# 2012–13 Wichita Thunder season

The 2012–13 Wichita Thunder season was the 21st season of the Central Hockey League (CHL) franchise in Wichita, Kansas.

## Off-season

The Wichita Thunder announced that the contract for Head Coach Kevin McClelland was extended through the 2014-15 CHL season.

## Regular season
### Conference standings

| Team vte | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| y-Allen Americans | 66 | 39 | 18 | 9 | 210 | 176 | 87 |
| x-Wichita Thunder | 66 | 39 | 19 | 8 | 240 | 182 | 86 |
| x-Fort Worth Brahmas | 66 | 36 | 22 | 8 | 187 | 182 | 80 |
| x-Rapid City Rush | 66 | 35 | 24 | 7 | 177 | 179 | 77 |
| x-Missouri Mavericks | 66 | 35 | 25 | 6 | 217 | 222 | 76 |
| x-Quad City Mallards | 66 | 34 | 26 | 6 | 219 | 201 | 74 |
| x-Arizona Sundogs | 66 | 32 | 27 | 7 | 180 | 185 | 71 |
| x-Denver Cutthroats | 66 | 30 | 26 | 10 | 205 | 215 | 70 |
| Bloomington Blaze | 66 | 28 | 36 | 2 | 230 | 246 | 58 |
| Tulsa Oilers | 66 | 22 | 39 | 5 | 177 | 254 | 49 |
    y- Won Governor's Cup
    x- Advanced to playoffs

## Awards and records
### Awards

Regular Season :
| Player | Award | Awarded |

### Milestones

Regular Season :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |

## Transactions

The Thunder have been involved in the following transactions during the 2012–13 season.

### Trades

| May 17, 2012 | To Rapid City Rush: Justin Sawyer | To Wichita: Completed previous deal that brought Jarred Mohr to Wichita. |
| August 17, 2012 | To Arizona Sundogs: Adam Russo | To Wichita: Future Considerations |
| Player | Former team | Date |
| Neil Trimm | Laredo Bucks | July 11, 2012 |
| David Inman | Laredo Bucks | July 20, 2012 |
| Aaron Boogaard | Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees | July 27, 2012 |
| Torrie Jung | Laredo Bucks | August 10, 2012 |
| Nathan Lutz | Chicago Express | August 24, 2012 |
| Matt Boyd | Laredo Bucks | August 24, 2012 |
| Kevin Regan | HC Valpellice | August 24, 2012 |
| Matt Tassone | Ontario Reign | September 12, 2012 |
| Ian Lowe | Idaho Steelheads | September 12, 2012 |
| Jon Madden | Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees | September 12, 2012 |
| Chad Painchaud | Chicago Express | October 5, 2012 |
| Ryan Sparling | Laredo Bucks | October 5, 2012 |
| Gregor Hanson | Sodertalje SK | October 11, 2012 |
| Player | New team | Date |
| Alex Bourret | Cincinnati Cyclones | August 30, 2012 |
| Garrett Bembridge | Nikko Icebucks | September 3, 2012 |
| Thomas Beauregard | Orlando Solar Bears | September 10, 2012 |
| Daniel Tetrault | Evansville IceMen | September 24, 2012 |
| Player | Date |
| Matt Robinson | June 15, 2012 |
| RG Flath | July 11, 2012 |
| Travis Wight | July 20, 2012 |
| Erick Lizon | July 27, 2012 |
| Matt Summers | August 17, 2012 |
| Jarred Mohr | August 17, 2012 |
| Andrew Martens | August 24, 2012 |
| Dustin Donaghy | September 20, 2012 |
| Kevin Young | September 20, 2012 |
| Chris Greene | October 5, 2012 |
* Player
* Aaron Davis

### Lost via Waivers

| Player | Date | New team |

## Player stats
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| Neil Trimm | 66 | 35 | 41 | 76 | 20 | 14 |
| Matt Summers | 66 | 17 | 49 | 66 | 27 | 77 |
| RG Flath | 64 | 27 | 35 | 62 | 30 | 99 |
| Ian Lowe | 66 | 28 | 31 | 59 | 9 | 52 |
| Kevin Young | 66 | 24 | 35 | 59 | 16 | 65 |
| Chad Painchaud | 46 | 20 | 36 | 56 | 21 | 29 |
| Greger Hanson | 44 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 13 | 32 |
| Andrew Martens | 66 | 7 | 35 | 42 | 15 | 34 |
| Dave Inman | 57 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 1 | 57 |
| Matt Robinson | 30 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 2 | 18 |
| Nathan Lutz | 61 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 56 |
| Les Reaney | 47 | 9 | 13 | 22 | −11 | 62 |
| Todd Griffith | 25 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 39 |
| Ryan Flanigan | 29 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 24 |
| Jarred Mohr | 44 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −4 | 24 |
| Travis Wight | 66 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 26 |
| Jon Madden | 66 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 80 |
| Erick Lizon | 30 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 75 |
| Dusin Donaghy | 43 | 4 | 1 | 5 | −13 | 73 |
| Aaron Boogaard | 56 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −9 | 122 |
| Matt Tassone | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −4 | 10 |
| Matt Boyd | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 66 | 240 | 429 | 669 | 162 | 1106 |