| Las Vegas Thunder | |
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| City: | Las Vegas, Nevada |
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| League: | IHL |
| Conference: | Western |
| Division: | Pacific; Southwest |
| Founded: | 1993 |
| Home Arena: | Thomas and Mack Center |
| Colors: | teal, black, silver, white |
| Owner(s): | Hank and Ken Stickney |
| Media: | Las Vegas Review-Journal |
| Affiliates: | Phoenix Coyotes (NHL), Knoxville Cherokees and Mississippi Sea Wolves (ECHL), and Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL) |
| Franchise history | |
| 1993 to 1999: | Las Vegas Thunder |
| Championships | |
| Regular Season Titles: | 1993–94, 1995–96 |
| Division Championships: | 1993–94, 1995–96 |
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The Thunder's best season was in 1995–1996 when it finished in 1st (Wins 57 Losses 17 Ties 8), but lost in the conference finals.
Throughout the team's history they garnered player development deals with the Phoenix Coyotes of the NHL, the ECHL's Knoxville Cherokees and Mississippi Sea Wolves and Russian side Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. The Phoenix Coyotes are a professional Ice hockey team based in Glendale Arizona, just outside of Phoenix. The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a Professional Ice hockey league based in Princeton New Jersey, with teams scattered The Knoxville Cherokees were an East Coast Hockey League (ECHL team based in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Mississippi Sea Wolves are a professional hockey team based in Biloxi Mississippi and playing in the Mississippi Coast Coliseum. The Russian Superleague (Чемпионат России Суперлига lit Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Локомотив Яросла́вль is a professional Ice hockey team from Russia, playing in the Kontinental Hockey League
The Thunder's main rivals included the Denver/Utah Grizzlies, Los Angeles/Long Beach Ice Dogs, San Diego Gulls, and Phoenix Roadrunners. The Utah Grizzlies are an Ice hockey team in the ECHL. They play in West Valley City Utah, USA at the E Center. Suspension of operations On April 20, 2007 the ECHL announced the suspension of the team's operations citing an item from the league's recent board of governors' meeting These rivalries have seen a rebirth in the ECHL. The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a Professional Ice hockey league based in Princeton New Jersey, with teams scattered
The team's mascot was "Boom-Boom", a polar bear.
- The Franchise was replaced by: Las Vegas Wranglers of the ECHL (2003-present)
Contents |
Notable Alumni
Clint Malarchuk- Bryan Fogarty
Sergei Zholtok- Curtis Joseph
Ruslan Salei- Brent Gretzky
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Paul DiPietro 
Radek Bonk- Peter Ing
- Pavol Demitra
- / Petr Nedved
/ Alexei Yashin- Paxton Schulte
Season-by-season record
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
| Turner Cup Champions | Huber Trophy Champions | Division Champions |
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| Finish | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | GP | W | L | GF | GA | Result | ||||
| 1993-94 | Western | Pacific | 1st | 81 | 52 | 18 | 11 | 115 | 319 | 282 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 20 | Lost in Quarterfinals, 1-4 (San Diego) | |
| 1994-95 | Western | Southwest | 2nd | 81 | 46 | 30 | 5 | 97 | 328 | 278 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 35 | Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 3-2 (Atlants) Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1-4 (Milwaukee) |
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| 1995-96 | Western | Southwest | 1st | 82 | 57 | 17 | 8 | 122 | 380 | 249 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 59 | 53 | Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 3–1 (Phoenix) Won in Conference Semifinals, 4–1 (Chicago) Lost in Conference Finals, 2-4 (Utah) |
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| 1996-97 | Western | Southwest | 4th | 82 | 41 | 34 | 7 | 89 | 287 | 299 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0-3 (Houston) | |
| 1997-98 | Western | Southwest | 4th | 82 | 33 | 39 | 10 | 76 | 260 | 305 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 16 | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-3 (Long Beach) | |
| 1998-99 | Western | Southwest | 4th | 82 | 35 | 39 | 8 | 78 | 247 | 307 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| Totals | 490 | 264 | 177 | 49 | . The Las Vegas Wranglers are a minor league Ice hockey team in Las Vegas Nevada. The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a Professional Ice hockey league based in Princeton New Jersey, with teams scattered Clint Malarchuk (born May 1 1961 in Grande Prairie, Alberta) is a retired Canadian professional Ice hockey Goaltender who played Bryan Fogarty ( June 11, 1969 in Montreal, Quebec – March 6, 2002 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina) was an Sergei Zholtok (Sergejs Žoltoks Сергей Жолток ( December 2, 1972 — November 3, 2004) was a Latvian Professional Curtis Shayne Joseph (born April 29 1967 in Keswick Ontario, Canada as Curtis Munro) is a professional Ice hockey Goaltender, currently Ruslan Salei ( Belarusian: Руслан Салей (born November 2, 1974 in Minsk, USSR) is a professional hockey defenceman Brent Gretzky (born February 20, 1972 in Brantford, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian Ice hockey player and the brother of Paul DiPietro (born September 8, 1970 in Sault Ste Marie Ontario) is a Canadian-born Swiss professional Ice hockey player Radek Bonk (born January 9 1976, in Krnov, Czechoslovakia) is a professional Ice hockey center in the NHL for the Peter Ing (born April 28, 1969 in Toronto Ontario) is a former National Hockey League goaltender who played for the Toronto Maple Leafs from Pavol Demitra (born November 29, 1974, in Dubnica nad Váhom, Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia) is a Slovak professional Petr Nedvěd (born on December 9, 1971 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech - Canadian professional Ice hockey Alexei Valeryevich Yashin (Алексей Валерьевич Яшин Aleksej Valer'jevič Jašin, born in Sverdlovsk USSR now Yekaterinburg, Russia Paxton James Schulte (born July 16, 1972 in Onoway, Alberta) is a retired professional Ice hockey player The Turner Cup was the championship trophy of the International Hockey League 's annual playoffs The Fred A Huber Trophy was awarded annually by the International Hockey League to the team with the most points during the regular season This is a list of seasons of the ECHL since its inception 1980s 1988–89 | 1989–90 1990s 1990–91 The second San Diego Gulls team was founded in 1990 as part of the International Hockey League. The Atlanta Knights were a Minor league professional Ice hockey team in the International Hockey League from 1992 to 1996 The Milwaukee Admirals are a professional Ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. Phoenix Roadrunners (disambiguationThe Phoenix Roadrunners were a Minor league professional Ice hockey team in the International Hockey League. The Chicago Wolves are a professional hockey team playing in the American Hockey League. This is about the defunct IHL/AHL team that folded in 2005 For the current ECHL team see Utah Grizzlies. The Houston Aeros are an Ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. Suspension of operations On April 20, 2007 the ECHL announced the suspension of the team's operations citing an item from the league's recent board of governors' meeting 589% | 1821 | 1720 | 37 | 15 | 22 | 113 | 133 | — | ||||
Head Coaches
- Butch Goring 1993–94
- Chris McSorley 1995–98
- Clint Malarchuk 1998–99
Honors
- Division Titles : 2 – 1994, 1996
- Turner Cups : 0
- Regular Season Titls : 2 – 1994, 1996
External links
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