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| league = International Hockey League | conference = | division = | founded = 1952 (IHL)
1999 (UHL/IHL) | operated = | arena = Allen County War Memorial Coliseum | colors = Orange and Black | owner = Franke family | coach = Al Sims | GM = David Franke | captain = | media = WOWO (1190 AM)
WKJG (1380 AM) | affiliates =
| reg_season_titles = 11 (1959–60, 1962–63, 1972–73, 1977–78, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1986–87, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2007–08) | division_titles = | conf_titles = | turner_cups = 5 (1963, 1965, 1973, 1993, 2008) | colonial_cups = 1 (2003) }}
The Fort Wayne Komets are a minor league hockey franchise currently playing in the International Hockey League. The Komets played in the previous incarnation of the International Hockey League from 1952 until 1999, when they joined the United Hockey League (which took the IHL name in 2007). They have won five post-season championship titles in the IHL in 1963, 1965, 1973, 1993, and 2008 and one in the UHL in 2003. They play their home games at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
The current Komets franchise replaced the original Fort Wayne Komets that relocated and became the Albany Choppers in 1990 before folding in that same season. 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.

Retired numbers

#5 Terry Pembroke
#6 Lionel Repka
#11 Len Thornson
#12 Reggie Primeau
#16 Eddie Long
#18 Rob Laird
#26 Colin Chin
#30 Robbie Irons
#40 Bob Chase
#58 Ken Ullyot
#59 Colin Lister
#77 Steve Fletcher
#87 Jared Burkhart

Records

On March 28, 2008, the Komets set a new professional hockey record of 23 straight home wins. They defeated the Kalamazoo Wings 4–3. The record ended at 25.

On April 12, 2008, the Komets set a new Fort Wayne hockey record of 56 wins in a season. The previous record of 53 was set in 2003-2004.

Season-by-season results

International Hockey League (1952–1999)

Year	GP	W	L	T	OTL	PTS	GF	GA	PIM	Playoffs
1952–53	60	20	38	2	0	42	182	244	-	-
1953–54	64	29	30	5	0	63	203	220	-	-
1954–55	60	22	37	1	0	45	181	235	-	-
1955–56	60	29	29	2	0	60	272	219	-	-
1956–57	60	25	29	8	0	64	170	177	-	-
1957–58	64	28	28	8	0	64	213	224	726	-
1958–59	60	32	27	1	0	65	236	213	571	Lost in Finals
1959–60	68	50	16	2	0	102	312	187	1102	Lost in Finals
1960–61	69	31	35	3	0	65	304	265	899	-
1961–62	68	33	31	4	0	70	265	245	1054	-
1962–63	70	35	30	5	0	75	283	255	591	Won Championship
1963–64	70	41	28	1	0	83	322	264	935	Lost in Finals
1964–65	70	40	25	5	0	85	344	240	969	Won Championship
1965–66	70	38	26	6	0	82	312	259	-	-
1966–67	72	40	31	1	0	81	274	234	-	Lost in Finals
1967–68	72	30	29	13	0	73	282	272	-	-
1968–69	72	24	33	15	0	63	235	262	-	-
1969–70	72	26	38	8	0	60	241	266	-	-
1970–71	72	28	32	12	0	68	221	233	-	-
1971–72	72	37	33	2	0	76	291	244	-	-
1972–73	74	48	23	3	0	99	308	219	-	Won Championship
1973–74	76	31	45	0	0	62	245	305	-	-
1974–75	76	26	44	6	0	58	247	313	-	-
1975–76	78	28	36	14	0	70	289	309	-	Lost in 2nd Round
1976–77	78	32	36	10	0	74	301	311	-	Lost in 2nd Round
1977–78	80	40	23	17	0	97	305	287	-	-
1978–79	80	45	29	6	0	96	386	327	-	Lost in 2nd Round
1979–80	80	40	27	13	0	93	343	311	-	Lost in Finals
1980–81	82	37	30	15	0	89	337	303	-	-
1981–82	82	35	41	6	0	81	368	375	-	-
1982–83	82	45	26	11	0	103	377	344	-	-
1983–84	82	52	23	7	0	112	371	273	-	-
1984–85	82	37	34	11	0	90	339	327	-	-
1985–86	82	52	22	0	8	112	345	263	-	Lost in Finals
1986–87	82	48	26	0	8	104	343	285	-	-
1987–88	82	48	30	0	4	100	343	310	-	Lost in 1st Round
1988–89	82	46	30	0	6	98	293	274	-	Lost in 2nd Round
1989–90	82	37	34	0	11	85	316	345	-	Lost in 1st Round
1990–91	83	43	35	0	5	91	369	335	-	Lost in Finals
1991–92	82	52	22	0	8	112	340	287	-	Lost in 1st Round
1992–93	82	49	27	0	6	104	339	294	2165	Won Championship
1993–94	81	41	29	0	11	93	347	297	1792	Lost in Finals
1994–95	81	34	39	0	8	76	296	324	1541	Lost in 1st Round
1995–96	82	39	35	0	8	86	276	296	2267	Lost in 1st Round
1996–97	82	28	47	0	7	63	223	318	2412	Did Not Qualify
1997–98	82	47	29	0	6	100	270	243	1675	Lost in 1st Round
1998–99	82	33	33	0	16	82	250	280	2615	Lost in 1st Round

