1996-97 program cover


 
team picture
Front Row: Patrick Mazzoli, Guy Dupuis, Robin Bawa, Michael Franke-President, John Torchetti-Head Coach,
Shawn Cronin-Asst. Coach, David Franke-G.M., Dan Currie, Lee Davidson, Mmike Torchia
Middle Row: Jody Grantham, Chuck Bailey, Gene Evans, Greg Houlton, Eric LeCompte, John LeBlanc,
Oleg Mikoulchik, Grant Richison, Paul Broten, Carlin Nordstrom,
Sean Gangnon, Rob Murphy, Andy Bezeau, Jack Prindle, Nancy Shirley, Randi Marcom, Tammy Steinforth
Back Row: Joe Franke, Brian Shantz, Sergei Stas, Marc Laniel, Liam Garvey, Keli Corpse, Peter Ambroziak,
Paul Willett, Gary Hall

 

1996-97 IHL Standings
Eastern Conference
Northern Division GP W L T PTS GF GA
Detroit Vipers 82 57 17 8 122 281 188
Orlando Solar Bears 82 53 24 5 111 305 232
Cincinnati Cyclones 82 43 29 10 96 254 248
Quebec Rafales 82 41 30 11 93 267 248
Grand Rapids Griffins 82 40 30 12 92 244 246
Central Division              
Indianapolis Ice 82 44 29 9   97 289 230
Cleveland Lumberjacks 82 40 32 10 90 286 280
Michigan K Wings 82 31 44 7   69 208 272
Fort Wayne Komets 82 28 47 7 63 223 318
Western Conference
Midwest Division              
San Antonio Dragons 82 45 30 7   97 276 278
Kansas City Blades 82 38 29   15   91 271 270
Chicago Wolves 82 40 36 6   86 276 290
Milwaukee Admirals 82 38 36 8 84 253 298
Manitoba Moose 82 32 40 10 74 262 300
Southwest Division              
Long Beach Ice Dogs 82 54 19 9 117 309 247
Houston Aeros 82 44 30 8 96 247 228
Utah Grizzlies 82 43 33 6 92 259 254
Las Vegas Thunder 82 41 34 7 89 287 299
Phoenix Roadrunners 82 27 42 13 67 239 309

Individual Awards
None
Playoffs
Did not qualify

 

1996-97 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 GP G A PTS PIM
21 Lee Davidson 73 24 51 75 60
18 John LeBlanc 77 30 31 61 22
29 Dan Currie 55 18 10 28 18
  Fort Wayne 24 10 12 22 6
  Totals 79 28 22 50 24
17 Paul Broten 59 19 28 47 82
*14 Craig Duncanson 61 14 24 38 64
28 Robin Bawa 54 10 23 33 181
8 Jeff McLean, Kansas City 39 8 15 23 14
  Cincinnati 9 1 3 4 2
  Fort Wayne 6 1 1 2 2
  Totals 54 10 19 29 18
2 Guy Dupuis 80 6 23 29 84
27 Rob Murphy 35 9 16 25 40
23 Todd Harkins 60 12 13 25 131
9 Shawn Evans 41 7 13 0 34
12 Peter Ambroziak 57 15 5 20 28
8,47 Keli Corpse, Grand Rapids 19 3 4 7 2
  Fort Wayne 33 4 15 19 26
  Totals 52 7 19 26 28
* Todd Harkins 60 12 13 25 131
  Rob Murphy 35 9 16 25 40
  Marc Laniel, Cincinnati 61 4 14 18 30
  Fort Wayne 21 2 5 7 19
  Totals 92 6 19 25 49
92 Oleg Mikoulchik, Long Beach 16 0 5 5 29
  Fort Wayne 51 5 13 18 75
  Totals 67 5 18 23 104
  Peter Ambroziak 57 15 5 20 28
* Shawn Evans 41 7 13 20 34
  Brian Shantz, San-Antonio 26 2 9 11 21
  Fort Wayne 18 2 5 7 4
  Totals 44 4 14 18 25
7 Paul Willett 36 7 10 17 50
*15 Brian Farrell 45 8 7 15 36
8,87 Liam Garvey 55 5 10 15 92
3 Sean Gagnon 72 7 7 14 457
25,34 Yuri Krivokhija, Michigan 6 2 1 3 0
  Fort Wayne 18 2 4 6 12
  Totals 24 4 5 9 12
13 Andy Bezeau 45 4 5 9 320
15 Eric LeCompte 35 2 3 5 74
  Fort Wayne 14 1 3 4 23
  Totals 49 3 5 8 136
4 Grant Richison 51 1 7 8 57
  Sergei Stas, Las Vegas 12 0 1 1 39
  San-Antonio 9 1 1 2 49
14 Fort Wayne 14 1 3 4 23
  Totals 35 2 5 7 102
20 Mikhail Nemirovsky 16 2 4 6 18
*22 Chris Tok 19 1 3 4 35
28 Nikolai Tsulygin 5 2 1 3 8
29 Igor Nikulin 10 1 2 3 4
  Sebastien LaPlante 10 1 2 3 17
19 Ryan Savoia, Cleveland 4 1 0 1 2
  Fort Wayne 8 0 2 2 2
  Totals 12 1 2 3 4
19 Kevin MacDonald 53 1 2 3 251
20 Carlin Nordstrom 9 1 1 2 24
*25 Ravil Yakubov 6 0 2 2 2
*10 Brad Layzell 27 1 4 5 19
33 Robin Bouchard 2 1 0 1 2
19,34,33 Mike Kolenda 6 1 0 1 0
*9 Shannon Finn 1 0 1 1 0
  Forbes MacPherson 2 0 1 1 4
72 Marc Laniel 21 2 5 7 19
10 Brian Shantz 18 2 5 7 4
8,22 Ross Wilson, Detroit 2 0 0 0 0
  Fort Wayne 3 0 1 1 2
  Totals 7 0 1 1 4
44 Shawn Cronin 13 0 1 1 27
31 Pat Mazzoli (G), Grand Rapids 5 0 0 0 0
  Fort Wayne 15 0 1 1 2
  Totals 20 0 1 1 2
35 David Goverde (G) 1 0 0 0 0
  John Emmons 1 0 0 0 0
35 Paul Taylor (G) 1 0 0 0 0
  Jacque Rodrigue 1 0 0 0 0
*9 Paul Koch 2 0 0 0 0
  Dwight Parrish, Michigan 2 0 0 0 0
  Fort Wayne 2 0 0 0 2
  Totals 4 0 0 0 2
  Sal Manganaro 7 0 0 0 0
15,55 Glenn Stewart 7 0 0 0 2
32 Tim Cheveldae (G) 21 0 0 0 0
33 Mike Torchia (G) 57 0 0 0 6
  Bench 82 6 0 6 18
  Totals   223 359 576 2412
Goaltenders
Player GP Min GA GAA W L T Svs Pct EN SO
Paul Taylor 1.00 60 3 3.00 1 0 0 30 .909 0 0
Mike Torchia 57.00 2970 172 3.47 20 31 3 1431 .893 7 1
Pat Mazzoli 15.00 672 42 3.75 1 6 0 304 .879 1 0
Tim Cheveldae 21.00 1137 75 3.96 6 9 4 541 .878 4 0
David Goverde 1.00 60 7 7.00 0 1 0 47 .870 0 0