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Perth Thunder
CityPerth, Western Australia
LeagueAustralian Ice Hockey League
Founded2010
Operated2011–present
Home arenaPerth Ice Arena
Colours     
General managerAustralia Stan Scott
Head coachAustralia Dave Kenway
CaptainAustralia Samuel Wilson
WebsitePerththunder.com.au
Championships
Regular season titles0
Conference titles0
Goodall Cups0
Current season

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.

History

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] The Thunder finished the 2013 AIHL season in third place, qualifying for their first Goodall Cup playoff series.[11] The team were drawn against the Newcastle North Stars for the semi-final and lost the game 1-6, ending their finals campaign.[12] During the off season the team added Robert Cox to its board as a partner and director.[13] Prior to the start of the 2014 season Stan Scott announced that he had stepped down as head coach in order to focus on the General Manager operations of the club. Scott was replaced by Dylan Forsythe as head coach and but remained on the coaching panel as an assistant.[14] The club also announced that Goodlife Health Clubs had signed on as a new major sponsor and gold level sponsor, C.D. Dodd Scrap Metal Recyclers have increased their sponsorship to become a platinum level sponsor.[15][16] After eight games into the 2014 season it was announced that Forsythe had stepped down as head coach effective immediately for unknown reasons. Stan Scott agreed to take over as interim head coach for the remainder of the season.[17] Part way through the season the club secured watch maker Haigh and Hastings as another major sponsor.[18]

Season by season results

Season GP W SOW T SOL L GF GA PTS Finish Playoff
2012 24 10 0 – 2 12 81 80 32 4th, Easton Did not qualify
2013 28 17 1 – 1 9 127 114 54 3rd Lost semi-final vs. Newcastle North Stars, 1–6
2014 28 9 2 0 2 15 94 94 33 7th Did not qualify
2015 28 14 1 – 4 9 125 104 48 3rd Lost semi-final vs. Melbourne Ice, 0–1

Players and personnel

See also: List of Perth Thunder players

Current roster

Team roster for the 2015 AIHL season[19]

# Nat Name Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
16 Australia Jonathon Bremner F R 34 2012 Perth, Western Australia
28 Australia Jamie Campbell D L 28 2015 Perth, Western Australia
24 New Zealand Andrew Cox (A) F R 34 2012 Auckland, New Zealand
19 Canada Luc Daigneault F 40 2015 Varennes, Quebec, Canada
12 Australia Riccardo Del Basso D R 36 2012 Perth, Western Australia
11 Australia Kaden Goulds F 33–34 2014
30 United States Mark Guggenberger G R 35 2015 Richfield, Minnesota, United States
3 Australia Robert Haselhurst D R 32 2013 Perth, Western Australia
2 United States Alex Hudson F R 37 2015 Corona, California, United States
10 Australia Greg Hyde F R 35 2014 Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom
17 Australia Liam Jeffries F L 35 2012 Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada
6 Finland Toni Kluuskeri F R 33 2015 Uusikaupunki, Finland
14 Australia David Kudla D R 34 2012 Perth, Western Australia
23 Australia Jordan Kyros F R 32 2012 Perth, Western Australia
26 Australia Mitchell Levitt D 2015
15 Australia Lyndon Lodge F R 26 2015
20 Australia Mark McCann G L 28 2015
22 Australia Anthony Nottle D R 33 2012
2 Australia Alastair Punler D R 28 2015 Kallaroo, Western Australia
9 Australia David Ruck F 55 2012 Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
20 Australia Tomas Sak F R 29 2015 Perth, Western Australia
21 Australia Kieren Webster F R 27 2014
29 Australia Daniel Wilkinson G L 34 2015
4 Australia Samuel Wilson (C) F R 39 2012 Perth, Western Australia
27 Australia Jamie Woodman D R 30 2014 Kardinya, Western Australia
5 Australia Bradley Young (A) F R 36 2012 Perth, Western Australia

Team captains

Further information: Captain (ice hockey) and team captains in ice hockey

Head coaches

  • Stan Scott, 2012–2013[21]
  • Dylan Forsythe, 2014 (April–May)[22]
  • Stan Scott, 2014 (interim)[17]
  • Dave Kenway, 2015–present[23]

General managers

  • Stan Scott, 2012–present[21]

See also

References

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  8. ^ Watts, Ellie-Marie (22 October 2011). "Thunder rolls into AIHL". Australian Ice Hockey League. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
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  10. ^ Robinson, Chris (30 August 2012). "Ken Rolph named club MVP at Perth Thunder awards night". PerthNow. Archived from the original on 1 September 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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  12. ^ Tonks, Craig (8 September 2013). "Fire in the Sky". Hewitt Sports Network. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ "Robert Cox Invests in Thunders Vision". Perth Thunder. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ "Dylan Forsythe Replaces Stan Scott as Thunder Head Coach". Ice Hockey News Australia. 10 April 2014. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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  17. ^ a b "Perth Thunder coach steps down". On the Fly Hockey. 23 May 2014. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  18. ^ "News Round-up". Ice Hockey News Australia. 6 June 2014. Archived from the original on 8 June 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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  21. ^ a b "Stan Scott". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 22 March 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  22. ^ "Dylan Forsythe". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 17 April 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  23. ^ "Dave Kenway". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 4 March 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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