Las Vegas Thunder
| Las Vegas Thunder | |
|---|---|
RSL ) | |
| Franchise history | |
| 1993–1999 | Las Vegas Thunder |
| Championships | |
| Regular season titles | 1993–94, 1995–96 |
| Division titles | 1993–94, 1995–96 |
The Las Vegas Thunder were a professional
History
The Thunder made a strong showing in their first season, finishing with the best record in the league: 115 points and a 52–18–11 record. They topped that performance in 1995–1996 when they again finished with the league's best record (122 points, 57–17–8). The Thunder lost in the conference finals that season.
Throughout the team's history they garnered player development deals with the
The Thunder's main rivals included the Denver/Utah Grizzlies, Los Angeles/Long Beach Ice Dogs, San Diego Gulls, and Phoenix Roadrunners. These rivalries later saw a rebirth in the ECHL with the Las Vegas Wranglers.
The team's mascot was "Boom-Boom", a polar bear.
The franchise was replaced by:
- Las Vegas Wranglers of the ECHL (2003–2015)
- NHL(2017–present)
The Golden Knights later acknowledged their Thunder predecessors by basing their 2020–21 Reverse Retro jerseys off of the Thunder's "V-stripe" pattern.
Notable alumni
Brent Ashton
Radek Bonk
Ilya Byakin
Pavol Demitra- /
Paul DiPietro - Bryan Fogarty
- Brent Gretzky
- Glen Gulutzan
Alex Hicks- Greg Hawgood
- Peter Ing
- Curtis Joseph
- / Andre Sioui
- Jim Kyte
- /
Patrice Lefebvre - Clint Malarchuk
- Wes McCauley
- / Petr Nedved
- Michel Petit
- Manon Rhéaume
- Pokey Reddick
Ruslan Salei- Alexei Yashin
Sergei Zholtok
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 |
| Season | Conference | Division | Regular Season | Post Season | ||||||||||||
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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 )
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| 1994-95 | Western | Southwest | 2nd | 81 | 46 | 30 | 5 | 97 | 328 | 278 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 35 | Won in Conference Quarterfinals, 3-1 ( Denver Grizzlies )
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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 ( 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 | .589% | 1821 | 1720 | 37 | 15 | 22 | 113 | 133 | ||||
Head coaches
- Butch Goring 1993–94
- Bob Strumm 1994–95
- Chris McSorley 1995–98
- Clint Malarchuk 1998–99
Honors
- Division titles : 2 – 1994, 1996
- Turner Cups : 0
- Regular Season Titles : 2 – 1994, 1996