Tillsonburg Thunder

{{Infobox hockey team

| team = Tillsonburg Thunder

| logo = Tillsonburg Thunder logo.jpg

| logosize = 140px

| city = Tillsonburg, Ontario

| league = Western Ontario Super Hockey League - www.woshl.com

| division =

| founded = {{Start date|2001}}

| colours = Black and Gold

| arena = Tillsonburg Community Centre

| Coach =

| GM =

| name1 = Tillsonburg Vipers

| dates1 = 2001-2008

| name2 = Tillsonburg Thunder

| dates2 = 2008-Pres

}}

The 2014-2015 Champion Tillsonburg Thunder are a Senior ice hockey team based in Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Western Ontario Super Hockey League.

File:Tillsonburg Home 1.jpg

History

The Tillsonburg Vipers were founded in 2001 as a Senior "AAA" team in the Ontario Hockey Association's Major League Hockey.

In the 2003–04 season, the Vipers reached the J. Ross Robertson Cup finals, but lost to the Aylmer Blues 4-games-to-2.{{cite web|url=http://www.ohahockey.ca/view/oha/about-us/oha-history-8683/senior-series-2|title=Senior Series|year=2019|website=Ontario Hockey Association|access-date=February 4, 2021}}

Tillsonburg's improved on their 2003-04 record in the 2005-06 season. After finishing the regular season in second place with 17 wins in 30 games, the Vipers knocked off the Cambridge Hornets 4-games-to-3 to make the league finals. In the league final, the Vipers fell to the Dundas Real McCoys 4-games-to-3.

The MLH fell apart in 2008, just after the Brantford Blast won the league's first ever Allan Cup. The team filled the gap when the disgruntled Cambridge Hornets left the MLH, the collegiate Windsor St. Clair Saints, walked away from the league. The Vipers decided it was their time to leave as well and applied to join the Western Ontario Athletic Association Senior Hockey League. The WOAA is an independent league with no connections to the Ontario Hockey Association. It classifies itself as Senior "AA", and allows for both a Senior "AA" and Senior "A" championship come playoff time. On May 14, 2008, the WOAA granted expansion to the Tillsonburg Vipers.{{Cite web | url=http://www.tillsonburgnews.com/Sports/400813.html |title = (no title)}}

The first ever Tillsonburg WOAA game took place on October 4, 2008, as the Thunder defeated the Goderich Pirates 6-5 in overtime in Tillsonburg. The Thunder had a successful first season in the WOAA, earning a record of 11-7-2, registering 24 points, and fifth place in the South Division. Tillsonburg would lose to the Clinton Radars in the "AA" qualifying round, being sent to the "A" playoffs. In the "A" quarter-finals, the Thunder were upset by the Exeter Mohawks in six games, ending their season.

Season-by-season standings<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tillsonburg Thunder - Roster, News, Stats & more |url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/8589/tillsonburg-thunder |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=www.eliteprospects.com |language=en}}</ref>

class="wikitable" ! Season !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! OTL !! GF !! GA !! P !! Results !! Playoffs
align="center" \|2001-02	32	6	23	2	1	128	241	15	5th SWSHL
align="center" \|2002-03	32	11	18	2	1	150	174	25	4th OHA Sr. A	Lost semi-final
align="center" \|2003-04	32	17	11	2	2	159	129	38	4th OHA Sr. A	Lost final
align="center" \|2004-05	32	16	15	0	1	141	129	34	4th MLH	Lost semi-final
align="center" \|2005-06	30	17	9	0	4	135	129	38	2nd MLH	Lost final
align="center" \|2006-07	30	14	12 \|
\|4	149	146	32	4th MLH	Lost semi-final
align="center" \|2007-08	30	11	17 \|
\|2	108	147	24	4th MLH	Lost semi-final
align="center" \|2008-09	20	11	7 \|
\|2	100	84	24	5th WOAA South	Lost "A" QF
align="center" \|2009-10	20	16	4 \|
\|0	97	62	32	1st WOAA South	Lost "AA" QF
align="center" \|2010-11	26	16	9	-	1	134	114	33	4th WOAA South
align="center" \|2011-12	24	16	7	-	1	130	95	33	2nd WOAA South
align="center" \|2012-13	24	14	6	-	4	127	96	32	4th WOAA South
align="center" \|2013-14	24	21	3	-	0	128	70	42	1st WOAA South	Lost Div. Final
align="center" \|2014-15	24	18	5	-	0	152	92	37	1st WOAA South	Won "AA" Championship
align="center" \|2015-16	24	9	12	-	3	95	137	21	5th WOAA South	Won "A" Championship
align="center" \|2016-17	20	11	8	-	1	95	76	23	7th WOAA Sr	Lost "AA" QF
align="center" \|2017-18	20	14	3	-						4th WOAA sr. Lost in AA semi
align="center" \|2018-19	22	11	11	0	0	100	104	22	9th WOAA South	Lost "A" Semifinal{{cite web \|title=2018 - 2019 W.O.A.A. Senior Hockey Play-offs - "A" \|url=https://woaa.on.ca/Public/Documents/SHPOFormatA18-19REVISED.pdf \|publisher=Western Ontario Athletic Association \|accessdate=May 13, 2019}}
2019-20 \|22 \|13 \|7 \| - \|2 \|112 \|88 \|28 \|4th WOAA South \|Playoffs Interrupted
2020-21 \|0 \|0 \|0 \| - \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \| - \|Season Cancelled
2021-22 \|20 \|10 \|10 \|0 \|0 \|109 \|83 \|20 \|3rd OSHL \|Final loss
2022-23 \|24 \|17 \|7 \| - \| - \|154 \|99 \|34 \|4th OSHL \|Final loss
2023-24 \|24 \|18 \|8 \| - \|2 \|132 \|94 \|34 \|2nd OSHL \|Champion

References

External links

[http://www.tillsonburgthunder.ca/ Tillsonburg Thunder]
[http://woshl.hockeyshift.com/]

Category:Ice hockey teams in Ontario

Category:Senior ice hockey teams

Category:Tillsonburg

Category:Ice hockey clubs established in 2001

Category:2001 establishments in Ontario