Stockton Thunder
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Stockton Thunder
City:	Stockton, California
League:	ECHL
Conference:	National Conference
Division:	Pacific Division
Founded:	2005
Home Arena:	Stockton Arena
Colors:	black, gold, silver, white
Owner(s):	Stockton Hockey Franchise Group, Inc.
General Manager:	Dan Chapmann
Head Coach:	Chris Cichocki
Affiliates:	Edmonton Oilers (NHL)
Franchise history
1990 to 1992:	Cincinnati Cyclones
1992 to 2001:	Birmingham Bulls
2001 to 2005:	Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies
2005 to present:	Stockton Thunder

The Stockton Thunder are a minor league professional ice hockey team from Stockton, California. The Thunder are a member of the ECHL, and began play in the 2005–06 season. The Stockton Arena is their home ice. Stockton is an affiliate team of the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League.

History

The Thunder relocated from Atlantic City, originally known as the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies. Prior to that, the franchise was known as the Birmingham Bulls, and originated in 1990 as the Cincinnati Cyclones.

Since relocating to Stockton, two alumni have played in the NHL as of February 2008.

Stockton hosted to the "2008 ECHL All-Star Game" in January 2008. Three Stockton Thunder players were chosen to represent their team in the game; Ryan MacMurchy, Brad Farynuk, and Andy Contois.

Roster

As of December 29, 2007. Numbers taken from ECHL website. ^[1]

Goaltenders
#		Player	Catches	Date of birth	Place of birth
28		Glenn Fisher	L	April 25, 1983	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
30		Tim Boron	L	May 22, 1983	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Defencemen
#		Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth
6		Phil Cole	L	September 6, 1982	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
14		Louis-Philippe Lachance	L	January 2, 1986	Notre-Dame-Du-Lac, Quebec, Canada
18		Brian Lee	L	July 5, 1984	Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA
21		Tim O'Connell	L	October 26, 1977	Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
27		Ryan Geris	R	August 26, 1981	Alexandria, Minnesota
55		Mark Adamek	R	May 2, 1982	Hollister, California, USA

Forwards
#		Player	Position	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth
7		Brandon Schwartz	C	L	August 3, 1981	CSt. Cloud, Minnesota, USA
8		Andy Contois	LW	L	October 11, 1981	Marquette, Minnesota, USA
10		Jonas Almtorp	C	L	November 17, 1983	Uppsala, Sweden
12		Adam Huxley	LW	L	November 4, 1983	Wainwright, Alberta, Canada
15		Pat Bateman	LW	L	May 20, 1982	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
17		Stephane Goulet	RW	L	January 7, 1986	Levis, Quebec, Canada
23		Tom Zanoski	LW	L	March 3, 1984	Brampton, Ontario Canada
25		Spencer Carbery	RW	R	November 9, 1981	Victoria, British Columbia Canada
19		Ryan MacMurchy	RW	R	March 27, 1983	Regina, Saskatchewan
16		David Rolfs	RW	R	June 4, 1984	Northville, Michigan, USA
11		Geoff Paukovich	C	L	April 24, 1986	Englewood, Colorado, USA

References

External links

• Stockton Thunder official site