Fort Wayne Flames





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The Fort Wayne Flames were an indoor soccer club based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, that competed in the American Indoor Soccer Association, playing home games at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum from 1986–1989.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Year-by-year


  • 3 Head coaches


  • 4 Players statistics (regular season)


  • 5 Players statistics (playoffs)


  • 6 See also





History


The team was founded in by a group of four investors: Bob Britt, Fred Mathews, Jr., James Speed, and William Fahlsing and began play in the 1986–87 season of the American Indoor Soccer Association (AISA). The team reached out to experience by hiring away Pete Mahlock from the Louisville Thunder to be the team General Manager. Former Seattle Sounders (NASL), Cleveland Force (MISL), & Wichita Wings (MISL) goalkeeper and University of Washington coach Cliff Brown was brought in to be the first Head Coach of the franchise.


The inaugural season was one of struggle for the fledgling team. Just five games into the season, Brown was fired and replaced by defenseman Tom Alioto who continued his on field duties as a player/coach. As the team struggled on field, finishing last in the Southern Division with a 13–29 record, it also struggled off field. Despite finishing the season with the fourth-best attendance in the league, the season ended with the franchise having racked up huge losses that left the future in jeopardy.


The franchise would return for the 1987–88 season as remaining investors Mathews and Speed were joined by local businessman Craig Hartman, who with a huge influx of his own money, assumed the role as team President. Retaining Mahlock as GM, the team hired former three-time Indiana University All American, 1978 Hermann Trophy winner, NASL player, and United States Olympian Angelo DiBernardo to become the third Head Coach of the franchise. Although the on field play improved under new leadership, the team suffered and incredible 10 one-goal losses (the rest of the league had 13 one-goal losses combined) en route to a 9–15 record and a last-place finish in the regular season.


Abandoning a traditional playoff format, the AISA instituted a six-team, home-and-away, round robin “Challenge Cup” Series to crown the 1988 post-season champion. Living up the promise they showed in the regular season, the Flames became dominant during the Cup Series, outscoring their opponents 67–46 through the first 11 games and posting an 8–3 record. The final game of the “Challenge Cup” was scheduled for April 1, 1988, with the Flames playing host to the 1984–85 and 1985–86 AISA Champion Canton Invaders. With each team hosting an 8–3 record, the game would be winner-take-all for the Cup. In front of a sellout (and franchise record) crowd of 8,028, the Flames would fall behind early and stage a furious rally late, only to fall to the Invaders 5–4.


Despite gains in the regular season attendance and league-leading playoff attendance, the 1988 off-season was again troublesome for the franchise. Looking to stem the flow of red ink, Hartman restructured the Flames into the only registered not-for-profit sports franchise in the nation. The off-season saw an intense fund-raising operation that included GM Mahlock and players Alan Bodenstein and Bobby Poursanidis living atop a billboard in the heart of downtown to raise both team awareness and funding. The results were impressive as hundreds of fans purchased stock in the team and 27 prominent local business leaders invested in the team to make up the new Board of Directors.


When DiBernardo decided to leave coaching, the team turned to former MISL standout defenseman Dave MacKenzie to be the fourth Head Coach of the franchise. Entering the position as the (then) all-time leader in MISL games played and with a reputation as a hard-nosed, physical player, the team showed marked improvement under MacKenzie, but continued to struggle in close games. Looking to add some extra spark, MacKenzie became the second player/Coach of the franchise as he activated himself and played in 27 games. Despite improving to a .500 record (20–20) the team missed the playoffs by one game.


The team folded following the 1989 season. Under separate ownership, Fort Wayne was awarded an expansion franchise Indiana Kick, which lasted one additional season (1989–1990).



