Sault Thunderbirds

The Sault Ste. Marie Thunderbirds were a Canadian ice hockey franchise of the Eastern Professional Hockey League from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

History

The Sault Ste. Marie Thunderbirds were founded in 1959 as a franchise of the inaugural Eastern Professional Hockey League. Your best season was the 1960/61 season, in which they took 73 points below the long-time NHL player Billy Reay and reached the third place in the EPHL.

Following the 1961/62 season, in which the Thunderbirds had occupied with the also long-time NHL player Jack Stewart as coach the sixth and thus, in the course of EPHL, was the team to Syracuse, New York, relocated and changed its name to Syracuse Braves.

Season statistics

Note: GP = Games, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses by SOL = Shootout Losses by, Pts = Points, GF = Goals Scored, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalty minutes

Known player

St. Louis Braves Dallas Black Hawks Sports franchising 1960–61 EPHL season 1961–62 EPHL season Syracuse (New York) Overtime (ice hockey) Hull-Ottawa Canadiens Kingston Frontenacs (EPHL) Kitchener Beavers Royal Montreal Hockey Club North Bay Trappers (EPHL) Sudbury Wolves (EPHL)
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