1996-97 Fort Wayne Komets Statistics

International Hockey League (IHL)
Team Record: 28-47 (SO: 0-7) - 63 points
in the IHL's Central Division
Coach: Dave Farrish (6-13, 5 OTL)
Coach: John Torchetti (22-34, 2 OTL)
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Attendance: 279,251, Avg. 6,811 in 41 home dates

1996-97 Fort Wayne Komets Roster

The Fort Wayne Komets of the International Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 28 wins and 47 losses, with a 0-7 showing in shootouts for 63 points in the IHL's Central Division.

The Komets scored 223 goals and conceded 318, most in the circuit. John LeBlanc netted 30 goals for Fort Wayne, while Lee Davidson contributed 51 assists. Mike Torchia topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 3.47 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.

Dave Farrish and John Torchetti coached the team.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SOG	SG%
Lee Davidson	C	73	24	51	75	60	-16	5	1	2	185	13.0
John LeBlanc	L	77	30	31	61	22	-38	16	0	5	295	10.2
Paul Broten	R	59	19	28	47	82	-9	6	1	2	143	13.3
Craig Duncanson	L	61	14	24	38	64	-16	1	2	1	127	11.0
Robin Bawa	R	54	10	23	33	181	-10	1	0	0	81	12.3
Guy Dupuis	D	80	6	23	29	84	-5	2	0	0	155	3.9
Todd Harkins	C	60	12	13	25	131	-20	4	1	4	140	8.6
Rob Murphy	C	35	9	16	25	40	-8	4	0	0	82	11.0
Dan Currie	L	24	10	12	22	6	-12	5	0	0	85	11.8
Peter Ambroziak	L	57	15	5	20	28	-14	1	2	2	81	18.5
Shawn Evans	D	41	7	13	20	34	-16	2	0	1	111	6.3
Keli Corpse	C	33	4	15	19	26	-11	3	0	0	54	7.4
Oleg Mikulchik	D	51	5	13	18	75	-16	2	0	0	59	8.5
Paul Willett	C	36	7	10	17	50	-10	2	2	1	71	9.9
Brian Farrell	LW	45	8	7	15	36	-21	4	0	1	93	8.6
Liam Garvey	D	55	5	10	15	92	-19	2	0	0	80	6.3
Sean Gagnon	D	72	7	7	14	457	-24	1	0	1	89	7.9
Andy Bezeau	LW	45	4	5	9	320	-11	2	0	0	62	6.5
Grant Richison	D	51	1	7	8	57	-18	0	0	0	60	1.7
Brian Shantz	C	18	2	5	7	4	-3	1	0	0	20	10.0
Marc Laniel	D	21	2	5	7	19	-6	0	0	1	35	5.7
Bench		82	6		6	18		0	0	0	0
Yuri Krivokhija	L	18	2	4	6	12	3	0	0	0	39	5.1
Mikhail Nemirovsky	RW	16	2	4	6	18	-2	0	0	0	26	7.7
Chris Tok	D	19	1	3	4	35	-9	0	0	0	30	3.3
Sergei Stas	D/LW	14	1	3	4	23	-2	0	0	0	17	5.9
Nikolai Tsulygin	D	5	2	1	3	8	3	2	0	0	11	18.2
Igor Nikulin	R	10	1	2	3	4	-5	0	0	1	21	4.8
Kevin MacDonald	D	53	1	2	3	251	-15	1	0	0	46	2.2
Eric Lecompte	LW	14	1	2	3	62	-11	1	0	0	26	3.8
Sebastien LaPlante	LW	10	1	2	3	17	-2	0	0	0	10	10.0
Jeff McLean	C	6	1	1	2	2	-3	0	0	0	12	8.3
Carlin Nordstrom	RW	9	1	1	2	24	-7	0	0	0	9	11.1
Brad Layzell	D	15	0	2	2	17	-11	0	0	0	31	0.0
Ryan Savoia	C	8	0	2	2	2	-7	0	0	0	11	0.0
Ravil Yakubov	C	6	0	2	2	2	-1	0	0	0	4	0.0
Mike Kolenda	D	6	1	0	1	0	-2	0	0	0	6	16.7
Robin Bouchard	RW	2	1	0	1	2	-1	0	0	0	3	33.3
Forbes MacPherson	C	2	0	1	1	4	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Shannon Finn	D	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0
Pat Mazzoli	G	15	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Shawn Cronin	D	13	0	1	1	27	-11	0	0	0	5	0.0
Ross Wilson	RW	5	0	1	1	4	-1	0	0	0	4	0.0
Tim Cheveldae	G	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Emmons	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Koch	D	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Glenn Stewart	LW	8	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0	20	0.0
David Goverde	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sal Manganaro	RW	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Jacque Rodrigue	D	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Mike Torchia	G	57	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Taylor	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dwight Parrish	D	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Totals		1478	223	359	582	2412	-391	68	9	22	2447	9.1

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Tim Cheveldae	21	1137	6	9	4	4	0	75	3.96	616	541	.878
Mike Torchia	57	2970	20	31	3	7	1	172	3.47	1603	1431	.893
Paul Taylor	1	60	1	0	0	0	0	3	3.00	33	30	.909
Pat Mazzoli	15	672	1	6	0	1	0	42	3.75	346	304	.879
David Goverde	1	60	0	1	0	0	0	7	7.00	54	47	.870
Totals	95	4899	28	47	7	12	1	299	3.66	2652	2353	.887

1996-97 Fort Wayne Komets Statistics

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