The Perth Thunder are in the best place they’ve ever been in their quest for their first Goodall Cup.
The team has broken numerous records in the season, individuals have broken numerous records in the season, they have home-ice advantage (well, last change) in the sudden-death semi-final, and have lost just one of their past eight games: Sunday’s dead rubber against Melbourne Ice when the team MVP, Thomas Heemskerk, was put on ice for the night.
They head across the country, some 3000km’s, to Melbourne’s O’Brien Group Arena for the AIHL Finals; three sudden-death games in two days where the last team standing takes the ultimate prize, hockey’s third-oldest trophy, the Goodall Cup.