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Airdrie Thunder
Airdrie Thunder logo
City Airdrie, Alberta
League Heritage Junior B Hockey League
Division North
Home arena Ron Ebbesen Arena
Colors Red, Gold, Black, White
                   
General manager Flag of Canada Larry Smith
Head coach Flag of Canada Josh Zimmer

Website
www.airdriethunder.ca/
Franchise history
?-present Airdrie Thunder

The Airdrie Thunder are a Junior "B" Ice Hockey team based in Airdrie, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the North Division of the Heritage Junior B Hockey League (HJHL). They play their home games at Ron Ebbesen Arena.

History[]

Division titles won: 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009
League Championships won: 1997, 2000
Alberta Provincial entries: 1997, 2000, 2005
Alberta Provincial titles: none (best finish: Silver in 2000)
Keystone Cup titles: none

Playing out of one of the HJHL's larger markets, the Thunder are perennially one of the top teams in the league. They have developed an intense rivalry with their divisional counterparts, the Okotoks Bisons. The Thunder handed the Bisons their only two losses in the 2005-06 season, while the four victories for Okotoks were the only four games the Thunder lost. The Bisons eliminated the Thunder in the league semi-finals.

previous team logo

The two rivals also met in the 2005 HJHL finals, with Okotoks again coming out the victors in a tough five game series. Despite losing the championship, the Thunder qualified for the Alberta Provincials, held in Calgary but failed to advance to the medal round.

Airdrie's best season to date was 1999-2000, when they captured their second league title in four years before going on to win the silver medal at the Alberta Provincial Junior B Hockey Championship, which was also hosted by the Thunder.

Season-by-season record[]

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Season GP W L T OL Pts GF GA PIM Finish Playoffs
2000-01 38 28 5 2 3 61 218 113 1st, North ---
2002-03 36 27 8 0 1 55 181 100 2nd, South Lost South Division Finals
2004-05 40 28 11 0 1 57 238 125 3rd, North Lost Finals
2005-06 38 34 4 0 0 68 310 93 1415 2nd, South Lost in Division Finals, 0-4 (Bisons)
2006-07 36 24 7 3 2 53 204 116 1221 1st, Central Lost in Round Robin Finals, 2-2 (Wranglers)
2007-08 36 28 8 0 0 56 212 119 1781 1st, Foothills Lost in Division Finals, 1-3 (Bisons)
2008-09 36 26 9 0 1 53 223 127 1775 2nd, South Lost in Division Finals, 2-3 (Bisons)
2009-10 36 24 10 2 0 50 182 107 1478 1st, Central Lost in HJHL Semifinals, 2-3 (Wranglers)
2010-11 36 23 12 1 0 47 181 136 974 3rd, Central Lost in Division Semifinals, 2-3 (Thrashers)
2011-12 38 20 13 5 0 45 179 128 - 4th, North Lost in First Round, ?-? (Colts)
2012-13 38 18 15 3 2 41 145 125 - 3rd, North Lost in Division Semifinals, 2-3 (Red Deer Vipers)
2013-14 36 15 19 - 2 32 141 145 - 6th, North Did not qualify
2014-15 38 23 13 - 2 48 152 125 - 2nd, North Lost in Div. Semifinals, 2-4 (Mountainview Colts)
2015-16 38 26 10 - 2 54 193 120 - 2nd, North Won in Div. Semifinals, 4-3 (Vipers)
Lost Div. Finals 0-4 (Colts)
2016-17 38 27 8 - 3 57 213 131 - 2nd, North

Lost in Div. Semifinals 2-4 (Vipers)

2017-18 36 23 9 -  4 50 193 131 - 2nd, North Won in Div. Semifinals 3-1 (Wranglers)
Lost in Div. Finals 2-4 (Vipers)
2018-19 38 35 3 - 0 70 335 96 - 1st, North Won Div. Semifinals 4-0 (Wranglers)
Won Div. Final 4-2 (Colts)
Won Final 3-0 (Copperheads
Advance to 2019 Russ Barnes Trophy as league champions
2019-20 38 29 7 - 2 60 212 125 - 1st, North Lost Div. Semifinals 2-4 (Colts)
2020-21 4 3 1 - 0 6 15 12 - N/A Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22 36 17 15 - 2 36 119 126 - 5th Northern Lost Division Semifinals
2022-23 38 23 13 - 2 48 150 135 - 2nd Northern Lost Division Final

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