Perth Thunder

The Perth Thunder are a semi-professional ice hockey team based at the Cockburn Ice Arena in Western Australia. They are members of the Australian Ice Hockey League.

History
The Perth Thunder were founded in 2010. On November 28th 2010, Perth Thunder were granted a provisional license with the AIHL for the 2011 season, with the intention of entering the league to compete as the ninth team in the 2012 AIHL season. In 2011 the Thunder played a number of exhibition games against several AIHL teams. In May the Thunder travelled to Adelaide to compete in two games against the Adelaide Adrenaline. They drew the first game 2–2 and won the second 3–0. In June the Melbourne Ice travelled to Perth to compete in two games against the Thunder at the Cockburn Ice Arena. The Ice won the first game 4–3 and lost the second game 3–6 after letting in six goals to none in the final period. In September the Newcastle North Stars traveled to Perth to play the Thunder in a two game series. The Thunder won both the first and second game 4–2. On 16 October 2011 the AIHL voted to include the Perth Thunder as the ninth team to join the league.

Roster
''Team roster for the 2011 AIHL season