Front Row: Steve Wissman(Trainer), Bob Essensa, Colin Chin, Craig Channell, Rob Laird(Coach),
Al Sims(Asst.Coach), Derek Ray, Rick Knickle, Bill Welker
Middle Row: Gina Jones(P.R.Director), Angela Jines(Souvenirs), Brian McKee, Byron Lomow,
Joe Stefan, Carey Lucyk, Martain Bergers, Ron Pesetti, Steve Hollet, David Welker(Owner),
Dave Franke(Account Exec.), Ed Sink(Stick Boy)
Back Row: Wally Schrieber, Brian Dowde, Claude Dumas, Tony Camazzola, Don Martain,
Mike McNeil, Keith Miller, Bob Fowler, Craig Endean
| 1988-89 IHL Standings | |||||||
| East Division | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA |
| Muskegon Lumberjacks | 82 | 57 | 18 | 7 | 121 | 433 | 308 |
| Saginaw Hawks | 82 | 46 | 26 | 10 | 102 | 378 | 294 |
| Fort Wayne Komets | 82 | 46 | 30 | 6 | 98 | 293 | 274 |
| Kalamazoo Wings | 82 | 39 | 36 | 7 | 85 | 345 | 350 |
| Flint Spirits | 82 | 22 | 54 | 6 | 50 | 287 | 428 |
| West Division | |||||||
| Salt Lake Golden Eagles | 82 | 56 | 22 | 4 | 116 | 369 | 294 |
| Milwaukee Admirals | 82 | 54 | 23 | 5 | 113 | 399 | 323 |
| Denver Rangers | 82 | 33 | 42 | 7 | 73 | 323 | 394 |
| Peoria Rivermen | 82 | 31 | 42 | 9 | 71 | 339 | 383 |
| Indianapolis Ice | 82 | 26 | 54 | 2 | 54 | 312 | 430 |
Individual Awards
James Norris Memorial Trophy (Top Goalie) Rick Knickel
Playoffs
1988-89 Defeated the Saginaw Hawks 4 games to 2 in the first round
Lost to the Muskegon Lumberjacks 4 games to 1 in the semifinals
| 1988-89 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 |
| 9 | Mike McNeill | 75 | 27 | 35 | 62 | 12 |
| 14 | Keith Miller | 54 | 35 | 25 | 60 | 13 |
| 15 | Byron Lomow | 81 | 22 | 35 | 57 | 207 |
| 26 | Colin Chin | 76 | 21 | 35 | 56 | 71 |
| 22 | Steve Hollett | 79 | 27 | 21 | 48 | 39 |
| Joe Stefan | 61 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 28 | |
| 4 | Al Sims | 61 | 7 | 30 | 37 | 32 |
| 23 | Brian Dowd | 62 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 39 |
| Mike Hiltner, Kalamazoo | 32 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 46 | |
| Fort-Wayne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 54 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 46 | |
| 29 | Claude Dumas | 71 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 40 |
| 16 | *Wally Schreiber | 32 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 51 |
| 21 | Brian McKee | 47 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 42 |
| 3 | Craig Channell | 79 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 168 |
| 28 | Craig Endean | 34 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 0 |
| Brian Hannon | 27 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 6 | |
| 10 | Rob Fowler | 67 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 62 |
| 33 | Derek Ray | 45 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 72 |
| Guy Jacob, Flint | 25 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 38 | |
| Fort-Wayne | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 | |
| Totals | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 62 | |
| 44 | Ron Pesetti | 57 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 29 |
| Don Martin | 40 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 123 | |
| Jim Burton | 21 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 8 | |
| 25 | Mike Natyshak | 48 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 95 |
| 5 | Martin Burgers | 63 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 100 |
| 12 | Carey Lucyk | 76 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 94 |
| Tony Camazzola | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 26 | |
| David Wensley | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Len Nielsen | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Tim Hrynewich, Flint | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Fort-Wayne | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| Totals | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
| 35 | Rick Knickle (G) | 47 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Steve Averill (G) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Lekun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Len Soccio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Al Loring (G) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Curtis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Stephane Beauregard (G) | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | Bob Essensa (G) | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 281 | 434 | 715 | 1418 | ||
| Goaltenders | |||||||||||
| Player | GP | Min | GA | GAA | W | L | T | Svs | Pct | EN | SO |
| Stephane Beauregard | 16.00 | 830 | 43 | 3.10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0 |
| Rick Knickle | 47.00 | 4719 | 141 | 3.11 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 1 |
| Bob Essensa | 22.00 | 1287 | 70 | 3.26 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 |
| Steve Averill | 1.00 | 65 | 5 | 4.61 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Loring | 2.00 | 83 | 8 | 5.78 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |