Colorado Springs Thunder
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The Colorado Springs Thunder are a professional inline hockey
team based in Colorado Springs, Colorado
, United States
. They are members of the Rocky Mountain Division of the Western Conference
of the Professional Inline Hockey Association
(PIHA). The team's inaugural season was in 2006
.
!colspan=9 |Goaltenders
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|align=left!!width=40%|Player
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|Dan Lamb
|Colorado Springs
, Colorado
|Right
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|Mike Gipson
|Louisville
, Kentucky
|Right
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!colspan=9 |Defensemen
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|align=left!!width=40%|Player
|align=center!!width=25%|Hometown
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|align=center|2
|Sean Pearson
|Colorado Springs, Colorado
|Right
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|15
|Matt Pedersen
|Colorado Springs, Colorado
|Right
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|23
|Branden Maytum
|Pueblo
, Colorado
|Right
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|27
|Jami Yoder
|Middletown
, Pennsylvania
|Left
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|34
|Jesse Tuttle
|Colorado Springs, [olorado
|Right
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|37
|Nick Gonnella
|Colorado Springs, Colorado
|Left
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|96
|Eric Bogenrief
|Monument
, Colorado
|Right
|-
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!colspan=9 |Forwards
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
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|align=left!!width=40%|Player
|align=center!!width=25%|Hometown
|align=center!!width=35%|Catches
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|7
|Jake Miller
|Dayton
, Ohio
|Right
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|8
|Brian Yingling
|Harrisburg
, Pennsylvania
|Left
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|9
|CJ Yoder
|Hershey
, Pennsylvania
|Right
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|10
|Ryan Pedersen
|Colorado Springs, Colorado
|Left
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|20
|Brian Higney
|Colorado Springs, Colorado
|Left
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|28
|Josh Serby
|Colorado Springs, Colorado
|Right
|}
Inline hockey
Inline hockey, often referred to as roller hockey in the United States, is a sport similar to ice hockey but played with inline skates. Like its parent sport, skaters on two teams use hockey sticks to direct a disk-shaped puck into the opponent's goal; however, various details of the game, such as...
team based in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Colorado Springs is located in South-Central Colorado, in the southern portion of the state. It is situated on Fountain Creek and is located south of the Colorado...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. They are members of the Rocky Mountain Division of the Western Conference
Western Conference (PIHA)
The Western Conference is one of two conferences in the Professional Inline Hockey Association used to divide teams. Its counterpart is the Eastern Conference....
of the Professional Inline Hockey Association
Professional Inline Hockey Association
The Professional Inline Hockey Association, often abbreviated to the PIHA, is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates an elite inline hockey league of 16 franchised member clubs, all of which are located in the United States. Headquartered in Middletown, Pennsylvania, the PIHA...
(PIHA). The team's inaugural season was in 2006
2006 PIHA season
-PIHA awards:...
.
Current roster (2009-10 PIHA season)
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|Dan Lamb
|Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Colorado Springs is located in South-Central Colorado, in the southern portion of the state. It is situated on Fountain Creek and is located south of the Colorado...
, Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
|Right
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|align=center|30
|Mike Gipson
|Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
, Kentucky
Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
|Right
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|align=left!!width=40%|Player
|align=center!!width=25%|Hometown
|align=center!!width=35%|Catches
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|2
|Sean Pearson
|Colorado Springs, Colorado
|Right
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|15
|Matt Pedersen
|Colorado Springs, Colorado
|Right
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|23
|Branden Maytum
|Pueblo
Pueblo, Colorado
Pueblo is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. The population was 106,595 in 2010 census, making it the 246th most populous city in the United States....
, Colorado
|Right
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|27
|Jami Yoder
|Middletown
Middletown, Pennsylvania
Middletown is the name of more than one location in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania:*Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania: 17057, of the Harrisburg metropolitan area*Middletown, Northampton County, Pennsylvania: 18017...
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
|Left
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|34
|Jesse Tuttle
|Colorado Springs, [olorado
|Right
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|37
|Nick Gonnella
|Colorado Springs, Colorado
|Left
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|96
|Eric Bogenrief
|Monument
Monument, Colorado
Monument is a growing town situated on the Rampart Range in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Monument is bordered by Pike National Forest on the west, Colorado Springs and the United States Air Force Academy to the south, foothills and rock outcroppings to the north and rolling plains to...
, Colorado
|Right
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|align=left!!width=40%|Player
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|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|7
|Jake Miller
|Dayton
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...
, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
|Right
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|Brian Yingling
|Harrisburg
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Harrisburg is the capital of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 49,528, making it the ninth largest city in Pennsylvania...
, Pennsylvania
|Left
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|9
|CJ Yoder
|Hershey
Hershey, Pennsylvania
Hershey is a census-designated place in Derry Township, Dauphin County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The community is located 14 miles east of Harrisburg and is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. Hershey has no legal status as an incorporated municipality...
, Pennsylvania
|Right
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|10
|Ryan Pedersen
|Colorado Springs, Colorado
|Left
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|20
|Brian Higney
|Colorado Springs, Colorado
|Left
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|28
|Josh Serby
|Colorado Springs, Colorado
|Right
|}