AIHL LADDER

Team	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	CP	PTS
Ice	28	20	2	2	4	0	68
Brave	28	15	10	3	0	0	51
Thunder	28	15	10	1	2	-3	46
Northstars	28	13	12	3	0	0	45
Lightning	28	11	11	1	6	0	40
Mustangs	28	11	15	2	0	0	37
Adrenaline	28	10	16	0	2	0	32
Rhinos	28	2	21	4	2	0	14

SCORING LEADERS

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Hopps (BRE)

Player	Points
Yu Hikosaka (PER)	68
Carson Miller (BRE)	66
David Booth (MIC)	64
Joakim Erdugan (MIC)	64

GOALIE LEADERS

T Ishida (MIC)

.908

Goalie	SV%
Anthony Kimlin (MMS)	.903
Aleksi Toivonen (PER)	.895
Matus Trnka (BRE)	.885
Alexandre Tetreault (CBR)	.869

19 OCTOBER, 2025

Tyrone Bronte scores on debut, becomes second Australian to play in ECHL

Stephen White

Tyrone Bronte has become the second Australian, after Nathan Walker, to play in the ECHL during his debut with the Wichita Thunder last night.

Bronte scored with 13:32 remaining in the second period of his first game, in an eventual 3-2 OT loss to the Allen Americans in the Thunder’s home opener for the 2025-26 season. The Thunder are the ECHL affiliate of the San Jose Sharks and San Jose Barracuda (AHL) system.

The 2025 Melbourne Ice Goodall Cup Champion is now the second Australian player to play in the ECHL, after Walker’s stint with the South Carolina Stingrays in 2014-15. Bronte spent the last northern hemisphere winter in the Alps Hockey League playing for KHL Sisak, after a 3-year NCAA Division 1 stint with Michigan Tech which culminated in a trip to the Frozen Four.

Bronte is also the second Australian to play for the Thunder in franchise history after Yancy Jones, uncle of Perth Thunder forward Zane Jones, played 4 games for Wichita in 1992 when they were a CHL team.

The Thunder next head to Rapid City to play the Rush on October 24th.

Tyrone Bronte scores on debut, becomes second Australian to play in ECHL

Tyrone Bronte scores on debut, becomes second Australian to play in ECHL

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