Front Row: Bruce Racine, Guy Dupuis, Slava Butsayev, Robin Bawa, Michael Franke-President,
John Torchetti-Head Coach, David Franke-G.M., Ian Boyce, Steffon Walby, Lee Davidson, Scott LeGrand
Middle Row: Gene Evans-C.F.O., Richard Franke-V.P.Sales/Marketing, Tammy Steinforth,
Chuck Bailey, Carol Reitz, Gary Hall, Carlin Nordstrom, Dan Currie, Trevor Doyle,Roman Oksiuta,
Todd Reirdon, Norm Batherson,Bob Woods, Konstantin Shafranov, Andrei Bashkirov, Nancy Halaburda, RickBireley,JodyGrantham,Randi Marcom
Back Row: Jack Prindle, Joe Franke, Marc Dupuis, Chris Armstrong, Derek Eberle, Tom Pederson, Eric Boguniecki
| 1997-98 IHL Standings | |||||||
| Eastern Conference | |||||||
| Northeast Division | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA |
| Detroit Vipers | 82 | 47 | 20 | 15 | 109 | 267 | 232 |
| Orlando Solar Bears | 82 | 42 | 30 | 10 | 94 | 258 | 251 |
| Grand Rapids Griffins | 82 | 38 | 31 | 13 | 89 | 225 | 242 |
| Quebec Rafales | 82 | 28 | 47 | 7 | 61 | 211 | 292 |
| Central Division | |||||||
| Fort Wayne Komets | 82 | 47 | 29 | 6 | 100 | 270 | 243 |
| Cincinnati Cyclones | 82 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 92 | 275 | 254 |
| Indianapolis Ice | 82 | 40 | 36 | 6 | 86 | 245 | 261 |
| Cleveland Lumberjacks | 82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 80 | 228 | 262 |
| Michigan K-Wings | 82 | 36 | 39 | 7 | 79 | 223 | 261 |
| Western Conference | |||||||
| Midwest Division | |||||||
| Chicago Wolves | 82 | 55 | 24 | 3 | 113 | 301 | 258 |
| Kansas City Blades | 82 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 94 | 269 | 258 |
| Milwaukee Admirals | 82 | 43 | 34 | 5 | 91 | 267 | 262 |
| Manitoba Moose | 82 | 39 | 36 | 7 | 85 | 269 | 254 |
| Soutwest Division | |||||||
| Long Beach Ice Dogs | 82 | 53 | 20 | 9 | 115 | 282 | 210 |
| Houston Aeros | 82 | 50 | 22 | 10 | 110 | 268 | 214 |
| Utah Grizzlies | 82 | 47 | 27 | 8 | 102 | 276 | 234 |
| Las Vegas Thunder | 82 | 33 | 39 | 10 | 76 | 260 | 305 |
| San Antonio Dragons | 82 | 25 | 49 | 8 | 58 | 223 | 334 |
Individual Awards
None
Playoffs
Lost to the Cleveland Lumberjacks 3 games to 1 in the first round
| 1997-98 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 |
| 25 | Vyacheslav Butsayev | 76 | 36 | 51 | 87 | 128 |
| 23 | Andre Bashkirov, Las-Vegas | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Fort-Wayne | 65 | 28 | 48 | 76 | 16 | |
| Totals | 80 | 30 | 51 | 81 | 21 | |
| 24 | Konstatin Shafronov | 67 | 28 | 52 | 80 | 50 |
| 21 | Lee Davidson | 76 | 14 | 48 | 62 | 54 |
| 33 | Steffon Walby | 77 | 28 | 26 | 54 | 53 |
| 29 | Dan Currie | 77 | 29 | 22 | 51 | 17 |
| 32 | Chris Armstrong | 79 | 8 | 36 | 44 | 66 |
| 7 | Tom Pederson | 78 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 87 |
| 2 | Guy Dupuis | 77 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 108 |
| 10 | Ian Boyce | 66 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 14 |
| 28 | Robin Bawa | 58 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 125 |
| 17 | Norm Batherson | 54 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 46 |
| 8 | Todd Reirden, San-Antonio | 70 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 132 |
| Fort-Wayne | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | |
| Totals | 81 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 148 | |
| 37 | Marc Dupuis, Orlando | 44 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 10 |
| Fort-Wayne | 20 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 22 | |
| Totals | 64 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 32 | |
| 19 | Ed Campbell | 50 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 147 |
| 18 | Roman Oksiuta | 19 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 50 |
| 14 | Eric Boguniecki | 35 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 29 |
| 9 | Derek Eberle | 44 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 52 |
| 9 | Mike Taylor | 21 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| 8 | Tom Nemeth | 24 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| *12 | Trevor Halverson | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 34 |
| 4 | Wes Swinson | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 21 |
| 22 | Nick Stajduhar | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 27 |
| 20 | Rob Weingartner | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 26 |
| 3 | Trevor Doyle | 36 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 201 |
| Eric Boulton | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 42 | |
| 00 | Kevin Weekes (G) | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 27 | Bruce Racine (G), San-Antonio | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Fort-Wayne | 45 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Totals | 60 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Paul Willett | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Stephane Brochu, Chicago | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Detroit | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Fort-Wayne | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Carlin Nordstrom | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 86 | |
| * | Kurt Mallett | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Dwight Parrish, Michigan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fort-Wayne | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Totals | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 34 | Aaron Boh | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Dave Duerden | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mark Turner | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 35 | Richard Shulmistra (G) | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| *4 | Grant Richison | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| *31 | Marc Magliarditi (G) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gaetan Poirier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kirk Llano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Fingerhut | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Fitzpatrick (G) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich Bronilla | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Scourletis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 34 | Judd Lambert (G) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Chad Cabana | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Scott Kirton | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 18 | Bob Woods | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Ryan Pisiak | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 34 | Scott LaGrand (G), Orlando | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Utah | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Fort-Wayne | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Totals | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Bench | 82 | 6 | 18 | |||
| Totals | 270 | 437 | 701 | 1675 | ||
| Goaltenders | |||||||||||
| Player | GP | Min | GA | GAA | W | L | T | Svs | Pct | EN | SO |
| Bruce Racine | 45.00 | 2605 | 109 | 2.51 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1253 | .920 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin Weekes | 12.00 | 719 | 34 | 2.84 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 381 | .918 | 0 | 1 |
| Marc Magliarditi | 2.00 | 119 | 6 | 3.01 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 54 | .900 | 1 | 0 |
| Richard Shulmistra | 11.00 | 656 | 34 | 3.11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 296 | .897 | 1 | 1 |
| Scott LaGrand | 11.00 | 488 | 28 | 3.44 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 280 | .909 | 3 | 0 |
| Judd Lambert | 4.00 | 196 | 12 | 3.66 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 71 | .855 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Fitzpatrick | 2.00 | 119 | 8 | 4.03 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48 | .857 | 1 | 0 |