Dayton Bombers

Dayton Bombers
City	Dayton, Ohio
League	ECHL
Conference	American Conference
Division	North Division
Founded	1991
Home arena	Nutter Center
Colors	navy, red, white
Owner(s)	Costa Papista
General manager	Don MacAdam
Head coach	Don MacAdam
Affiliates	Columbus Blue Jackets (NHL), Syracuse Crunch (AHL)
Franchise history
1991 to present	Dayton Bombers
Championships
Regular season titles	None
Division titles	2006-07 2001-02
Conference titles	2006-07 2001-02
Kelly Cups	None

The Dayton Bombers are entering their 17 season as an ECHL ice hockey team located in Dayton, Ohio, USA. The team is in the North Division of the ECHL's American Conference and is affiliated with the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL and the Columbus Blue Jackets of the NHL.

The Bombers originally played at Hara Arena from 1991-1996. The team moved to the the Ervin J. Nutter Center on the campus of Wright State University in Dayton in 1996. They have played in front of over 2 million fans in their 17 years.

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2006-07 In the 2006-07 season Bombers fans saw their team come back from the depths, winning 17 more games than the previous season and becoming North Division Champs by beating their rivals, the Cincinnati Cyclones, 4 games to 3. The Bombers then went on to become American Conference Champions by beating the Florida Everblades 4 games to 3. From there they went on to face the National Conference Champion Idaho Steelheads in the Kelly Cup Finals. In this championship series the Steelheads defeated the Bombers 4 games to 1 to become ECHL Champions.

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Current roster

As of April 23, 2007. Numbers taken from ECHL Website.

Goaltenders
#		Player	Catches	DOB	Place of Birth
31		Adam Berkhoel	L	3/31/84	St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
35		Terry Denike	R	4/16/81	Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Defensemen
#		Player	Shoots	DOB	Place of Birth
2		Lane Manson	L	2/14/84	Watrous, Saskatchewan, Canada
4		Scott Ford	R	12/24/79	Ft. St. John, British Columbia, Canada
7		Trevor Hendrikx	R	3/29/85	Winchester, Ontario, Canada
8		Ryan Reid	R	4/7/80	Chicago, Illinois, USA
27		Greg Labenski	L	6/14/84	Welland, Ontario, Canada
28		Corey LeClair	L	9/16/83	Riverview, Michigan, USA
44		Brad Farynuk	L	1/22/82	Enderby, British Columbia, USA

Forwards
#		Player	Shoots	DOB	Place of Birth
3		Matt Isbister	R	3/25/86	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
9		Paul Kelly	L	4/10/80	Peabody, Massachusetts, USA
10		Brent Walton	R	11/9/83	Elmira, Ontario, Canada
15		Jeffrey Hristovski	R	5/31/83	Concord, Ontario, Canada
16		Philippe Dupuis	R	4/24/85	Laval, Quebec, Canada
19		Yannick Tifu	L	10/12/84	Brossard, Quebec, Canada
20		Justin Maiser	L	6/29/83	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
21		Matt Herneisen	R	2/8/82	Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania, USA
22		Mike Berry	L	6/28/83	Kanata, Ontario, Canada
24		Joe Cullen	L	2/14/81	Moorhead, Minnesota, USA
25		Tim Konsorada	R	3/21/84	Lamont, Alberta, Canada
26		Trevor Frischmon	L	8/5/81	Ham Lake, Minnesota, USA
55		Petr Pohl	R	8/28/86	Prostejov, Czech Republic
57		Bryce Anderson	L	3/5/82	Waterloo, Iowa, USA

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Staff
Title	Staff Member
Head Coach	Don MacAdam
Athletic Trainer	Bryan Rogers
Equipment Manager	Tim Donnelly
Public Address Announcer	John Beaulieu

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Season Records

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, SOL = Shootout Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties infraction minutes

Season	League	Conference	Division	GP	W	L	T	OTL	SOL	PTS	PCT	GF	GA	PIM	Coach	Attendance	Avg.	Playoff Result
1991-92	ECHL	-	West	64	32	26	0	6	0	70	0.547	305	300	1341	Claude Noel	132,699	4,147	Round 1
1992-93	ECHL	-	West	64	35	23	0	6	0	76	0.594	282	270	2111	Claude Noel	137,929	4,310	Round 2
1993-94	ECHL	-	North	68	29	31	0	8	0	66	0.485	316	308	1976	Jim Playfair	139,739	4,109	Round 1
1994-95	ECHL	-	North	68	42	17	0	9	0	93	0.684	307	224	2235	Jim Playfair	146,239	4,301	Round 2
1995-96	ECHL	-	North	70	35	28	0	0	7	77	0.55	247	237	2131	Jim Playfair	117,279	3,350	Round 1
1996-97	ECHL	-	North	70	36	26	8	0	0	80	0.571	253	258	1359	Mark Kumpel	111,417	3,183	Round 1
1997-98	ECHL	-	Northwest	70	36	26	8	0	0	80	0.571	255	256	2162	Mark Kumpel	146,531	4,186	Round 1
1998-99	ECHL	Northern	Northwest	70	34	27	9	0	0	77	0.55	239	241	1984	Greg Ireland	158,492	4,528	Round 2
1999-00	ECHL	Northern	Northwest	70	32	28	10	0	0	74	0.529	230	226	2496	Greg Ireland	147,081	4,202	Round 2
2000-01	ECHL	Northern	Northwest	72	45	21	6	0	0	96	0.667	247	194	2352	Greg Ireland	145,845	4,051	Round 3
2001-02	ECHL	Northern	Northwest	72	40	20	12	0	0	92	0.639	222	196	2339	Greg Ireland	153,877	4,274	Kelly Cup Finalist
2002-03	ECHL	Northern	Northwest	72	24	38	10	0	0	58	0.403	191	247	2005	Greg Ireland	124,662	3,462	-
2003-04	ECHL	National	North	72	26	41	5	0	0	57	0.396	187	271	1639	Jamie Ling	124,609	3,461	-
2004-05	ECHL	National	North	72	23	40	9	0	0	55	0.382	175	225	1665	Don MacAdam	112,243	3,117	-
2005-06	ECHL	American	North	72	20	46	6	0	0	46	0.319	193	275	1482	Don MacAdam	124,406	3,455	-
2006-07	ECHL	American	North	72	37	26	0	2	7	83	0.576	213	191	1345	Don MacAdam	131,196	3,644	Kelly Cup Finalist
			Team Totals		526	461	83	25	14							2,154,244	3,854

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Bombers who have gone on to the NHL

• Kaspars Astashenko
• Jean-Sebastien Aubin
• Eric Boguniecki
• Kevin Colley
• John Emmons
• Sean Gagnon
• Steven Goertzen
• Erich Goldmann
• Greg Kuznik
• Darren Langdon
• Mark Lawrence
• Kent McDonell
• Mike Minard
• Brandon Smith
• Ole-Kristian Tollefsen
• Pascal Trepanier
• Stephen Valiquette
• Dave Van Drunen

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External links

• Dayton Bombers official site
• East Coast Hockey League site