Dayton Bombers

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Dayton Bombers
City: Dayton, Ohio
League: ECHL
Conference: American Conference
Division: North Division
Founded: 1991
Home Arena: Nutter Center
Colors: navy, red
Owner(s): Costa Papista
General Manager: Bill McDonald
Head Coach: Bill McDonald
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.

2007-08 The 2007-08 campaign has been a rebuilding year for the Bombers. They hired Bill McDonald as head coach and made themselves a independent affiliate for this season. Attendance was normal for the year but the Bombers for three dates this year saw attendance over 7,000 which has only happened one other season since the Bombers moved to the Nutter Center 12 years ago. During the 2006-07 the Bombers saw crowds of 9,989 on opening night (Nov. 4 2006), 7,845 saw the Bombers drop a 1-0 decision to Cincinnati on January 27th and on March 10th when the Bombers welcomed 7,411 to see them down the Wheeling Nailers 4-2. The Bombers did not see the top of the division this year and since mid-December, they were in the 3-4-5 spot in the division. The team played in their second straight season in the ECHL postseason, where they were shut out in a best-of-three series to the Johnstown Chiefs.

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Contents

[edit] 2008-09 North Division Standings

Y-Clinched Division Title, X-Clinched Playoff Spot

Team GP Won Lost OTL SOL PTS. GF GA Home Road
Cincinnati Cyclones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0
Elmira Jackels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0
Reading Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0
Johnstown Chiefs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0
Dayton Bombers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0
Trenton Devils 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0
Wheeling Nailers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0

[edit] 2008-09 Dayton Bombers Schedule

  • (Sat)10/18-Cincinnati, 7pm
  • 10/24-@ Johnstown
  • 10/25-@ Johnstown
  • 10/31-@ Wheeling
  • (Sat)11/1-Cincinnati, 7pm
  • (Sun)11/2-Johnstown, 5pm
  • 11/7-@ Trenton
  • 11/8-@ Trenton
  • 11/9-@ Reading
  • 11/14-@ Wheeling
  • (Sat)11/15-Johnstown, 7pm (@ Hobart Arena in Troy, Ohio)
  • (Sun)11/16-Johnstown, 5pm
  • 11/18-@ Augusta
  • 11/19-@ Gwinnett
  • 11/21-@ Gwinnett
  • 11/23-@ Augusta
  • 11/25-@ Cincinnati
  • (Fri)11/28-Wheeling, 7pm
  • (Sat)11/29-Reading, 7pm (@ Hobart Arena in Troy, Ohio)
  • (Sun)11/30-Reading, 5pm
  • (Fri)12/5-Wheeling, 7pm
  • (Sat)12/6-Wheeling, 7pm
  • (Tue)12/9-Reading, 7pm
  • (Fri)12/12-Charlotte, 7pm
  • (Sun)12/14-Charlotte, 5pm
  • (Fri)12/19-Cincinnati, 7pm
  • 12/20-@ Cincinnati
  • (Fri)12/26-Cincinnati, 7pm
  • (Sat)12/27-Reading, 7pm
  • (Sun)12/28-Wheeling, 5pm
  • 12/31-@ Elmira
  • 1/2-@ Trenton
  • 1/3-@ Trenton
  • 1/4-@ Reading
  • (Sat)1/10-Pensacola, 7pm
  • (Sun)1/11-Trenton, 5pm
  • 1/13-@ Elmira
  • 1/14-@ Elmira
  • 1/16-@ Trenton
  • 1/17-@ Johnstown
  • 1/23-@ Cincinnati
  • 1/24-@ Cincinnati
  • (Tue)1/27-Elmira, 7pm
  • (Fri)1/30-Trenton, 7pm
  • (Sat)1/31-Trenton, 7pm
  • (Wed)2/4-Reading, 7pm
  • 2/6-@ Wheeling
  • (Sat)2/7-Johnstown, 7pm (@ Hobart Arena in Troy, Ohio)
  • (Sun)2/8-Johnstown, 5pm
  • (Fri)2/13-Wheeling, 7pm
  • (Sat)2/14-Wheeling, 7pm (@ Hobart Arena in Troy, Ohio)
  • (Wed)2/18-Cincinnati, 7pm
  • 2/21-@ Johnstown
  • 2/22-@ Johnstown
  • (Wed)2/25-Elmira, 7pm
  • 2/28-@ Reading
  • 3/1-@ Reading
  • 3/4-@ Johnstown
  • 3/6-@ Elmira
  • 3/7-@ Elmira
  • (Fri)3/13-Elmira, 7pm
  • (Sat)3/14-Elmira, 7pm
  • 3/20-@ Wheeling
  • (Sat)3/21-Gwinnett, 7pm (@ Hobart Arena in Troy, Ohio)
  • (Sun)3/22-Gwinnett, 5pm (@ Hobart Arena in Troy, Ohio)
  • (Wed)3/25-Cincinnati, 7pm
  • (Fri)3/27-Trenton, 7pm
  • (Sat)3/28-Trenton, 7pm
  • 4/1-@ Cincinnati
  • 4/3-@ Wheeling
  • 4/4-@ Reading
  • Breakdown of home games this season
  • 13 Saturday games
  • 9 Friday Games
  • 8 Sunday Games
  • 4 Wednesday Games
  • 2 Tuesday Games

