Dunedin Thunder

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Dunedin Thunder
Dunedin Thunder logo.png
City Dunedin
League New Zealand Ice Hockey League
Founded 2008
Operated 2008–present
Home arena Dunedin Ice Stadium
Colors Green, yellow, white, black
                   
Franchise history
2008-present Dunedin Thunder

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The Dunedin Thunder, currently the Phoenix Thunder for sponsorship reasons, is a men's ice hockey team based in Dunedin, New Zealand and are members of the New Zealand Ice Hockey League. The club plays their home games at the Dunedin Ice Stadium. The Thunder were founded in 2008 and joined the league as an expansion team. The clubs won their first regular season title in 2013 and have finished as runner-up in the playoffs in 2013 and 2014, losing on both occasions to the Canterbury Red Devils.

History

The Dunedin Thunder playing against the West Auckland Admirals, July 2021

The Dunedin Thunder were founded in 2008 and joined the New Zealand Ice Hockey League, expanding the league to five teams.[1] In their debut season the Thunder finished the regular season in last place, managing only one win from their 12 games.[2] The team repeated their last place finish in the 2009 season, again finishing the season with only a single win.[3] The Thunder improved from 2010 to 2012, finishing the regular season in fourth on two occasions and third in the 2012 season.[4][5][6] In 2013 the Thunder claimed their first regular season title after finishing on 32 points and edging out the Canterbury Red Devils only on win percentage.[7] The team advanced to the final against the Red Devils however lost the game 3–7.[7] The following season the Thunder returned to the finals after finishing the regular season in second place.[8] The team however went on to lose for the second year in a row to the Red Devils.[8] In the 2015 season the Thunder finished the regular season in fourth place and failed to qualify for the playoffs.[9]

Season by season results

Season GP W OTW T OTL L GF GA PTS Finish Playoff Ref
2008 12 1 – 0 – 11 30 91 4 5th Did not qualify [2]
2009 16 1 – 0 – 15 42 142 2 5th Did not qualify [3]
2010 16 3 4 – 1 8 71 84 18 4th Did not qualify [4]
2011 16 3 2 – 0 11 78 108 13 4th Did not qualify [5]
2012 16 8 1 – 2 5 77 65 28 3rd Did not qualify [6]
2013 16 8 4 – 0 4 87 66 32 1st Lost final (Canterbury Red Devils) [7]
2014 16 10 0 – 1 5 72 67 31 2nd Lost final (Canterbury Red Devils) [8]
2015 16 5 0 – 0 11 66 108 15 4th Did not qualify [9]
2016 16 2 0 – 0 14 44 94 6 5th Did not qualify [10]
2017 16 6 3 – 0 7 73 60 24 3rd Did not qualify [11]
2018 16 6 1 – 1 8 72 73 21 3rd Did not qualify [12]
2019 16 4 2 – 0 10 45 75 16 4th Did not qualify [13]
2020 8 3 0 – 0 5 35 50 9 2nd Playoffs not held [14]
2021 14 3 1 – 2 8 50 71 13 – Playoffs cancelled [15]

References

  1. ↑ Zielger, Claire (2012-08-23). "Distinction for all seasons". Hewitt Sports Network. Archived from the original on 2016-06-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20160606070829/http://hewittsports.com/distinction-seasons/. Retrieved 2016-06-06. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "NZIHL Team Standings 2007 - 2008". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2016-03-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20160328233640/http://www.eliteprospects.com/standings.php?league=NZIHL&startdate=2007. Retrieved 2016-04-25. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "NZIHL Team Standings 2008 - 2009". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2016-03-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20160328232706/http://www.eliteprospects.com/standings.php?league=NZIHL&startdate=2008. Retrieved 2016-04-25. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "NZIHL Team Standings 2009 - 2010". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2016-03-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20160331124823/http://www.eliteprospects.com/standings.php?league=NZIHL&startdate=2009. Retrieved 2016-04-25. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "NZIHL Team Standings 2010 - 2011". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2016-09-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20160920103048/http://www.eliteprospects.com/standings.php?league=NZIHL&startdate=2010. Retrieved 2016-04-25. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "NZIHL Team Standings 2011 - 2012". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2016-09-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20160920105939/http://www.eliteprospects.com/standings.php?league=NZIHL&startdate=2011. Retrieved 2016-04-25. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "2013 New Zealand Ice Hockey League". New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2016-05-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20160509095446/http://stats.iihf.com/NZIHF/20/index.html. Retrieved 2016-04-25. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "NZIHL Team Standings 2013 - 2014". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2016-09-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20160920095802/http://www.eliteprospects.com/standings.php?league=NZIHL&startdate=2013. Retrieved 2016-04-25. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "NZIHL Team Standings 2014 - 2015". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 2016-03-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20160329023455/http://www.eliteprospects.com/standings.php?league=NZIHL&startdate=2014. Retrieved 2016-04-25. 
  10. ↑ "New Zealand Ice Hockey League Final Ranking". IIHF. 14 August 2016. http://stats.iihf.com/NZIHF/66/IHM066200_76_25_0.pdf. Retrieved 2021-06-15. 
  11. ↑ "New Zealand Ice Hockey League Round Robin". IIHF. 13 August 2017. http://stats.iihf.com/NZIHF/66/IHM066200_76_25_0.pdf. Retrieved 2021-06-15. 
  12. ↑ "New Zealand Ice Hockey League Round Robin". IIHF. 5 August 2018. http://stats.iihf.com/NZIHF/73/IHM073200_76_31_0.pdf. Retrieved 2021-06-15. 
  13. ↑ "New Zealand Ice Hockey League Round Robin". IIHF. 28 July 2019. http://stats.iihf.com/NZIHF/90/IHM090200_76_36_0.pdf. Retrieved 2021-06-15. 
  14. ↑ "New Zealand Ice Hockey League Round Robin". IIHF. 17 October 2020. http://stats.iihf.com/NZIHF/97/IHM097200_76_9_0.pdf. Retrieved 2021-06-15. 
  15. ↑ "2021 New Zealand Ice Hockey League Div I". https://stats.iihf.com/NZIHF/105/index.html. 

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