Adirondack Thunder

Adirondack Thunder
2015–16 ECHL season
City	Glens Falls, New York
League	ECHL
Conference	Eastern Conference
Division	East Division
Founded	1990
Home arena	Glens Falls Civic Center
Colors	Red, black, gold, silver, white, silver
Owner(s)	Calgary Sports and Entertainment (N. Murray Edwards, chairman)
General manager	Brad Pascall
Head coach	Cail MacLean
Media	The Post-Star
Affiliates	Calgary Flames (NHL) Stockton Heat (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

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 Calgary Flames. The Thunder play their home games at the Glens Falls Civic Center.

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

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 member's 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]

Current roster

Updated February 20, 2016.^[4][5]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace	Contract
3		Alber, PatchPatch Alber	D	R	27	2015	Clifton Park, New York	Thunder
2		Bergin, MikeMike Bergin	D	L	27	2015	Ottawa, Ontario	Thunder
6		Brodeur, MathieuMathieu Brodeur	D	L	25	2015	St-Eustache, Quebec	Thunder
17		Buco, StephenStephen Buco	C	R	26	2015	Providence, Rhode Island	Thunder
14		Busillo, MikeMike Busillo	D	L	25	2015	Wallingford, Connecticut	Thunder
29		Carrier, AlexandreAlexandre Carrier	RW	R	25	2015	St-Elzéar, Quebec	Thunder
22		Constant, RyanRyan Constant	D	L	31	2008	Opaskwayak Cree Nation, Manitoba	Thunder
4		Curadi, LukeLuke Curadi	D	L	24	2015	Cheshire, Connecticut	Thunder
26		Eller, MadsMads Eller	F	L	20	2015	Rødovre, Denmark	Thunder
30		Fielding, DrewDrew Fielding	G	L	25	2015	Burlington, Ontario	Thunder
8		Flanagan, KyleKyle Flanagan (A)	C	L	27	2015	Canton, New York	Thunder
27		Fraser, DanaDana Fraser	C	L	26	2015	Truro, Nova Scotia	Thunder
23		Heard, MitchellMitchell Heard	C	L	24	2015	Bowmanville, Ontario	Heat
15		Henry, JamesJames Henry	LW	L	25	2013	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Thunder
28		Hughes, GunnarGunnar Hughes	LW	L	23	2015	Highland Park, Illinois	Thunder
11		Kirkpatrick, MichaelMichael Kirkpatrick	C	R	25	2015	North Sydney, Nova Scotia	Thunder
25		Ladd, GarrettGarrett Ladd	F	L	26	2015	Fenton, Michigan	Thunder
13		Lipsbergs, RobertsRoberts Lipsbergs	LW	L	21	2014	Riga, Latvia	Thunder
21		MacArthur, PetePete MacArthur	LW	L	30	2015	Clifton Park, New York	Thunder
12		Marcotte, LouickLouick Marcotte	RW	R	22	2015	Longueuil, Quebec	Heat
7		Shields, DavidDavid Shields (A)	D	R	25	2015	Rochester, New York	Thunder
34		Silengo, JeffJeff Silengo	F	L	26	2015	New Haven, Connecticut	Thunder
		Willmott, DeanDean Willmott	D	L	26	2016	Toronto, Ontario	Thunder
9		Wolfe, GregGreg Wolfe (A)	C/RW	R	26	2015	Canton, Michigan	Thunder

Current staff

Head Coach: Cail MacLean Assistant Coach: Alex Loh Head Equipment Manager: Brian Sersch

References

1. "Flames AHL affiliate to join new Pacific Division". Calgary Flames. January 29, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
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. "Adirondack Thunder Roster". Adirondack Thunder. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
5. "Adirondack Thunder Elite Prospects". Elite Prospects. Retrieved October 16, 2015.

External links

• Adirondack Thunder Website