Len Thornson (r) shares
the 1962-63 IHL MVP
Award with Eddie Long.
Thornson was an IHL
MVP winner a league
high 6 times during his 12
year Komet career.
Komets win the cup!
Grant Richison and
Steve Fletcher celebrate
the winning of the
1992-93 IHL Turner Cup
in Fort Wayne.
Dynamic "D" Duo!
In the 60's & 70's, two of
the most feared
blueliners were Komet
defensemen Cal Purinton
and Terry Pembroke.
Together they
accumulated nearly
2,000 minutes in
penalties.
Robbie Laird skated as
a Komet for 8 seasons
before coaching 4
years. Voted to 3 All
Star Teams and
coached a 2nd best
212 Komet wins.
George Drysdale
(white) was the Komet's
very first Captain.
Drysdale also scored
the Komet's very first
goal Oct. 28, 1952 vs
the Grand Rapids
Rockets.
1972-73 All Star Bob
Fitchner Captained the
Komets to the Turner
Cup Championship.
Pokey Reddick parades
the 1992-93 Turner Cup
after sweeping the
championship with 12
straight wins.
Barry Scully scored
over 50 goals and 100
points 4 straight
seasons with the
Komets during his 6
year stint in Fort Wayne.
One of the most prolific
lines in the IHL; Norm
Waslawski, Reg Primeau,
and Roger Maisonneuve,
from 1962 thru 1966
combined for 305 goals,
393 assists & 698 points.
Bob Chase has been
calling Komet action
radio-rinkside for 49 of
the Komet's 50 years!
Reno Zanier was the
first Komet to win the IHL
James Norris Memorial
Trophy for 1959-60,
awarded to the
goaltender having played
a minimum of 25 games
with the fewest goals
against during the
regular season.
2-time All Star
defenseman Lionel
Repka won 2 Turner
Cups with the Komets
during his 11 year
career and had his #6
retired in his honor.
Robbie Irons was the
Komets goaltender
throughout the entire
decade of the 70's,
winning a championship
in 1973. His #30 has
been retired in his honor.
All-Star Merv Dubchak
was a member of the
1964-65 Turner Cup
Komets and scored a
team record 72 goals
during the 1965-66
season.
Award winning Komet
GM & Head Coach Ken
Ullyot guided the Komets
to 3 Turner Cup
Championships. His 322
coaching wins and 568
Komet games coached
are still Fort Wayne
records.
All Star goalie Chuck
Adamson celebrates the
winning of his 2nd
Komet Turner Cup in 3
seasons. Adamson
holds the Komet record
of 41 wins in a season.
Colin Lister's tenure in the
Komet front office as
business manager and later
part-owner spanned 4
decades including the 50's,
60's, 70's and 80's.
Con Madigan was a
colorful defenseman
for the Komets for 3
seasons 1959-1962
and later became the
NHL's oldest rookie
when he skated for
the Blues in 1968.
Center Wayne Ego
led the Komets to the
1972-73 Turner Cup
Championship with 65
assists and 94 points
during the regular season.
Terry McDougall was
an All Star for 3 of
his 7 Komet seasons.
Jeff Ablett was a
1972-73 Komet Turner
Cup Champion and
skated 3 IHL
All Star Games.
5-time IHL All Star
Joe Kastelic skated for
the Komets 5 seasons
1953-57 & 1960-61.
Terry Thomson skated
defense for the Komets
6 seasons including the
1972-73 Turner Cup
year.
Al Sims skated for the
Komets 1988-89 before
getting behind the bench
to be a Komet coach for
4 seasons including the
Turner Cup winning
season 1992-93.
Teddy Wright skated 6
seasons in the 60's as a
Komet including the
1964-65 Turner Cup year.
Bobby Rivard enjoyed
2 Turner Cups during his
4 seasons with the
Komets in the '60's.
4-time All Star Johnny
Goodwin won 2 Turner
Cups with the Komets
in his 8 season stint
during the 60's.
Norm "Whiz" Waslawski
buzzed the wing with
the Komets 8 seasons
earning 2 Turner Cups
in the 60's.
Reggie Primeau appeared
8 seasons in the 60's as
a Komet winnning 2
Turner Cups.
Ian Boyce wore a
Komets uniform for 7
seasons including the
Turner Cup Champ
1992-93 K's.
Russian skater
Konstantin Shafranov
led the 95-96 IHL rookies
and Komets with 46 goals
and won the IHL's Rookie of the Year Award.
Fort Wayne native Colin
Chin skated 10 seasons
with the Komets
1986-1996 making 2 All
Star appearances.
Member of the Komet's
92-93 Turner Cup team
and scored 100 points during 1993-94.
Wally Schreiber played 5 seasons with the Komets netting 226 goals and 400 points. 1983-84 All Star.
Goalie Darren Jensen and
center Doug Rigler shared
Komet MVP honors for
1983-84.
Jean-Marc Richard made 2
All Star appearances and
won the 92-93 Turner Cup
with the Komets.
Mr Komet Eddie Long skated
14 seasons as a Komet for
a 2nd best 858 games.
"Steady Eddy" won 2
Turner Cup Championships
and made 4 All Star
appearances. Eddie's
number 16 is retired in his
honor.
Al Dumba made 3 All Star appearances in 5 seasons with the Komets.
John Ferguson only skated
1959-60 with the Komets
but went on to win 2
Stanley Cups with the
Canadians and a great NHL
career.
Defenseman Jim Burton
holds the Komet record for
most points by a D-man in a
season with 94 in 1985-86.
Steve Salvucci skated 5
seasons with the Komets
winning the team scoring
title with 39 goals and 86
points during 1986-87.
Scott Gruhl won the 1992-93
Turner Cup and made 2 All
Star appearances with the
Komets.
Carey Lucyk was known
for his "stay at home"
defensman style during his
7 seasons spanning the
80's and 90's including the
92-93 Turner Cup year.
Ron Leef was a 6-year
Komet scoring a team high
57 goals and 120 points in
1982-83 and was honored
with an All Star appearance
in 1983-84.
Center Art Stone played 6
seasons, was an All Star in 1956-57, and coached the 1961-62 Komet squad.
(Played one game in goal in
1955-56)
Icy the Komet's Mascot
started entertaining
Komet fans with the
1994-95 season and
has made Fort Wayne
his home nest.
