Stockton Thunder

Stockton Thunder
founding	2005
resolution	2015
history	Cincinnati Cyclones 1990–1992 Birmingham Bulls 1992–2001 Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies 2001–2005 Stockton Thunder 2005–2015 Adirondack Thunder since 2015
Stadion	Stockton Arena
Location	Stockton , California
Team colors	black, gold, silver, white
league	ECHL
Conference	Western Conference
division	Pacific Division
owner	Stockton Hockey Franchise Group, Inc.
Cooperations	New York Islanders ( NHL ) Bridgeport Sound Tigers ( AHL )
Kelly Cups	no

The Stockton Thunder are a former American ice hockey team from Stockton , California . The team played in the ECHL from 2005 to 2015 . In the National Hockey League , the Stockport Thunder maintained a cooperation with the New York Islanders .

history

The Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies from the ECHL were relocated to Stockton, California, and renamed Stockton Thunder in the summer of 2005. After finishing fifth and last place in the Pacific Division in their first season, the Thunder then qualified three times in a row for the playoffs for the Kelly Cup , but were eliminated in each of these three seasons in the second playoff round out. They were subject to the eventual champions Idaho Steelheads in the 2006/07 season and the Las Vegas Wranglers in the following two years . In the 2012/13 season , the seventh consecutive playoff participation succeeded in making it into the finals of the Kelly Cup for the first time, in which the team was defeated by the Reading Royals in five games .

In 2015, the Calgary Flames bought the team and swapped places with the Adirondack Flames from the AHL as part of a major restructuring of the American Hockey League (AHL) . As a result, the Stockton Heat play in the AHL, while the Adirondack Thunder were established as the successor to the Stockton Thunder.

Season statistics

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeats after overtime, SOL = defeats after shootout , Pts = points, GF = goals scored, GA = goals against, PIM = penalty minutes

season	GP	W.	L.	T	OTL	SOL	Pts	GF	GA	space	Playoffs
2005/06	72	18th	40	14th	-	-	50	192	260	5th, Pacific	not qualified
2006/07	72	38	24	-	5	5	86	225	197	3rd, Pacific	Defeat in the second round
2007/08	72	27	40	-	3	2	59	200	250	4th, Pacific	Defeat in the second round
2008/09	72	32	33	-	5	2	71	210	237	4th, Pacific	Defeat in the second round
2009/10	72	33	29	-	2	8th	76	235	241	3rd, Pacific	Defeat in the third round
2010/11	72	37	23	-	5	7th	86	232	210	2nd, Pacific	Defeat in the first round
2011/12	72	34	33	-	1	4th	73	204	216	3rd, Pacific	Defeat in the second round
2012/13	72	37	26th	-	5	4th	83	223	216	2nd, Pacific	Defeat in the final
2013/14	72	33	31	-	2	6th	74	224	235	3rd, Pacific	Defeat in the second round

Team records

Career records

Games: 383 Garet Hunt

Goals: 72 Mike Lalonde

Assists: 97 Nathan Martz

Points: 156 Mike Lalonde

Penalty minutes: 1388 Garet Hunt

(Status: end of the 2013/14 season)

Known players

• Troy Bodie
• Jack Combs
• Andrew Contois
• Devan Dubnyk
• Kevin Gardner
• Cory Urquhart
• Craig Valette

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Stockton Thunder
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Stockton Thunder