[edit] Current roster

As of February 23, 2008

Goaltenders
# Player Catches DOB Birthplace
30 Flag of Canada Rejean Beauchemin R 5/3/1985 Winnipeg, Manitoba
35 Flag of the United States Jeremy Duchesne L 10/17/1986 Silver Spring, Maryland
Skaters
# Player Pos Shoots DOB Birthplace
3 Flag of Canada Britt Dougherty LW L 5/28/84 Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada
4 Flag of the United States Ryan Reid D R 4/7/80 Chicago, Illinois, USA
7 Flag of Canada Mike Campaner D L 1/1/83 Winchester, Ontario, Canada
9 Flag of Canada Mike Berry RW R 5/28/83 Kanata, Ontario, Canada
11 Flag of Japan Masahito Nishiwaki F R 10/12/84 Kushiro, Japan
15 Flag of the United States Gary Klapkowski RW R 2/13/1985 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA
17 Flag of the United States Mike Walsh RW L 1/12/83 Northville, Michigan, USA
18 Flag of Canada Matt Beaudoin F R 4/6/1984 Rock Forest, Quebec, Canada
19 Flag of Canada Chris Eade D R 3/20/82 Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
20 Flag of the United States Corey LeClair D L 9/16/1983 Riverview, Michigan, United States
22 Flag of Canada Brad Bonello LW L 4/15/84 Brampton, Ontario, Canada
23 Flag of Canada Alex Greig D L 12/12/83 Pickering, Ontario, Canada
24 Flag of Canada Ryan MacGregor LW 06/28/1982 Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada
26 Flag of Canada Ryan Smyth RW R 11/6/84 Clarence Creek, Ontario, Canada
27 Flag of Canada Greg Labenski-C D L 4/4/78 Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada
33 Flag of the United StatesGrant Goeckner-Zoeller F L 5/20/1983 Los Angeles, California, USA
Staff
Title Staff Member
Head Coach/General Manager Bill McDonald
Regional Scout Ed Herneisen
Athletic Trainer Bryan Rogers
Public Address Announcer John Beaulieu

[edit] 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
2007-08 ECHL American North 72 29 31 0 6 6 70 0.479 201 229 1356 Bill McDonald 131,876 3,768 1st Rd
Team Totals 1,181 555 493 83 31 19 590 Hm Gms. 2,286,840 3,876

[edit] All Time Record Vs Other Clubs

Team Won Loss Tie
Alaska 0 1 0
Augusta 0 2 1
Bakersfield 0 1 0
Charlotte 6 6 5
Cincinnati 27 28 9
Columbia 2 3 0
Elmira 3 6 1
Florida 1 0 0
Fresno 0 2 0
Gwinnett 1 0 0
Idaho 0 1 0
Johnstown 76 45 19
Las Vegas 0 0 0
Mississippi 6 2 2
Pensacola 0 0 1
Phoenix 0 0 0
Reading 18 27 5
South Carolina 3 4 0
Stockton 1 3 0
Texas 0 0 0
Trenton 21 38 5
Utah 0 0 0
Victoria 1 0 0
Wheeling 60 63 18