Year-by-year




































































Year
 GP
 W
 L
 %
 GB
 GF
 GA
 ATT
 AVE
 PLAYOFFS

1986–87
 42
 13
 29
 .325
 14
 157
 218
 47,647
 2,269
Did not qualify

1987–88
 24
 9
 15
 .375
 7
 99
 112
 29,521
 2,460
 N/A

1988 (Chall. Cup)
 12
 8
 4
 .667
 1
 71
 51
 25,307
 4,218
 Challenge Cup runner-up

1988–89
 40
 20
 20
 .500
 5
 337
 299
 74,840
 3,742
Did not qualify


Head coaches


































FORT WAYNE FLAMES HEAD COACHES

NAME
SEASON
RECORD

Cliff Brown
 1986–87
 2–3

Tom Alioto
 1986–87 (5 games into 1986–87 season)
 11–26

Angelo DiBernardo
 1987–88
 9–15

Angelo DiBernardo
 1988 Challenge Cup
 8–4

Dave MacKenzie
 1988–89
 20–20


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FORT WAYNE FLAMES PLAYERS (regular season)

NAME
SEASONS
GAMES
GOALS *
ASSIST
POINTS *
SHOTS
BLOCKS
FOULS
PIM

Tom Alioto
 1986–87
 42
 9
 15
 24
 92
 51
 54
 6

Ricardo Alonso
 1988–89
 19
 13
 12
 25
 88
 14
 54
 4
Lenny Armuth
 1986–87
 22
 4
 2
 6
 17
 19
 32
 10
Todd Barrett
 1986–87
 13
 1
 1
 2
 21
 12
 32
 12
Ron Basile
 1986–87
 22
 12
 9
 21
 83
 3
 50
 10

Bill Becher
 1987–89
 32
 6
 3
 9
 34
 7
 40
 1

Steve Boardman
 1988–89
 21
 2
 3
 5
 12
 16
 26
 1
Alan Bodenstein
 1986–89
 103
 23
 25
 48
 210
117
147
 32
David Caetano
 1987–88
 9
 0
 0
 0
 8
 2
 5
 0

Paul DiBernardo
 1986–89
 83
50
 27
77
305
 55
 143
33
Dean Duerst
 1986–87
 14
 2
 0
 2
 21
 9
 13
 6
Mike Farmer
 1988–89
 8
 1
 0
 1
 2
 0
 5
 0

Horst Fleps
 1986–87
 7
 0
 1
 1
 7
 2
 1
 0
Kevin Flynn
 1986–87
 7
 0
 1
 1
 18
 12
 10
 4
Peter Forde
 1986–87
 5
 0
 2
 2
 13
 3
 10
 0

Chance Fry
 1986–87
 18
 7
 5
 12
 32
 14
 45
 8
Keith Fulk
 1987–89
 39
 11
 9
 20
 88
 48
 65
 12
Frank Gallo
 1986–87
 2
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
Jon Gardner
 1988–89
 8
 0
 0
 0
 1
 2
 5
 0
Oscar Gomez
 1987–88
 5
 0
 1
 1
 1
 1
 5
 0
Manuel Gorrity
 1986–88
 35
 6
 4
 10
 45
 25
 60
 16

Chris Hellenkamp
 1987–89
 62
 30
33
 63
 206
 46
 68
 8
Jamie Hutchins
 1986–87
 4
 1
 0
 1
 2
 2
 7
 0
Peter Jecker
 1988–89
 26
 7
 4
 11
 34
 19
 30
 3
Larry Julius
 1987–88
 16
 2
 7
 9
 52
 17
 27
 8
Paul Kato
 1987–88
 8
 2
 1
 3
 21
 26
 22
 4
Ken Killingsworth
 1986–88
 49
 27
 27
 54
 136
 23
 62
 10
Kris Klassen
 1986–87
 3
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 1
Tim Larkin
 1988–89
 19
 4
 3
 7
 19
 16
 23
 2

Warren Lipka
 1986–89
 60
 0
 4
 4
 4
 1
 9
 21
Keith Loeffler
 1986–87
 5
 1
 2
 3
 12
 2
 6
 4
Mark Lugris
 1986–87
 42
 11
 22
 33
 129
 37
 64
 6

Dave MacKenzie
 1988–89
 27
 4
 5
 9
 22
 11
 17
 3
Tom Mollerup
 1986–87
 36
 3
 5
 8
 35
 25
 35
 2
Jorge Montoya
 1987–89
 50
 6
 9
 15
 54
 83
 125
 8

Mike Noonan
 1986–88
 37
 2
 5
 7
 19
 74
 65
 8

Dan O’Keefe
 1986–88
 65
 49
 18
 67
 257
 9
 70
 2

Otto Orf
 1986–89
 59
 1
 7
 8
 8
 0
 12
 26
Carlos Pena
 1988–89
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
Bronn Pfeiffer
 1987–89
 36
 1
 3
 4
 33
 27
 30
 4
Bob Poursanidis
 1986–89
104
 28
 20
 48
 208
 58
 114
 11

Randy Prescott
 1987–89
 60
 15
 13
 28
 152
 111
 93
 12

Ed Puskarich
 1986–87
 17
 2
 0
 2
 8
 18
 21
 2

Bob Ramsey
 1986–87
 21
 6
 8
 14
 68
 6
 42
 4
Neil Ridgway
 1987–89
 62
 46
 21
 67
 169
 39
 80
 9
Martin Rincon
 1987–89
 14
 3
 3
 6
 34
 28
 26
 8

Rob Ryerson
 1988–89
 26
 6
 5
 11
 28
 6
 40
 2

Carlos Salguero
 1987–89
 60
 35
 25
 60
 290
 28
 109
 12
Joe Schmid
 1986–87
 7
 0
 1
 1
 1
 11
 7
 2
Todd Smith
 1988–89
 39
 4
 8
 12
 33
 39
 91
 9
Mike Sotello
 1987–88
 4
 0
 1
 1
 0
 1
 1
 0

Bill Stallings
 1986–87
 10
 1
 0
 1
 9
 3
 9
 2
Chris Tolken
 1986–87
 2
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
Graham West
 1986–87
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0


Players statistics (playoffs)











































































































































































































































FORT WAYNE FLAMES PLAYERS (1988 Challenge Cup)

NAME
GAMES
GOALS *
ASSIST
POINTS *
SHOTS
BLOCKS
FOULS
PIM
Bill Becher
 11
 4
 1
 5
 7
 4
 7
 0
Bruce Bellenger
 7
 0
 0
 0
 6
 0
 4
 2
Alan Bodenstein
 12
 1
 4
 5
 18
 14
 19
 4
David Caetano
 2
 1
 0
 1
 5
 0
 2
 0

Paul DiBernardo
 12
 7
 8
 15
 45
 2
 20
 4
Keith Fulk
 12
 8
 6
 14
 26
 16
 17
 6
Chris Hellenkamp
 11
 5
 5
 10
 35
 7
 6
 2
Larry Julius
 12
 7
 5
 12
 40
 21
 21
 4
Paul Kato
 8
 2
 2
 4
 16
 15
 16
 6

Warren Lipka
 9
 0
 1
 1
 0
 0
 0
 2

Joe Mihaljevic
 12
 2
 1
 3
 17
 4
 15
 2
Jorge Montoya
 6
 0
 0
 0
 1
 2
 6
 4

Dan O’Keefe
 11
 14
 7
 21
 59
 0
 8
 2
Otto Orf
 4
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 2
Bronn Pfeiffer
 4
 0
 0
 0
 1
 1
 1
 0
Bob Poursanidis
 5
 1
 0
 1
 7
 1
 2
 0
Randy Prescott
 12
 2
 7
 9
 32
 8
 16
 6
Neil Ridgway
 12
 12
 6
 18
 34
 4
 11
 4
Martin Rincon
 11
 2
 2
 4
 15
 14
 16
 2
Carlos Salguero
 6
 3
 7
 10
 29
 1
 5
 0

  • Starting in 1989, the AISA began assigning different point values to goals. All 3-pt., 2-pt, & 1-pt. goals count as one in these stats.


See also


  • History of sports in Fort Wayne, Indiana








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