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
Franchise history
1991 to present:	Dayton Bombers
Championships
Regular Season Titles:	None
Division Championships:	2006-07 2001-02
Conference Championships:	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. The team was affiliated with the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL and the Columbus Blue Jackets of the NHL, an affiliation which ended October 4, 2007, as the Bombers were replaced by the Elmira Jackals ^[1].

The Bombers originally played at Hara Arena from 1991-1996. The team moved to 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.

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. The Dayton Bombers have yet to make it public that the team will be joining the newly reformed 16 team International Hockey League. Which is to begin operations for the 2009-2010 hockey season. The Dayton Bombers will be part of the International Hockey League's Southern Conference along with the Columbus Chill, Toledo Tanks, Troy (Ohio) Tigers, Fort Wayne Komets, Indiana Ice (South Bend), Rockford Ice Hogs and the Peoria Rivermen. The IHL's Northern Conference will be made of eight clubs from the state of Michigan and those clubs are the Detroit Vipers, Port Huron Ice Hawks, Flint Generals, Saginaw Gears, Lansing Lancers, Kalamazoo Wings, Muskegon Fury and the Grand Rapids Griffins. As a side note Dayton's first pro hockey club the Dayton Gems were a proud member of the former IHL 96.230.30.24 19:25, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Current roster

As of April 23, 2007. Numbers taken from ECHL Website. ^[2]

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
-		Rejean Beauchemin	R		Winnipeg, Manitoba, 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

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

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

References

1. ^ http://bluejackets.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=339149
2. ^ http://echl.leaguestat.com/stats/roster.php?step=&sub=&season_id=4&team_id=7 ECHL Rosters

External links

• Dayton Bombers official site
• East Coast Hockey League site

	Sports teams based in Ohio
Baseball	MLB: Cleveland Indians • Cincinnati Reds, IL: Columbus Clippers • Toledo Mud Hens, EL: Akron Aeros, NYPL: Mahoning Valley Scrappers, SAL: Lake County Captains, ML: Dayton Dragons, FL: Chillicothe Paints
Basketball	NBA: Cleveland Cavaliers, IBL: Dayton Jets • Marysville Meteors
Football	NFL: Cleveland Browns • Cincinnati Bengals, AFL: Columbus Destroyers af2: Cincinnati Jungle Kats • Mahoning Valley Thunder, CIFL: Marion Mayhem • Miami Valley Silverbacks, AIFA: Canton Legends
Hockey	NHL: Columbus Blue Jackets, AHL: Lake Erie Monsters, CHL: Youngstown SteelHounds, ECHL: Cincinnati Cyclones • Dayton Bombers, USHL: Ohio Junior Blue Jackets, NAHL: Mahoning Valley Phantoms, MAHL: Wooster Warriors
Soccer	MLS: Columbus Crew, USL-2: Cincinnati Kings • Cleveland City Stars, PDL: Cleveland Internationals
Softball	NPF: Akron Racers
Australian rules football	USAFL: Cincinnati Dockers
College athletics (NCAA Division I)	Akron • Bowling Green • Cincinnati • Cleveland State • Dayton • Kent State • Miami • Ohio • Ohio State • Toledo • Wright State • Xavier • Youngstown State

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