Adirondack Thunder
| Adirondack Thunder | |
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 2016–17 ECHL season
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| City | Glens Falls, New York |
| League | ECHL |
| Conference | Eastern |
| Division | North |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Home arena | Glens Falls Civic Center |
| Colors | |
| Owner(s) | Adirondack Civic Center Coalition |
| General manager | Brad Pascall |
| Head coach | Cail MacLean |
| Media | The Post-Star |
| Affiliates |
Calgary Flames (NHL) (AHL) |
| Franchise history | |
| 1990–1992 | Cincinnati Cyclones |
| 1992–2001 | Birmingham Bulls |
| 2001–2005 | Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies |
| 2005–2015 | |
| 2015–present | Adirondack Thunder |
The Adirondack Thunder are a professional ice hockey team in the ECHL that began play in the 2015–16 season. The team is based in Glens Falls, New York and affiliated with the NHL's Calgary Flames. The Thunder play their home games at the Glens Falls Civic Center.
The Thunder replaced the AHL's Adirondack Flames after it was relocated to to become the .
On January 29, 2015, the Calgary Flames announced that they would be moving their AHL affiliate, the Adirondack Flames, to Stockton as one of five charter members of the AHL's new Pacific Division. The next day, the Flames announced that the ECHL's (who they had purchased the day before) would move to Glens Falls in what was essentially a "market swap".
The Thunder name, logo and colors were unveiled on February 11, 2015.Cail MacLean was announced the team's first head coach on July 23, 2015.
The Thunder made the playoffs during their first season and were the first Adirondack hockey team to make the playoffs in ten years. They defeated the favored Manchester Monarchs four-games-to-one in the first round, becoming the first team in Glens Falls to win a playoff series since the Adirondack Red Wings in 1994. They faced the South Carolina Stingrays in the second round, which they lost in seven games.
During their second season, Calgary Sports and Entertainment sold the Thunder to a local ownership group called Adirondack Civic Center Coalition and were announced by the ECHL on February 28, 2017. The Thunder were the third of the three displaced franchises from the 2015 creation of the AHL Pacific Division to be sold by their NHL owners after relocating.
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