1979-80 program cover

1979-80 schedule


 
1979-80 team picture
Front Row: Robbie Irons, Greg Hickey, Terry McDougall, Barry Scully, Al Dumba, Dave Norris,
Bill Blackwood, Bob Janecyk
Middle Row: Richard Oberlin(Asst. Trainer), Joe Franke(Trainer), Moose Lallo(Coach),
Colin Lister(Business Manager), Ken Ullyot(GM), Bob Chase(Marketing Director),
Phil Schultz(P.R. Director), Bill Welker(Asst. Trainer)
Back Row: Bill McNaught, Dan Erickson, Gary DeLonge, Steve Letzgus, Peter Crawford,
Richard Pepin, Kevin McCloskey, Dan Beyers, Greg Wymer

 

1979-80 IHL Standings
North Division GP W L T Pts GF GA
Kalamazoo Wings 80 45 26 9 99 366 274
Saginaw Gears 80 43 27 10 96 349 306
Port Huron Flags 80 38 26 16 92 352 300
Flint Generals 80 35 32 13 83 298 316
Muskegon Mohawks 80 29 43 8 66 317 330
South Division              
Fort Wayne Komets 80 40 27 13 93 343 311
Toledo Goaldiggers 80 28 34 18 74 293 345
Milwaukee Admirals 80 29 41 10 68 327 402
Grand Rapids Owls 80 27 41 12 66 327 340
Dayton Gems 80 28 45 7 63 307 355
Ken Ullyot Trophy (Southern Division Champs): Fort Wayne Komets
Individual Awards
James Gatschene Memorial (MVP) Al Dumba
Leo P. Lamoureux Memorial Trophy (Leading Scorer) Al Dumba
Ken McKenzie Trophy (Top US Rookie) Bob Janecyk
Playoffs
Defeated the Toledo Goaldiggers 4 games to 0 in the first round
Defeated the Saginaw Gears 4 games to 1 in the semifinals
Lost to the Kalamazoo Wings 4 game to 2 in the final

 

1979-80 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
# Player Name GP G A Pts PIM
14 Al Dumba 79 47 72 119 78
9 Barry Scully 80 61 47 108 22
19 Terry McDougall 71 32 61 93 24
10 Dan Erickson 74 28 36 64 27
15 Dave Norris 60 25 31 56 143
22 Bill Blackwood 76 14 41 55 57
17 Rick Pepin 56 25 29 54 25
15 Gary Delonge 63 17 37 54 25
7 Bill MacNaught 59 20 31 51 4
6 Pete Crawford, Kalamazoo 0 0 0 0 0
  Fort-Wayne 58 4 41 45 54
  Totals 58 4 41 45 54
21 Greg Hickey 51 21 23 44 34
22 Kevin McCloskey 75 7 36 43 148
6,8 Dan Byers 78 6 24 30 72
4 *Doug Johnston 50 7 16 23 10
3 Steve Letzgus 73 2 16 18 132
  Greg Wymer 22 4 10 14 12
  *Dave Wilkins 10 6 3 9 2
20 Dave Cameron 6 3 6 9 9
  Ed Pizunski 5 2 3 5 4
18 Mark Murphy 5 2 3 5 4
  Joe Martin, Milwaukee 12 0 1 1 33
  Fort-Wayne 5 1 2 3 9
  Totals 17 1 3 4 42
  Dave Morrow 4 1 2 3 0
  Dave Hynek, Saginaw 1 0 1 1 0
  Fort-Wayne 3 1 0 1 0
  Totals 4 1 1 2 0
15 George Trainor 6 0 2 2 7
30 Robbie Irons (G) 41 0 2 2 0
  Bob Janecyk (G), Flint 2 0 0 0 2
  Fort-Wayne 40 0 2 2 14
  Totals 42 0 2 2 16
10 Tom Heaviland 2 0 1 1 2
1 Tom Hasenzahl (G) 1 0 0 0 0
  Tom Byers 1 0 0 0 0
7 Robin Larson 1 0 0 0 0
  Bruce Andres 2 0 0 0 2
  Scott Currie 2 0 0 0 2
1 *Tim Thomlinson (G) 7 0 0 0 2
  Totals   336 577 913 924
Goaltenders
Player GP Min GA GAA W L T Svs Pct EN SO
Robbie Irons                      
Bob Janecyk                      
Tom Hasenzahl                      
Tim Thomlinson