It was a successful debut for the Adirondack Thunder as they officially kicked off their 2017-18 campaign with a one goal win on home ice against the Canadiens’ ECHL affiliate, the Brampton Beast.
First period was all Thunder, as they outshot the Beast 14-10 and put up 3 goals. Troy Bourke would open the scoring 3:10 into the contest with a power play goal. Brampton would respond just over two minutes later with a Thomas Ebbing goal to tie it up at 1. In a span of 3:30 late in the opening period, Eric Neiley and Ty Loney would pick up their first goals of the season to put the Thunder ahead 3-1 after 20 minutes.