Adirondack Thunder


















































































Adirondack Thunder

2018–19 ECHL season
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City Glens Falls, New York
League ECHL
Conference Eastern
Division North
Founded 1990
Home arena Cool Insuring Arena
Colors
                   
Owner(s) Adirondack Civic Center Coalition
General manager Jeff Mead
Head coach Alex Loh
Media The Post-Star
Affiliates
New Jersey Devils (NHL)
Binghamton Devils (AHL)
Franchise history
1990–1992 Cincinnati Cyclones
1992–2001 Birmingham Bulls
2001–2005 Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies
2005–2015 Stockton Thunder
2015–present Adirondack Thunder
Championships
Division Championships
2 (2016–17, 2017–18)

The Adirondack Thunder are a professional ice hockey team in the ECHL that began play in the 2015–16 season. The team is based in Glens Falls, New York, and affiliated with the NHL's New Jersey Devils. The Thunder play their home games at the Cool Insuring Arena.


The Thunder replaced the AHL's Adirondack Flames after it was relocated to Stockton, California, to become the Stockton Heat.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Rivals


  • 3 Season-by-season records


  • 4 Players


    • 4.1 Current roster


    • 4.2 Team captains




  • 5 Head coaches


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





History


On January 29, 2015, the Calgary Flames announced that they would be moving their AHL affiliate, the Adirondack Flames, to Stockton as one of five charter members of the AHL's new Pacific Division.[1] The next day, the Flames announced that the ECHL's Stockton Thunder (who they had purchased the day before) would move to Glens Falls in what was essentially a "market swap".


The Thunder name, logo and colors were unveiled on February 11, 2015.[2]Cail MacLean was announced the team's first head coach on July 23, 2015.[3]


The Thunder made the playoffs during their first season and were the first Adirondack hockey team to make the playoffs in ten years. They defeated the favored Manchester Monarchs four-games-to-one in the first round, becoming the first team in Glens Falls to win a playoff series since the Adirondack Red Wings in 1994. They faced the South Carolina Stingrays in the second round, which they lost in seven games.


During their second season, the league announced the sale of the Thunder from Calgary Sports and Entertainment to a local ownership group called Adirondack Civic Center Coalition on February 28, 2017.[4] The Thunder were the third of the three displaced franchises from the 2015 creation of the AHL Pacific Division to be sold by their NHL owners after relocating. However, in order for the new ownership group to complete the purchase of the team, they needed to raise $500,000 by a June 30, 2017, deadline and have since been asking for donations and hosting fundraisers.[5] The new ownership group completed the purchase on time but were in debt. They were able to sell the naming rights of the Glens Falls Civic Center to become the Cool Insuring Arena to cover some of the operating costs.[6]


With the Flames no longer operating the team, the Flames and Thunder ended their affiliation following the 2016–17 season.[7] Head coach MacLean would also leave to join the Flames' AHL affiliate in Stockton as an assistant coach.[8] The Thunder would then officially become the ECHL affiliate of the New Jersey Devils for the 2017–18 season,[9] and later extended the affiliation agreement for the 2018–19 season.[10] For the Thunder's first two seasons, the Devils' organization had been sending players to Glens Falls due to the proximity of their previous AHL affiliate, the Albany Devils. The Thunder also hired Brad Tapper as its next head coach.


Under Tapper, the Thunder finished the 2017–18 season first in their division and advanced to the conference finals before losing to the Florida Everblades four games to one. The Devils and the Thunder renewed their affiliation for another season. Tapper was then hired by the Grand Rapids Griffins of the AHL as an assistant coach[11] and was replaced by Alex Loh as head coach for the 2018–19 ECHL season.[12]



Rivals


The Manchester Monarchs are the Thunder's main rival.[citation needed] As of the 2016–17 season, the Thunder and the Monarchs have met in the first round of the Kelly Cup playoffs for two straight years with Adirondack winning the 2016 series in five games. The Thunder also have rivalries with the Reading Royals, Brampton Beast, and Worcester Railers.[citation needed]




Season-by-season records











































































Regular season
 Playoffs
Season GP W L OTL SOL Pts GF GA Standing Year 1st round 2nd round 3rd round Kelly Cup
2015–16 72 38 28 2 4 82 197 189 2nd, East Div. 2016 W, 4–1, MAN
 L, 3–4, SC
 — —
2016–17 72 41 20 7 4 93 266 218 1st, North Div. 2017 L, 2–4, MAN
 — — —
2017–18 72 41 24 3 4 89 233 221 1st, North Div. 2018 W, 4–2, WOR
 W, 4–2, MAN
 L, 1–4, FLA
 —


