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The Dubuque Thunderbirds was an Amateur Junior Hockey team based in Dubuque, Iowa playing on home ice in the multipurpose Five Flags Event Center from 2001 through 2010. The Thunderbirds franchise was formed to fill a vacancy for Dubuque Hockey fans after the original Dubuque Fighting Saints of the United States Hockey League relocated operations to Tulsa, Oklahoma. The renamed "Tulsa Crude" franchise ceased operations after one season. The Dubuque Thunderbirds was a locally owned franchise playing in the Minnesota Junior Hockey League and the Central States Hockey League. The Thunderbirds played for 9 seasons in the Dubuque Five Flags Civic Center arena, often averaging crowds of between 1600 and 2400 which far surpassed all of the teams in both leagues. After the departure of the Fighting Saints, it took only a few short weeks for the upstart Thunderbirds to start finding success in a big way, which would follow the franchise its entire existence; winning 4 league playoff titles, twice finishing as league playoff runner-up, and 7 invitations to the USA Junior National Tournament. == Dubuque Thunderbirds in the Minnesota Junior Hockey League (MJHL) == 2001-02 (30-11-1) 3rd place in MJHL * League attendance records of 25,000+ fans * 13 game & 10 game winning streaks Quarterfinals (best of 3): 2-0 (W) vs St. Paul Lakers (St. Paul, MN) Semifinals (best of 3 ): 1-2 (L) vs NW Wisconsin Knights (Spooner, WI) 2002-03 ( 30-10-2 ) 2nd place in MJHL Quarterfinals: bye Semifinals (best of 3): 2-0 (W) vs NW Wisconsin Knights (Spooner, WI) Bush Cup Finals (best of 3): 0-2 (L) vs Twin Cities Northern Lights (Bloomington, MN) USA Jr. C National Tournament Qualifier 2003-04 (30-6-3-1) 1st place in MJHL Quarterfinals: bye Semifinals (best of 3): 3-0 (W) vs Twin cities Northern Lights (Bloomington, MN) Bush Cup Finals (best of 3): 2-1 (W) vs Minnesota Ice Hawks (Rochester, MN) USA Jr. C National Tournament Qualifier - National Semifinalist 2004-05 ( - - - ) __ place in MJHL Quarterfinals: Semifinals: USA Jr. C National Tournament Qualifier 2005-06 ( - - - ) __ place in MJHL 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dubuque Thunderbirds」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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