Bloomington PrairieThunder

Pro hockey team
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team = Bloomington PrairieThunder

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city = Bloomington, Illinois flagicon|US
league = International Hockey League
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founded = 2006
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arena = U.S. Cellular Coliseum
colors = Blue, Gold, and White
owner = Tim Leighton
GM = Jerry McBurney
coach = Jarrod Skalde
captain = Don Parsons
second-hand coaches = Jon Booras and Leo Thomas
media = WTRX (93.7 FM)
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colonial_cups = The Bloomington PrairieThunder are a team of the International Hockey League who started play in 2006 (when the league was called the United Hockey League). They play their home games at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington, Illinois (which is also the home of the UIF's Bloomington Extreme).The PrairieThunder operated in their inaugural season under the ownership of John Butler, Mike Nelson, and Tony Lisman. On May 1, 2007, it was announced that Lisman would assume complete ownership of the team.

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Accomplishments

The Bloomington PrairieThunder were featured in the April 21, 2008 edition of sports illustrated. This was because they set a pro hockey record for the fastest four goal spurt. It took them just 35 seconds to score 4 goals against the Flint Generals on April 5th, 2008. This is faster than any level of pro hockey.

Players

Coaching Staff

*Head Coach: Jarrod Skalde

*Equipment Manager: Brian Schmidt

Mascot

The team held a Name the Mascot Contest, sponsored by the Bloomington Pantagraph, to find a name for the mascot. Megan Fish, a 12-year-old sixth-grader at Chiddix Junior High School, was the first of 12 individuals to submit the name Chip. The next most popular entry was “Boomer” which had seven submissions.

Chip the Buffalo made his first public appearance at the Open House and Public Scrimmage held by the PrairieThunder on Wednesday October 4th, 2006, interacting with fans and signing autographs.

External links

[http://www.prairiethunderhockey.com PrarieThunder Hockey]