[edit] Dayton Bombers Club Records

Players

  • Most Points, Season-119 Darren Colbourne (1991-92)
  • Most Points, Game-7 Tom Nemeth vs Toledo, Oct. 23, 1993 & Jamie Ling vs Roanoke, Jan. 15, 1999
  • Most Goals, Season-69 Darren Colbourne (1991-92)
  • Most Goals, Game-5-Jamie Ling vs Roanoke, Jan. 15, 1999 & Chanse Fitzpatrick vs Trenton, Nov. 3, 2007
  • Most Assists, Season-82 Tom Nemeth, 1993-94
  • Most Assists, Game-6 Tom Nemeth vs Toledo, Oct. 23, 1993
  • Most PIM, Season-429 Darren Langdon, 1992-93
  • Most PIM, Game-39 Derek Ernest vs Roanoke, Nov. 23, 2000

Goaltenders

  • Most Appearances-51 Michael Ayers, 2004-05
  • Most Minutes-2,937 Michael Ayers, 2004-05
  • Most Wins-23 Adam Berkhoel, 2006-07
  • Most Losses-28, Michael Ayers, 2004-05
  • Most Overtime Losses-7 Alex Westlund, 1999-00
  • Most Shots-1,627 Michael Ayers, 2004-05
  • Most Saves-1,485 Michael Ayers, 2005-05
  • Most Shutouts-5 Adam Berkhoel, 2006-07
  • Lowest GAA-2.22 Alex Westlund, 2000-01
  • Best Save Percentage-.930 Alex Westlund, 2000-01

Team

  • Most Points-96 (2000-01)
  • Most Wins-45 (2000-01)
  • Most Losses-46 (2005-06)
  • Most Goals Scored-316 (1993-94)
  • Fewest Points-46 (2005-06)
  • Fewest Losses-17 (1994-95)
  • Fewest GAA-191 (2006-07)
  • Most PIM-2,496 (1999-00)

Longest Winning Streak

  • Overall-8 Oct. 9-Nov. 5, 1994
  • Home-13 Oct. 28-Dec. 27, 2001
  • Road-5 Oct. 28-Nov. 14, 2000

Longest Winless Streak

  • Overall-16 Feb. 24-Apr. 1, 2006
  • Home-9 Jan. 4-Feb. 8, 2005
  • Road-13 Jan. 18-Mar. 26, 2003

Regular Season Game Attendance Record

  • 10,057 vs Peoria, Jan. 23, 2004

Postseason Game Attendance Record

  • 4,447 vs Idaho, May 27, 2007 Game 3 Kelly Cup Finals

Regular Season Attendance Record

  • 158,492 (1998-99)

[edit] All Time Playoff Record vs. Other Clubs

Atlantic City totals include Cincinnati (1990-92), Pensacola totals include Nashville (1989-96), Texas totals include Huntington (1993-2000)

Team Series Won Loss GP Won Loss GF GA Last Mtg Rnd Result
Atlantic City 2 1 1 7 3 4 20 31 2002 CF W 3-1
Charlotte 1 1 0 5 3 2 16 15 2001 CQF W 3-2
Cincinnati 1 1 0 7 4 3 25 19 2007 DF W 4-3
Florida 1 1 0 7 4 3 23 22 2007 CF W 4-3
Greenville 1 0 1 4 0 4 7 18 2002 Finals L 0-4
Johnstown 2 1 1 5 3 2 13 13 2008 1st L 0-2
Idaho 1 0 1 5 1 4 8 16 2007 Finals L 1-4
Pensacola 1 0 1 3 0 3 9 13 1993 1st L 0-3
Peoria 2 0 2 6 0 6 13 23 2001 CSF L 0-3
Texas 1 1 0 4 3 1 15 12 1995 1st W 3-1
Toledo 2 0 2 6 1 5 17 28 1996 1st L 0-3
Trenton 1 1 0 3 3 0 8 3 2007 DSF W 3-0
Wheeling 1 0 1 5 2 3 11 15 1998 CQF L 2-3

[edit] Bombers who have gone on to the NHL

[edit] References

  1. ^ Columbus Blue Jackets - News: Columbus Blue Jackets Announce ECHL Affiliation Agreement with Elmira Jackals for 2007-08 - 10/04/2007
  2. ^ DaytonDailyNews: Dayton, Ohio, news and information

[edit] External links

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