Player | GP | Min | GA | GAA | W | L | T | Svs | Pct | EN | SO |
| Normand LaPointe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Wynn | 1.00 | 8 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbie Irons | 54.00 | 2970 | 193 | 3.90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Cutts | 27.00 | 1368 | 100 | 4.37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre LePage | 2.00 | 68 | 8 | 7.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |