Perth Thunder

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Perth Thunder
Perth Thunder Logo.png
City Perth, Western Australia
League Australian Ice Hockey League
Founded 2010
Operated 2011–present
Home arena Perth Ice Arena
Colours               
Head coach Australia Stan Scott
Captain Australia Samuel Wilson
Website Perththunder.com.au
Championships
Regular season titles 0
Conference Championships 0
Goodall Cups 0

The Perth Thunder are a semi-professional ice hockey team based at the Perth Ice Arena in Western Australia. They are members of the Australian Ice Hockey League.

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History [edit]

The Perth Thunder were founded in 2010. On 28 November 2010, Perth Thunder were granted a provisional license with the AIHL for the 2011 season, with the intention of entering the league to compete as the ninth team in the 2012 AIHL season.[1][2] In 2011 the Thunder played a number of exhibition games against several AIHL teams. In May the Thunder travelled to Adelaide to compete in two games against the Adelaide Adrenaline. They drew the first game 2–2 and won the second 3–0.[3] In June the Melbourne Ice travelled to Perth to compete in two games against the Thunder at the Cockburn Ice Arena. The Ice won the first game 4–3 and lost the second game 3–6 after letting in six goals to none in the final period.[4][5] In September the Newcastle North Stars traveled to Perth to play the Thunder in a two game series.[6] The Thunder won both the first and second game 4–2.[7] On 16 October 2011 the AIHL voted to include the Perth Thunder as the ninth team to join the league.[8]

Playing in their inaugural season the Thunder finished fourth in the Easton conference, missing out on the Goodall Cup playoffs.[9] Following the end of the season the 2012 club awards were announced. Ken Rolph was named MVP, Aaron Wilson was named best defenceman, Samuel Wilson best local player, and David Kudla won the most improved award.[10]

Season by season results [edit]

Season GP W SOW SOL L GF GA PTS Finish Playoff
2012 24 10 0 2 12 81 80 32 4th, Easton Did not qualify

Roster [edit]

Team roster for the 2012 AIHL season[11]

# Nat Name Pos Date of Birth Acquired Birthplace
7 Australia Bavin, SamSam Bavin D 01980-07-3131 July 1980 2011
20 Australia Robert Bird D 01987-11-2020 November 1987 2012
19 Australia Jonathon Bremner F 01990-09-2727 September 1990 2011 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
24 New Zealand Cox, AndrewAndrew Cox F 01990-09-066 September 1990 2012 Auckland, New Zealand
12 Australia Del Basso, RiccardoRiccardo Del Basso D/F 01988-04-2424 April 1988 2011
19 United States Phil Ginand F 01988-04-077 April 1988 2012 Milford, Massachusetts, United States
11 England Paul Graham F 01983-05-1919 May 1983 2011 Durham, England
27 Canada Sean Hamilton F 01981-10-2727 October 1981 2012 Erin, Ontario, Canada
21 Canada Colby Hauser F 01982-10-2020 October 1982 2012 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
14 Australia Joshua Healy F 01992-07-1010 July 1992 2012
22 Australia Hyde, GregGreg Hyde D/F 01989-10-055 October 1989 2012 Paisley, Scotland
17 Australia Liam Jeffries F 01990-02-033 February 1990 2011 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
3 Australia David Kudla D/F 01990-10-2121 October 1990 2011 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
15 Australia Simon Kudla F 01990-10-2121 October 1990 2011 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
23 Australia Kyros, JordanJordan Kyros F 01992-02-2424 February 1992 2012 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
18 Australia Lamb, RichieRichie Lamb D/F 01971-05-099 May 1971 2011 Edinburgh, Scotland
29 Australia Ayden Millward G 01992-08-066 August 1992 2012 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
22 Australia Anthony Nottle F 01991-01-1515 January 1991 2012
25 Australia Chris Roach D 01984-06-1616 June 1984 2012
6 Canada Ken Rolph F 01989-12-1313 December 1989 2011 Guelph, Ontario, Canada
9 Australia David Ruck F 01969-11-066 November 1969 2011 Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
31 Canada Kiefer Smiley G 01990-02-2323 February 1990 2012 Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
8 Canada Aaron Wilson D 01982-05-1111 May 1982 2012 Pickering, Ontario, Canada
4 Australia Samuel Wilson F 01985-04-2626 April 1985 2011
5 Australia Young, BradleyBradley Young F 01988-07-2020 July 1988 2012 Perth, Western Australia, Australia

References [edit]

  1. ^ "History of the Australian Ice Hockey League". Australian Ice Hockey League. Archived from the original on 2011-04-15. Retrieved 20 June 2011. 
  2. ^ Foreman, Glen (4 December 2010). "Perth Thunder granted license for 2012 season of national ice hockey league". PerthNow (Sunday Times). Retrieved 20 June 2011. 
  3. ^ "Latest News". Perth Thunder. Archived from the original on 2011-05-29. Retrieved 2011-06-27. 
  4. ^ "Latest News". Perth Thunder. Archived from the original on 2011-06-27. Retrieved 2011-06-27. 
  5. ^ "Thundering into the AIHL". Melbourne Ice. Archived from the original on 2011-06-27. Retrieved 2011-06-27. 
  6. ^ "Game Times". Perth Thunder. Archived from the original on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2011-06-27. 
  7. ^ "Coaches Report Perth Thunder vs Newcastle". Perth Thunder. Archived from the original on 2011-09-17. Retrieved 2011-09-17. 
  8. ^ Watts, Ellie-Marie (22 October 2011). "Thunder rolls into AIHL". Australian Ice Hockey League. Retrieved 24 October 2011. 
  9. ^ "2012 Regular Season Standings". Australian Ice Hockey League. Archived from the original on 2012-09-01. Retrieved 2012-09-01. 
  10. ^ Robinson, Chris (2012-08-30). "Ken Rolph named club MVP at Perth Thunder awards night". PerthNow. Archived from the original on 2012-09-01. Retrieved 2012-09-01. 
  11. ^ "Perth Thunder". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 3 June 2012. 

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