Almonte Thunder
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| Almonte Thunder | |
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| City | Almonte, Ontario, Canada |
| League | Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League |
| Division | Valley |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Folded | 2015 |
| Home arena | Almonte Community Center Arena |
| Colours | Red, black, white |
| General manager | Jeff Hawkins |
| Head coach | Bill White |
The Almonte Thunder were a Canadian Junior B ice hockey team based in Almonte, Ontario. They played in the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League.[1]
The Almonte Thunder were granted expansion into the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League in 2009, replacing the Carleton Place Kings were promoted to the Junior A Central Junior Hockey League.[2]
At the conclusion of the 2014-15 season, EOJHL announced it was re-organizing to be more of a direct developmental league to the Central Canada Hockey League and renamed the league Central Canada Hockey League Tier 2. The league shrunk from 22 to 16 teams, eliminating 6 of the 2014-15 franchises, including the Thunder[3] (along with the Akwesasne Wolves, Gananoque Islanders, Gatineau Mustangs, Morrisburg Lions, and Shawville Pontiacs).
