Airdrie Thunder

The Airdrie Thunder are a Junior "B" Ice Hockey team based in Airdrie, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the North Division of the Heritage Junior B Hockey League (HJHL). They play their home games at Ron Ebbesen Arena.
== History ==
:Division titles won: 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009
:League Championships won: 1997, 2000
:Alberta Provincial entries: 1997, 2000, 2005
:Alberta Provincial titles: none (best finish: Silver in 2000)
:Keystone Cup titles: none
Playing out of one of the HJHL's larger markets, the Thunder are perennially one of the top teams in the league. They have developed an intense rivalry with their divisional counterparts, the Okotoks Bisons. The Thunder handed the Bisons their only two losses in the 2005-06 season, while the four victories for Okotoks were the only four games the Thunder lost. The Bisons eliminated the Thunder in the league semi-finals.
The two rivals also met in the 2005 HJHL finals, with Okotoks again coming out the victors in a tough five game series. Despite losing the championship, the Thunder qualified for the Alberta Provincials, held in Calgary but failed to advance to the medal round.
Airdrie's best season to date was 1999-2000, when they captured their second league title in four years before going on to win the silver medal at the Alberta Provincial Junior B Hockey Championship, which was also hosted by the Thunder.
==Season-by-season record==
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Season 	GP	W 	L 	T	OL	Pts	GF 	GA 	PIM 	Finish 	Playoffs
2000-01	38	28	5 	2	3 	61 	218	113	 	1st, North 	---
2002-03	36	27	8 	0	1 	55 	181	100	 	2nd, South 	Lost South Division Finals
2004-05	40	28	11	0	1 	57 	238	125	 	3rd, North 	Lost Finals
2005-06	38	34	4 	0	0 	68 	310	93 	1415	2nd, South 	Lost in Division Finals, 0-4 (Bisons)
2006-07	36	24	7 	3	2 	53 	204	116	1221	1st, Central 	Lost in Round Robin Finals, 2-2 (Wranglers)
2007-08	36	28	8 	0	0 	56 	212	119	1781	1st, Foothills	Lost in Division Finals, 1-3 (Bisons)
2008-09	36	26	9 	0	1 	53 	223	127	1775	2nd, South 	Lost in Division Finals, 2-3 (Bisons)
2009-10	36	24	10	2	0 	50 	182	107	1478	1st, Central 	Lost in HJHL Semifinals, 2-3 (Wranglers)
2010-11	36	23	12	1	0 	47 	181	136	974 	3rd, Central 	Lost in Division Semifinals, 2-3 (Thrashers)
2011-12	38	20	13	5	0 	45 	179	128	- 	4th, North 	Lost in First Round, ?-? (Colts)
2012-13	38	18	15	3	2 	41 	145	125	- 	3rd, North 	Lost in Division Semifinals, 2-3 (Red Deer Vipers)
2013-14	36	15	19	-	2 	32 	141	145	- 	6th, North 	Did not qualify
2014-15	38	23	13	-	2 	48 	152	125	- 	2nd, North 	Lost in Div. Semifinals, 2-4 (Mountainview Colts)
2015-16	38	26	10	-	2 	54 	193	120	- 	2nd, North 	Won in Div. Semifinals, 4-3 (Vipers)Lost Div. Finals 0-4 (Colts)
2016-17	38	27	8 	-	3 	57 	213	131	- 	2nd, North 	
Lost in Div. Semifinals 2-4 (Vipers)
2017-18	36	23	9 	-	 4	50 	193	131	- 	2nd, North 	Won in Div. Semifinals 3-1 (Wranglers)Lost in Div. Finals 2-4 (Vipers)
2018-19	38	35	3 	-	0 	70 	335	96 	- 	1st, North 	Won Div. Semifinals 4-0 (Wranglers)Won Div. Final 4-2 (Colts)Won Final 3-0 (CopperheadsAdvance to 2019 Russ Barnes Trophy as league champions
2019-20	38	29	7 	-	2 	60 	212	125	- 	1st, North 	Lost Div. Semifinals 2-4 (Colts)
2020-21	4 	3 	1 	-	0 	6 	15 	12 	- 	N/A 	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	36	17	15	-	2 	36 	119	126	- 	5th Northern 	Lost Division Semifinals
2022-23	38	23	13	-	2 	48 	150	135	- 	2nd Northern 	Lost Division Final
2023-24	38	11	23	-	4 	26 	135	155	- 	5th Northern 	Lost Division Semifinals
==See also==
*List of ice hockey teams in Alberta
==External links==
*Official website of the Airdrie Thunder
*Official website of the Heritage Junior B Hockey League
*Official website of the Keystone Cup
Category:Ice hockey teams in Alberta
Category:Canadian ice hockey teams
Category:Alberta Junior B Hockey
Category:Heritage Junior B Hockey League team