
1996-97 Fort Wayne Komets Statistics
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
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 |