United Hockey League (1999–2007)

Year	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS	GF	GA	PIM	Playoffs
1999–00	74	40	27	7	0	87	281	251	1504	Lost in 3rd round
2000–01	74	42	26	6	0	90	261	253	1566	Lost in 3rd round
2001–02	74	37	24	13	0	87	227	215	1432	Did Not Qualify
2002–03	76	44	21	11	0	99	249	191	1717	Won Championship
2003–04	76	53	17	6	0	112	281	180	1687	Lost in 2nd round
2004–05	80	51	24	5	0	107	274	211	1708	Lost in Finals
2005–06	76	44	26	0	6	94	258	206	1760	Lost in 1st round
2006–07	76	51	21	0	4	106	263	187	1932	Lost in 2nd round

International Hockey League (2007-Present)

Year	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS	GF	GA	PIM	Playoffs
2007–08	76	56	12	6	2	120	280	186	1978	Won Championship

Current roster

As of April 16, 2008.

Goaltenders
#	align=left	Player	Date of birth	Place of birth
33	Nick Boucher	December 29, 1980	Leduc, Alberta, Canada
35	Kevin Reiter	November 4, 1981	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Defensemen
#	align=left	Player	Date of birth	Place of birth
2	Guy Dupuis C **	May 10, 1970	Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
9	Brandon Warner	January 4, 1983	Huntertown, Indiana, USA
13	Sergei Durdin	January, 1, 1980	Riga, Latvia
14	Jake Pence	December 13, 1983	Owatonna, Minnesota, USA
20	Kevin Hansen A **	March 25, 1978	Hamburg, New York, USA
22	Kevin Bertram	March 29, 1977	Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
23	Ken Dufresne	October 5, 1987	Riviere-au-Renard, Quebec, Canada
43	Brent Henley **	August 30, 1980	Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

Forwards
#	align=left	Player	Position	Date of birth	Place of birth
10	Matt Reynolds	LW	May 7, 1981	Athens, Ontario, Canada
17	Mitch Woods	RW	May 20, 1986	Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
21	David Hukalo A	RW	July 21, 1978	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
24	Konstantin Shafranov **	LW	September 11, 1968	Ust-Kamenogorski, Kazakhstan
25	Terry Marchant **	C	February 24, 1976	Buffalo, New York, USA
29	Luciano Aquino	RW	January 26, 1985	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
71	P.C. Drouin **	LW	April 22, 1974	St. Lambert, Quebec, Canada
82	Olivier Legault (non-roster spot)	LW	October 2, 1986	Chibougamau, Quebec, Canada
88	Justin Hodgman	C	June 27, 1988	Brampton, Ontario, Canada
89	Evgeny Saidachev	RW	July 21, 1985	Khabarovsk, Russia
91	Colin Chaulk A **	C	January 7, 1977	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
94	Mathieu Curadeau	C	January 23, 1985	Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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