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201617 SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Record: 1-1-0-0
Date Opponent Time/Result
Sept. 3
Sept. 4
Sept. 9
Sept. 10
Sept. 15
Sept. 16
Sept. 17
MUSKEGON
at Chicago
at Green Bay
at Madison
vs. Muskegon*
vs. Madison*
vs. Dubuque*
2-1 W
2-3, L
7 p.m.
2 p.m.
1 p.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
REGULAR SEASON
Sept 24
Sept. 30
Oct. 1
Oct. 8
Oct. 14
Oct. 15
Oct. 21
Oct. 22
Oct. 28
Oct. 29
Oct. 30
Nov. 4
Nov. 5
Nov. 11
Nov. 12
Nov. 18
Nov. 19
Nov. 23
Nov. 25
Nov. 26
Dec. 2
Dec. 3
Dec. 10
Dec. 16
Dec. 30
Dec. 31
Jan. 5
Jan. 6
Jan. 7
Jan. 13
Jan. 14
Jan. 16
Jan. 21
Jan. 22
Jan. 27
Jan. 28
Jan. 29
Feb. 3
Feb. 4
Feb. 10
Feb. 11
Feb. 18
Feb. 24
Feb. 25
Feb. 26
March 2
March 3
March 4
March 9
March 10
March 12
March 17
March 18
March 24
March 25
March 31
April 1
April 2
April 7
April 8
MUSKEGON
CHICAGO
CEDAR RAPIDS
at Chicago
CHICAGO
at Green Bay
MUSKEGON
CEDAR RAPIDS
OMAHA
OMAHA
at Madison
at Madison
at Cedar Rapids
at Youngstown
at Youngstown
TEAM USA (U17)
TEAM USA (U17)
at Dubuque
GREEN BAY
GREEN BAY
SIOUX CITY
SIOUX CITY
at Team USA (U18)
at Chicago
WATERLOO
CHICAGO
at Green Bay
DUBUQUE
SIOUX FALLS
TRI-CITY
TRI-CITY
at Youngstown
at Team USA (U17)
YOUNGSTOWN
at Green Bay
at Chicago
TEAM USA (U18)
at Fargo
at Fargo
YOUNGSTOWN
YOUNGSTOWN
at Sioux Falls
at Waterloo
at Des Moines
at Des Moines
at Dubuque
at Dubuque
MADISON
at Muskegon
at Muskegon
TEAM USA (U17)
at Lincoln
at Lincoln
at Team USA (U17)
at Team USA (U18)
at Muskegon
MADISON
CEDAR RAPIDS
GREEN BAY
MUSKEGON
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7:05 p.m.
7 p.m.
7:05 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
4:05 p.m.
7:05 p.m.
7:05 p.m.
6:05 p.m.
6:05 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
6 p.m.
7:05 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7:05 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
12 p.m.
6 p.m.
4 p.m.
7:05 p.m.
7:05 p.m.
4 p.m.
7:05 p.m.
7:05 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
7:05 p.m.
7:05 p.m.
7:05 p.m.
5:05 p.m.
7:05 p.m.
7:35 p.m.
7 p.m.
6:15 p.m.
6:15 p.m.
4 p.m.
7:35 p.m.
7:05 p.m.
6 p.m.
6 p.m.
6:15 p.m.
7 p.m.
4 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
BLOOMINGTON THUNDER
Capacity........................................ 8,500
Ice Surface........................... 200 x 85
All-Time Series.......BLM leads 8-4-0-0
Series in Green Bay....................4-2-0-0
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GAME NOTES
Key Notes to Consider
Home, sweet home: The Thunders preseason schedule includes just one home game of the seven
total games, but Bloomington will more than make up for that with its home stretch to start the regular season. Eight of the first 10 regular season contests will take place at U.S. Cellular Arena in Bloomington, while
the Thunder will play nearly half of its regular season home games before Decemeber.
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Top tier talent: Bloomingtons current 30-man roster includes 24 players who have committed to
play Division I hockey, which is more than any other team in the USHL. Team USA is the next closest with 22
Division I commits, while no other team has more than 14.
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Captain obvious: Tarek Baker (University of Wisconsin) will serve as the captain of the
Thunder for the 2016-17 season, succeeding Jake Slaker (University of Michigan) who was the team captain
last season. In addition to playing in all 60 regular season games last yeaer, Baker also led Bloomington in
scoring during the 2015-16 campaign with 49 points (20 G, 29 A).
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Series with Green Bay: The Thunder finished with a .500 record against the second-best team
in the USHL in 2015-16, but lost two of the three games against the Gamblers that took place at the Resch
Center. The lone win in Green Bay came in the first meeting between the teams last season, as Bloomington
topped the Gamblers 4-3 on Sept. 26 in the Thunders first road game of 2015-16. Bloomington trailed 2-1
at the 1:40 mark of the second period, but scored the next three goals to overcome the deficit despite being
outshot 30-24.
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Scouting the Gamblers: Green Bay finished with the second-best record in the USHL last season,
but fell in four games to the Dubuque Fighting Saints in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.
The Gamblers return just seven players from last years roster and only eight of the current 30-man roster
have USHL experience. The top-five scorers from last seasons Gamblers team have all since departed, and
the leading returning scorer is Christopher Grando who had 21 points in 55 games on 13 goals and eight
assists.
Head coach Pat Mikesch spent three years as an assistant with Green Bay from 2011-14.
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Williams leads the way: Head coach Dennis Williams has been a head coach for the past seven
seasons, with stints in Division I hockey, the NAHL and the
THUNDER COLLEGE
USHL. Williams first head coaching gig came at Bowling Green
COMMITMENTS
State University where he was the head man for the 2009-10
season after spending the 2008-09 season as the assistant
Air Force Academy
Zach Mireages
coach for the Falcons.
Ethan Somoza
Williams was then the head coach for the Amarillo Bulls Bemidji State
Brown University
Myles Cunningham
of the NAHL where he compiled a 198-58-26 record over the
Alex Mehr
course of three seasons. In his first two seasons with the Thun- Colgate University
Griffin Lunn
August von Ungern-Sternberg
der, Williams has led the team to back-to-back winning seasons
Cornell University
Vlad Dzhioshvili
and a playoff berth a season ago.
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University of Maine
Simon Butala
Cam Spicer
UMass Amherst
Mitchell Chaffee
Mercyhurst University
Quinn Wichers
Merrimack College
Logan Halladay
University of Minnesota
William Fallstrom
University of Michigan
Calen Kiefiuk
University of North Dakota
Mitchell Mattson
University of Notre Dame
Cameron Burke
Providence College
Ben Mireages
Ryan Brushett
Gabriel Mollot-Hill
Rochester Institute of Technology
Danny Willett
University of Wisconsin
Joey Abate
Tarek Baker
Western Michigan University
Wyatt Kalynuk