LAS VEGAS THUNDER

The 'Las Vegas Thunder' were an independent professional ice hockey team competing in the International Hockey League. The team's home rink was at the Thomas & Mack Center. They began play in the 1993-1994 season, folding on April 18, 1999.
The Thunder's best season was in 1995-1996 when it finished in 1st (Wins 57 Losses 17 Ties 8), but lost in the conference finals.
Throughout the team's history they garnered player development deals with the Phoenix Coyotes of the NHL, the ECHL's Knoxville Cherokees and Mississippi Sea Wolves and Russian side Lokomotiv Yaroslavl.
The Thunder's main rivals included the Denver/Utah Grizzlies, Los Angeles/Long Beach Ice Dogs, San Diego Gulls, and Phoenix Roadrunners. These rivalries have seen a rebirth in the ECHL.
The team's mascot was "Boom-Boom", a polar bear.
:'The Franchise was replaced by:' Las Vegas Wranglers of the ECHL (2003-present)

Contents

Notable Alumni

Season-by-season record

Head Coaches

Honors

External links

Notable Alumni

★ Clint Malarchuk

★ Bryan Fogarty

★ Sergei Zholtok

★ Curtis Joseph

★ Ruslan Salei

★ Brent Gretzky

★ / Paul DiPietro

★ Radek Bonk

★ Peter Ing

★ Pavol Demitra

★ / Petr Nedved

★ / Alexei Yashin

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''

	'Season'	'GP'	'W'	'L'	'OTL'	'Pts'	'GF'	'GA'	'PIM'	'Finish'	'Playoffs'
	1993-94	81	52	18	11	115	319	282	2511	1st, Pacific	Lost in Conference Semis
	1994-95	81	46	30	5	97	328	278	2517	2nd, Southwest	Lost in Conference Semis
	1995-96	82	57	17	8	122	380	249	2590	1st, Southwest	Lost in Conference Finals
	1996-97	82	41	34	7	89	287	299	2296	4th, Southwest	Lost in Conference Quarters
	1997-98	82	33	39	10	76	260	305	2210	4th, Southwest	Lost in Conference Quarters
	1998-99	82	35	39	8	78	247	307	2597	4th, Southwest	Did Not Qualify

Head Coaches

★ Butch Goring 1993-94

★ Chris McSorley 1995-98

★ Clint Malarchuk 1998-99

Honors

:'Division Titles' : 2 - 1994, 1996
:'Turner Cups' : 0
:'Regular Season Titls' : 2 - 1994, 1996

External links

★ Las Vegas Thunder Fan site

★ Las Vegas Thunder

★ Records and Rewards