Perth Thunder

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Perth Thunder
2016 AIHL season
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City Perth, Western Australia
League Australian Ice Hockey League
Founded 2010
Operated 2011–present
Home arena Perth Ice Arena
Colours               
General manager Australia Stan Scott
Head coach Australia Dave Kenway
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.

History

The Perth Thunder were founded in 2010. On 28 November 2010, Perth Thunder were granted a provisional licence 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 travelled 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

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See also: List of Perth Thunder players

Current roster

Team roster for the 2016 AIHL season[19][20]

# Nat Name Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
28 Canada Jessyko Bernard F R 33 2016 Dalhousie, New Brunswick, Canada
36 Canada Benjamin Breault F L 37 2016 Pembroke, Ontario, Canada
16 Australia Jonathon Bremner F R 34 2012 Perth, Western Australia
2 Australia Jamie Campbell D L 28 2015 Perth, Western Australia
24 New Zealand Andrew Cox (A) F R 34 2012 Auckland, New Zealand
11 Australia Zane Cunliffe F 29 2016
19 United States Michael Dorr F R 36 2016 Roseville, Minnesota, United States
5 Australia Daniel Goransson D L 39 2016
10 Australia Sean Hamilton F R 43 2016 Erin, Ontario, Canada
6 New Zealand Dale Harrop F R 35 2016 Christchurch, New Zealand
3 Australia Robert Haselhurst D R 32 2013 Perth, Western Australia
33 Canada Thomas Heemskerk G L 34 2016 Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
17 Australia Liam Jeffries F L 36 2012 Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada
14 Australia David Kudla D R 34 2012 Perth, Western Australia
23 Australia Jordan Kyros (A) F R 33 2012 Perth, Western Australia
15 Australia Lyndon Lodge F R 27 2015 Perth, Western Australia
8 Australia David Mahood D R 28 2016
1 Australia Mark McCann G R 29 2015
22 Australia Anthony Nottle D R 34 2012
31 Australia Dathan Pleiter G L 28 2016
25 Australia Alastair Punler D R 29 2015 Kallaroo, Western Australia
21 Australia Tomek Sak F R 29 2015 Canning Vale, Western Australia
20 Australia Eric Sewell F R 33 2016
12 Australia Kieren Webster F R 27 2014 Perth, Western Australia
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

Team captains

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Head coaches

  • Stan Scott, 2012–2013[22]
  • Dylan Forsythe, 2014 (April–May)[23]
  • Stan Scott, 2014 (interim)[17]
  • Dave Kenway, 2015–present[24]

General managers

  • Stan Scott, 2012–present[22]

See also

References

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External links

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