Players



Current roster


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#
Nat
 Player
Pos
S/G
 Age
 Acquired
 Birthplace
 Contract

7001370000000000000♠37
United States
Desmond Bergin
D
 L
25
2017
Natick, Massachusetts
 Thunder

7001100000000000000♠10
Canada
Cullen Bradshaw
C
 L
29
2018
Medicine Hat, Alberta
 Thunder

7001170000000000000♠17
Canada
Alexandre Carrier
RW
 R
28
2018
Montreal, Quebec
 Thunder

7000600000000000000♠6
United States
Matias Cleland
D
 L
25
2018
Longmont, Colorado
 Thunder

7001190000000000000♠19
Canada
Shane Conacher
RW
 R
24
2017
Burlington, Ontario
 Thunder

7000900000000000000♠9
Canada
John Edwardh
RW
 L
24
2018
Calgary, Alberta
Binghamton

7001150000000000000♠15
Canada
James Henry
LW
 L
27
2015
Winnipeg, Manitoba
 Thunder

7001240000000000000♠24
United States
Dennis Kravchenko
LW
 L
24
2018
Laguna Niguel, California
 Thunder

7001160000000000000♠16
United States
Peter MacArthur
C
 L
33
2018
Clifton Park, New York
 Thunder

7001130000000000000♠13
United States
Nikolas Olsson
RW
 L
24
2018
Escondido, California
 Thunder

7001510000000000000♠51
Canada
Jakob Reichert
RW
 R
25
2018
Langley, British Columbia
 Thunder

7001440000000000000♠44
United States
Conor Riley
D/F
 L
26
2016
Massena, New York
 Thunder

7000100000000000000♠1
United States
Alex Sakellaropoulos
G
 L
24
2018
Tinley Park, Illinois
 Thunder

7000200000000000000♠2
United States
Matt Salhany
RW
 R
26
2018
Warwick, Rhode Island
 Thunder

7000400000000000000♠4
United States
Michael Sdao
D
 L
29
2018
Bloomington, Minnesota
 Thunder

7001270000000000000♠27
Canada
Kelly Summers
D
 R
22
2018
Golden Lake, Ontario
 Thunder

7001910000000000000♠91
United States
Mike Szmatula
LW
 L
26
2018
Commerce Township, Michigan
 Thunder

7000300000000000000♠3
Canada
Andrew Tessier
D
 R
25
2018
Elliot Lake, Ontario
 Thunder

7000800000000000000♠8
Canada
Blake Thompson
D
 L
26
2017
Listowel, Ontario
 Thunder


Team captains




  • Rob Bordson, 2015


  • Pete MacArthur, 2016–2017

  • Mike Bergin, 2017–2018



Head coaches




  • Cail MacLean, 2015–2017


  • Brad Tapper, 2017–18


  • Alex Loh, 2018–present



References





  1. ^ "Flames AHL affiliate to join new Pacific Division". Calgary Flames. January 29, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Calgary named Adirondack Thunder". The Post-Star. February 11, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2015.


  3. ^ "ADIRONDACK NAMES CAIL MACLEAN AS HEAD COACH". ECHL. July 23, 2015.


  4. ^ "Civic Center Coalition to buy hockey team". The Post-Star. February 28, 2017.


  5. ^ "Effort to 'keep hockey here' struggling". The Post-Star. April 27, 2017.


  6. ^ "Cool Insuring buys naming rights to Civic Center". The Post-Star. July 11, 2017.


  7. ^ "MAVERICKS BECOME ECHL AFFILIATE OF CALGARY, STOCKTON". ECHL. June 8, 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-06-08. Retrieved 2017-06-08.


  8. ^ "Stockton announces Cail MacLean will be assistant coach". The Post-Star. August 3, 2017.


  9. ^ "Adirondack Thunder enter affiliation agreement with New Jersey Devils". NHL.com. August 8, 2017.


  10. ^ "Thunder, Devils extend agreement". The Post-Star. May 24, 2018.


  11. ^ "CYCLONES' MACDONALD, THUNDER'S TAPPER NAMED ASSISTANT COACHES IN GRAND RAPIDS". ECHL. July 2, 2018.


  12. ^ "Alex Loh Named Adirondack Thunder Head Coach and Director of Hockey Operations". OurSportsCentral.com. July 18, 2018.


  13. ^ "Adirondack Thunder Roster". Adirondack Thunder. 2016-07-19. Retrieved 2016-07-19.


  14. ^ "Adirondack Thunder Elite Prospects". EliteProspects.com. 2016-07-19. Retrieved 2016-07-19.




External links


  • Adirondack Thunder Website











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