There are no easy games in the AIHL and road game points are vital. In what was a real bump and grind battle, an under strength Thunder secured two valuable points and a first win. “It is on the road where you earn your finals spots … I think this year teams will need nine road […]

Stan’s Pre-Season Report on your Perth Thunder. After a very successful campaign in 2013, all of the Thunder players understood the requirements and improvements they would need for this season to cement a spot on the 2014 playing roster. Pre-season and tryouts started at a great pace with everyone turning up in good shape and […]

Finals Report … The Friday of the finals weekend started with a four hour plane delay to Melbourne, so instead of dinner at 7.30pm we were hunting food at midnight!  Not ideal preparation but when these obstacles arrive you just have to step over them and not let them steal your focus too much. After […]

With the final ladder positions locked away and our opponent the North Stars selected, it’s time to start planning to win our semi final. The North Stars are a very solid team and we know we’re in for a tough challenge. We’ve met the North Stars 4 times during this 2013 season. – 1st game […]

NEWSFLASH: Hot off the press, official confirmation has been received that a major Thunder Storm is Brewing in the West and is heading East at a rate of knots with this Thunder Storm now guaranteed to arrive in Melbourne on Saturday 7th September 2013. Forecasters have confirmed that the eye of this ferocious Thunder Storm […]

In what can only be described as a tough week for us with a few late season injuries and people with the flu, the weekend’s games looked to be dangerous. I would never underestimate the Sydney Bears they are giant killers at times.  They play a very defensive trapping game which can be really hard […]

A very tough Adrenaline road trip August 10 and 11 with two very hard games against a high quality team fighting to stay in the playoff race was the mission. Saturday’s game was a contest of tactics and goalkeepers.  I was discussing with Rob Cox and The Hoff on the flight over about how we rarely […]

Another away trip, and another split result … only this time we have nowhere to hide and it’s time to produce results! When I started to build this team, it’s no secret that I wanted a team that could score goals. On Saturday’s game against the Ice Dogs, we finally had a full squad and […]

COACH’S CORNER with Stan Scott The Thunder embark on what will be a very big weekend in Sydney, as we take on the Ice Dogs and the Bears, both of whom have been playing extremely well. This will be the first time we have been able to put a full team on the ice this […]

  COACH’S CORNER with Stan Scott The road trip to the NSW was certainly a long one for me, starting with the red eye flight on Wednesday so I could greet Michael Forney at the airport early Thursday morning. The team arrived in Sydney on Friday, and after the long bus ride, we finally arrived […]

  COACH’S CORNER with Stan Scott I write this from Sydney, as I prepare for our upcoming away games against the Newcastle North Stars and Sydney Bears this weekend. Flying out before the team, I had the chance to meet with new import player, Michael Forney, who arrived in Sydney on Thursday. After a leisurely […]

COACH’S CORNER with Stan Scott It was excellent to see such a large crowd supporting the Thunder and I thought we played quite well for the majority of the game, but it is impossible to keep the scores close against a team like the Ice when you spend over a third of the game in […]