Almonte Thunder


The Almonte Thunder were a Canadian Junior B ice hockey team based in Almonte, Ontario. They played in the Junior Hockey League">junior ice hockey">Junior Hockey League.

History

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.
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.