2017-18 Carolina Thunderbirds Roster

Federal Prospects Hockey League (FPHL)
Team Record: 30-24-2 - 87 points
Finishing 3rd in the FPHL
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Andre Niec (30-24, 2 OTL)
Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Attendance: 66,204, Avg. 2,207 in 30 home dates
2017-18 Carolina Thunderbirds Statistics

The Carolina Thunderbirds of the Federal Prospects Hockey League ended the 2017-18 season with a record of 30 wins and 24 losses (and 2 overtime losses) for 87 points finishing third in the FPHL.

The Thunderbirds netted 197 goals and allowed 192. Michael Bunn scored 27 goals for Carolina, and Josh Pietrantonio recorded 37 assists. Kelly Curl and Christian Pavlas topped the squad with 8 wins each.

Andre Niec coached the team. The 2017-18 Carolina Thunderbirds lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.

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Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight S/C Hometown
Justin Apcar-BlaszakDJuly 10, 19885'11"180RLos Angeles, CA
Matt BeerC/RApril 20, 19906'0"185RCorunna, ON
Jason BerubeCApril 30, 19945'10"165Port-Cartier, QC
C.J. BlaszkaFJune 20, 19925'9"190LBrookfield, CT
Ray BoudietteF/DMarch 1, 19946'2"201LFairfield, CT
Michael BunnFJuly 19, 19946'0"174RWake Forest, NC USA
Cary ByronGMarch 15, 19936'1"161LToronto, ON
Joe CangelosiFSeptember 18, 19936'2"200RPlainsboro, NJ
Daniel ChangFMay 19, 19915'11"181RWoodland Hills, CA USA
Jay CroopFSeptember 29, 19925'10"185RGlen Allen, VA
Kelly CurlGAugust 26, 19865'10"170McLeansville, NC
Vincent D'AndreaF/DAugust 12, 19925'8"150Winston-Salem, NC
Bryan DallaireDOctober 20, 19936'2"175LSaco, ME
Artur DrindrozhikFJuly 15, 19935'11"174LGrodno, BLR
Chase FallisFFebruary 10, 19915'11"183RCalgary, AB
Dominik FejtDOctober 10, 19926'4"227RPrague, Czech Republic
Seth GustinDJune 20, 19936'0"201RPhoenix, AZ
Mike HenriciFAugust 28, 19896'0"185North Haven, CT
Ian HoangFDecember 8, 19935'8"165ROrange, CA
Ryan JasinskyRWJanuary 13, 19906'2"205RMidlothian, VA USA
Dalton JayC,LWMay 3, 19915'10"190Hamilton, ON
Jiri KalisDSeptember 19, 19976'1"176L, Czech Republic
Jay KenneyFAugust 25, 19906'0"252RBoston, MA
Tom KilgoreFSeptember 18, 19926'1"190Pickney, MI USA
Giovanni LamannaFJune 28, 19945'11"194RChapel Hill, NC
Chase LewisFNovember 0, 19965'9"148Winston Salem, NC
Steve MacIntyreLAugust 8, 19806'6"265LBrock, SK Canada
Frankie McClendonGMarch 14, 19976'0"175LOakland, CA
Brett MentonF/DFebruary 24, 19915'10"187Monrovia, CA
Lucas MollisonDJune 5, 19906'2"194High Point, NC
Nick NiedertGJune 16, 19825'8"185RHudson, IA
Rick O'ConnorFJune 16, 19946'5"220LNorth Andover, MA
Yuto OsawaCOctober 3, 19935'11"194RTomakomai, Japan
Anthony ParisiDFebruary 5, 19956'5"216LChicago, IL
Chris PaulinGDecember 17, 19925'5"175LLockport, NY USA
Christian PavlasGMay 17, 19966'3"190LBratislava, Slovakia
Jiri PestukaFJune 23, 19946'2"185RProstejov, CZ
Josh PietrantonioFDecember 23, 19936'2"190RHamilton, ON
Ryan RotondiF/DJuly 9, 19926'1"194Port Huron, MI
Jan SalakFApril 3, 19946'3"225RTrebic, CZ
Skyler SmutekDMay 7, 19906'0"190RKent, WA
Kyle StevensFJanuary 0, 19955'9"181Hyde Park, MA
Dominik SynekFApril 13, 19956'1"180LHavirov, Czech Republic
Tommy TsicosFJuly 20, 19926'1"195LBarrie, ON
Liam TullyDFebruary 2, 19886'1"190RNewmarket, ON
Alex VazquezJune 10, 1992Shelby Township, MI USA
Stanislav VlasovDJanuary 16, 19905'11"200LSt. Petersburg, RU
Vojtech ZemlickaF/DMarch 13, 19955'11"185LPrague, Czech Republic



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