Fort Wayne Komets
| Fort Wayne Komets | |
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 2016–17 ECHL season
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| City | Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| League | ECHL |
| Conference | Western |
| Division | Central |
| Founded | 1985 (Current ECHL franchise) 1952 (First IHL franchise) |
| Operated | 1990–present (Current ECHL franchise) 1952–1990 (First IHL franchise) |
| Home arena | Allen County War Memorial Coliseum |
| Colors | Orange, black and white |
| Owner(s) | The Franke Family |
| Head coach | Garry Graham |
| Captain | Jamie Schaafsma |
| Media |
WOWO (1190 AM) WKJG (1380 AM) |
| Affiliates | Independent |
| Franchise history | |
| First IHL Franchise | |
| 1952–1990 | Fort Wayne Komets |
| 1990–1991 | Albany Choppers |
| Current ECHL Franchise | |
| 1985–1990 | Flint Spirits |
| 1990–present | Fort Wayne Komets |
| Championships | |
| Regular season titles | 12 (1959–60, 1962–63, 1972–73, 1977–78, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1986–87, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09) |
| Division Championships | 1 (2015–16) |
| Conference Championships | 1 (2011–12) |
| Turner Cups | 7 (1962–63, 1964–65, 1972–73, 1992–93, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10) |
| Ray Miron President's Cup | 1 (2011–12) |
| Colonial Cups | 1 (2002–03) |
The Fort Wayne Komets are a minor league ice hockey team in the ECHL. They play their home games at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana. This team was previously a member of the Central Hockey League and the International Hockey League. They have won four post-season championship titles in the original IHL in 1963, 1965, 1973 and 1993, four in the UHL/second IHL in 2003, 2008, 2009 and 2010, and one in the CHL in 2012. In all of North American professional hockey, only the Original Six teams of the NHL and the Hershey Bears of the AHL have played continuously in the same city with the same name longer than the Komets.
The original Komets franchise played in the previous iteration of the International Hockey League from 1952 until 1990. The original IHL franchise then moved to Albany, New York in 1990 as the Albany Choppers. Only two days later, the Franke family of Fort Wayne bought the Flint Spirits, moved them to Fort Wayne, and took the Komets name and history. The Albany Choppers would only play part of one season before folding on February 15, 1991.
In 1999, the second IHL Komets franchise joined the United Hockey League (which later took the IHL name in 2007). In 2010, the UHL/IHL ceased operations and the Komets joined the Central Hockey League along with the surviving members of the their former league. The left the CHL for the ECHL in 2012.
On July 22, 2014, the Komets announced a one-year affiliation deal with the Colorado Avalanche of the NHL, providing a direct line to Colorado's American Hockey League affiliate for the 2014–15 season, the Lake Erie Monsters. After a successful season and partnership proving beneficial to all parties, on July 21, 2015, the Komets announced a continuance of the affiliation with the Avalanche and new AHL affiliate, the San Antonio Rampage on a two-year deal through the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons. However, the Avalanche and Komets mutually agreed to end the affiliation one season early in 2016.
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