Goaltender Dylan Wells returned to the net for the Wichita Thunder on Friday after spending the last five weeks in Bakersfield (AHL). It was a welcome site for Stuart Skinner, who finally got a break, but also for the team as a whole, as Wells stopped all 27 shots he faced for his first shutout […]
The Wichita Thunder entered Saturday night’s game looking to extend their home win streak to six straight games. After jumping out to a two goal first period lead it looked like the victory was in the bag, however, the Kansas City Mavericks would battle back to tie the score with a pair of goals in […]
The Wichita Thunder returned home on Tuesday after being swept on their three game road trip. They had won four games in a row at home and it looked like that may come to an end when the Kansas City Mavericks took a 2-1 lead early in the second period. However, four unanswered goals by […]
The Wichita Thunder entered Tuesday night’s contest in the throes of a five game losing streak (0-4-1), hoping that they would change their fortunes at home. The Kansas City Mavericks had started the rut with a shootout loss back on November 17, but there would be no overtime in this contest. The Thunder dominated this […]
A night after being shutout, the Kansas City Mavericks looked like they might fall for a second straight night, trailing the Wichita Thunder 3-1 entering the third period. However, the Mavericks would rally with two goals in the final fame and win it in a shootout thanks to David Dziurzynski, who had a goal and […]
The Wichita Thunder traveled north to take on their instate rival, the Kansas City Mavericks, on Tuesday night. It was the fifth game of this seven game road trip that has seen the Thunder play well through the first four, going 2-1-1. Shane Starrett made his first start in seven games, and played well, but […]
With a victory on Friday night, the Wichita Thunder guaranteed that they will win the Independence Cup over the Kansas City Mavericks. However, no one should have believed that the Mavericks were going to roll over as a result. Saturday night they found themselves trailing twice in the first period, only to battle back to […]
They say that you never have a second chance to make a first impression, but newly acquired forward Johnny Daniels didn’t need to a second chance after his three point night in his debut helped power the Wichita Thunder to the 5-1 victory over Kansas City Mavericks. Ralph Cuddemi and Lane Bauer each had 3 […]
The Kansas City Mavericks had been winless in their first three contests of the season against Wichita this season, but that streak came to an abrupt end on Wednesday night. Tyler Parsons only allowed one goal, saving 38 shots to lead the Mavericks to the 2-1 victory over the Wichita Thunder. Darren Nowick gave his […]
The Wichita Thunder continued the hottest start in franchise history, moving to 10-1-0 in the 4-2 victory over the Kansas City Mavericks. Mark MacMillan helped lead the way to victory, scoring a goal and adding 2 assists, and Travis Brown added 2 assists of his own. Joel Rumpel saved 26 shots for his fourth win […]
It took a little while to get it going, but the power-play for the Wichita Thunder is really starting to click. After failing to score with the man advantage through the first four games of the season, the Thunder scored four times on the power-play Friday night on their way to a 6-2 victory over […]
The Wichita Thunder finished their mini-road trip on Saturday night, traveling two and a half hours north to take on the Kansas City Mavericks. Thanks to the outstanding play of goaltender Shane Starrett, who saved 33 shots through the first two periods, the Thunder were able to overcome the early onslaught, and used four unanswered […]
