Brampton Thunder
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| City | Brampton, Ontario |
| League | CWHL |
| Founded | 1999 (2007 in CWHL) |
| Home arena | Memorial Arena |
| Colours | Black, Silver, White |
| General manager | Lori Dupuis |
| Head coach | Tyler Fines |
| Captain | Jocelyn Larocque |
| Website | brampton |
The Brampton Thunder is an ice hockey team in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL). The Thunder play its home games at the Brampton Memorial Arena in Brampton, Ontario. Previous names for the team include Brampton Canadettes Thunder.
While the CWHL team was formed in 2007, its roster was actually built from the old Brampton Thunder team from the disbanded National Women's Hockey League. The Brampton Thunder was a significant contributor to the roster of the Canadian national women's hockey team at the 2006 Winter Olympics, with three players (Vicky Sunohara, Jayna Hefford, and Gillian Ferrari) all contributing to Canada's gold medal win. Brampton Thunder player Kathleen Kauth also participated in the 2006 Winter Olympics, playing for the bronze medal-winning American national women's hockey team. A fifth Brampton Thunder player, goaltender Cindy Eadie, also participated in the Olympics, in 2004, with the Canadian softball team.
The Brampton Thunder won the first NWHL Championship Cup in 1998-99. The Thunder subsequently made it to the NWHL Championship Cup game three times, but were defeated each time; first by the Beatrice Aeros in 2002, then by the Calgary Oval X-Treme in 2004, and finally by the Montreal Axion in 2006. They also played in the Esso Women's Nationals and were victorious in 2006, defeating the Montreal Axion to claim the national title.
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