The Drayton Valley Thunder is a
junior ice hockey
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team in the
Alberta Junior Hockey League
The Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) is an Alberta-based Junior A ice hockey league that belongs to the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL). It was formed as a five-team league in 1964. The 2023–24 season began with 16 teams, however 5 ...
(AJHL). The Thunder are members of the
Canadian Junior Hockey League
The Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) is an association of Canadian junior ice hockey#Junior A, junior A ice hockey leagues and teams and was formed in November 1993, emerging from the Canada West Association of Junior 'A' Hockey. The champi ...
and are eligible to compete for the
Doyle Cup and
National Junior A Championship. They play in
Drayton Valley, Alberta, Canada, at the
Drayton Valley Omni-Plex.
History
In 1998, The Drayton Valley Thunder were awarded as an expansion franchise in the
Alberta Junior Hockey League
The Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) is an Alberta-based Junior A ice hockey league that belongs to the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL). It was formed as a five-team league in 1964. The 2023–24 season began with 16 teams, however 5 ...
(AJHL)
and began play in the South Division for the 1998–99 season. One year after finishing sixth in the South, ahead of only their fellow expansion team
Crowsnest Pass Timberwolves, the Thunder improved in their second season and won the division. The addition of other expansion teams shifted the Thunder into the North Division in 2000–01, where they won another division title.
In 2002, the Thunder captured the
Rogers Wireless Cup as AJHL champions. The Thunder lost to the
Chilliwack Chiefs of the
British Columbia Hockey League
The British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) is an independent Canadian Junior ice hockey league with 21 teams in British Columbia and Alberta. It was classified as a Junior "A" league within the Hockey Canada framework, until it became independe ...
(BCHL) in the
Doyle Cup Pacific Junior A Championship.
Season-by-season record
''Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T/OTL = Ties/Overtime losses, SOL = Shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against''
NHL alumni
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Matt Berlin
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Clarke MacArthur
Clarke MacArthur (born April 6, 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger. MacArthur played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Ottawa Senators, Buffalo Sabres, Atlanta Thrashers and Toronto Maple Leafs. He was or ...
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Kael Mouillierat
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Darren Reid
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Ben Scrivens
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Nick TarnaskyLegends of Hockey – NHL Player Search – Player – Nick Tarnasky
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See also
* List of ice hockey teams in Alberta
References
External links
Drayton Valley Thunder websiteAlberta Junior Hockey League website
{{Alberta Sports
Alberta Junior Hockey League teams
Ice hockey teams in Alberta
Ice hockey clubs established in 1998
1998 establishments in Alberta