2016-17 Fort Wayne Komets Roster

ECHL (ECHL)
Team Record: 45-19-6 (SO: 2-2) - 98 points
Finishing 2nd in the ECHL's Central Division
Lost Division Final
Coach: Gary Graham (45-19-6, 2 OTL)
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Attendance: 272,456, Avg. 7,568 in 36 home dates
2016-17 Fort Wayne Komets Statistics

The Fort Wayne Komets of the ECHL ended the 2016-17 season with a record of 45 wins and 19 losses (and 6 overtime losses), with a 2-2 showing in shootouts for 98 points finishing second in the ECHL's Central Division.

The Komets scored 264 goals and allowed 210. Mike Cazzola netted 30 goals for Fort Wayne and contributed 46 assists. Garrett Bartus topped the squad with 21 wins, while Pat Nagle added 15 or more victories as well. Garrett Bartus registered a 2.68 goals against average, pacing qualifying goaltenders.

Gary Graham coached the team. The 2016-17 Fort Wayne Komets lost in the Division Final of the playoffs.

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Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight S/C Hometown
Keegan AsmundsonGAugust 7, 19906'5"223LMayville, ND USA
Mason BaptistaCJanuary 9, 19905'11"195LNorth York, ON
Garrett BartusGOctober 19, 19896'2"185LSt. Charles, IL
Gabriel BeaupreDNovember 23, 19926'2"200LLevis, QC
Jason BinkleyDJune 13, 19925'9"192RPowell, OH USA
Mike CazzolaCMarch 8, 19915'7"165LGuelph, ON CAN
Trevor CheekLWDecember 29, 19926'2"200LVancouver, WA
Taylor CrunkLWJanuary 20, 19956'0"212LSan Jacinto, CA USA
Gabriel DesjardinsLWNovember 9, 19925'11"192LMontreal, QC Canada
Mike EmbachFJanuary 17, 19885'10"190LOrland Park, IL
Empty Net
Travis EwanykCMarch 29, 19936'2"192LNorth Vancouver, BC
Kyle FlemingtonDMarch 26, 19926'7"214RParkhill, ON CAN
Kyle FollmerDSeptember 9, 19875'11"198LSt. Paul, MN USA
David FriedmannFJuly 3, 19935'11"195LToronto, ON
Eric HartzellGMay 28, 19896'4"205LWhite Bear Lake, MN
Andy HuffMay 30, 1992Howell, MI USA
Curtis LeonardDSeptember 23, 19926'3"202LNapanee, ON
Ryan LowneyDJanuary 4, 19945'8"161LRedford, MI USA
Devin ManthaCMarch 8, 19896'1"205Ann Arbor, MI
Dan MilanDApril 14, 19926'3"190LDetroit, MI
Colin MulveyFOctober 23, 19905'10"175RWorcester, MA
P.J. MusicoGApril 14, 19906'1"198LOrange, CA USA
Pat NagleGSeptember 21, 19876'1"190LBloomfield, MI
Brett PerliniLWJune 14, 19906'0"202LSault Ste. Marie, ON
Jamie SchaafsmaCNovember 2, 19836'0"190RChatham, ON
Frank SchumacherDOctober 12, 19936'1"205LBrighton, MI USA
Bobby SheaDJuly 20, 19905'11"202RHarrison Township, MI
Cody SolDFebruary 11, 19916'6"242LWoodstock, ON
Shawn SzydlowskiRWAugust 5, 19906'0"197RSt. Clair Shores, MI
Brent TateC/RWNovember 5, 19916'2"170RCanton, MI USA
Kyle ThomasFJanuary 31, 19906'0"191RWaltham, MA
Garrett ThompsonFMarch 7, 19906'2"192LDavison, MI USA
Stephon ThorneFMay 13, 19906'0"180LMississauga, ON
Brady VailCMarch 11, 19946'0"194LHendersonville, NC
Will WeberDOctober 28, 19886'4"231LGaylord, MI



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