Building a Contender - Stockton Thunder in 2012-13

Facts, video, images and what they're saying about playing for the Stockton Thunder, one of the premier franchises in minor league hockey.

The Thunder have totaled over 200,000 fans in each of their seven seasons, led the ECHL in attendance from 2005-09, and advanced 31 players to the American Hockey League since 2009.

The Thunder play in the state of the art 9,737 seat Stockton Arena, which hosted the ECHL All-Star Game in 2008 and has sold out 17 times.

The Thunder fly to a majority of cities in the Western Conference and are led by head coach Matt Thomas, a Kelly Cup champion in 2003 who has never missed the playoffs in his career and has guided the Thunder to four playoff series wins.

For more information - contact Matt Thomas at mattthomas32@gmail.com

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