What league does Thunder Bay Bandits play in?

Thunder Bay Bandits play in the LJHL.

Where is Thunder Bay Bandits based?

Thunder Bay Bandits is based in Thunder Bay, ON, CAN.

Who is the head coach of Thunder Bay Bandits?

The head coach of Thunder Bay Bandits is Bryan Smeltzer.

Thunder Bay Fighting Walleye

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2018-2019

2018-2019 Season

Thunder Bay Fighting Walleye were 17-11-1 in the 2018-19 LJHL season with 38 points, 2nd overall.

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2018-2019 Thunder Bay Fighting Walleye Player Stats

All Positions

#	Skater	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
LJHL
1.	Kyle Savela (F)	28	19	41	60	12	-	7	4	3	7	12
2.	Lee Ferris (F)	29	23	17	40	76	-	8	5	6	11	14
3.	Kyle Swerhun (RW)	23	21	17	38	4	-	8	2	5	7	10
4.	Wolf Bannon (F)	26	23	14	37	95	-	6	0	4	4	0
5.	Matthew Ray (F)	23	17	16	33	51	-	8	5	4	9	2
6.	Graeson Gerrie (F)	25	12	15	27	42	-
7.	Graham Kulp (F)	27	11	16	27	80	-	7	3	4	7	36
8.	Matthew Bevilacqua (LW)	23	9	12	21	8	-	6	4	0	4	2
9.	Zach Lehto (F)	24	7	13	20	4	-	6	0	0	0	10
10.	Jacob Pacifico (D)	25	2	17	19	23	-	8	2	1	3	0
11.	Garrett Gammond (LW)	19	8	10	18	26	-	8	1	1	2	19
12.	Shayne McKay (F)	27	8	6	14	79	-	6	0	0	0	19
13.	Ethan Haywood (F)	15	4	8	12	71	-	4	0	2	2	65
14.	Noah Lagadin (F)	16	3	9	12	29	-	8	1	5	6	12
15.	Brad Fortier (D)	15	3	8	11	14	-
16.	Karter Morrison (D)	26	1	10	11	99	-	7	1	1	2	16
17.	Adam Crocker (D)	19	2	8	10	10	-	6	0	1	1	0
18.	Graeme Scott (D)	15	4	5	9	6	-	7	2	8	10	8
19.	Justin Stewart (D)	16	1	6	7	78	-	7	0	1	1	4
20.	Hayden Johnston (D)	6	1	4	5	16	-	6	0	3	3	21
21.	Jakob Smeltzer (D)	24	0	4	4	37	-	5	0	1	1	2
22.	Eli Boam (D)	9	0	3	3	2	-
23.	Mackenzie Lockyer (C)	5	2	0	2	2	-
24.	Jesse Appel (F)	2	0	2	2	0	-
25.	Ryan Laukka (F)	1	0	0	0	2	-	2	0	0	0	4
26.	Tyler Boon (D)	3	0	0	0	6	-
Keystone Cup
1.	Matthew Ray (F)	5	4	4	8	0	-
2.	Noah Lagadin (F)	5	3	3	6	0	-
3.	Wolf Bannon (F)	4	4	1	5	0	-
4.	Jacob Pacifico (D)	5	3	2	5	0	-
5.	Graeme Scott (D)	5	2	3	5	0	-
6.	Hayden Johnston (D)	5	1	3	4	0	-
7.	Kyle Swerhun (RW)	5	2	1	3	0	-
8.	Zach Lehto (F)	5	1	2	3	0	-
9.	Karter Morrison (D)	5	1	2	3	0	-
10.	Kyle Savela (F)	4	0	2	2	0	-
11.	Brad Fortier (D)	5	0	2	2	0	-
12.	Shayne McKay (F)	5	0	2	2	0	-
13.	Garrett Gammond (LW)	5	1	0	1	0	-
14.	Matthew Bevilacqua (LW)	5	0	1	1	0	-
15.	Graham Kulp (F)	5	0	1	1	0	-
16.	Lee Ferris (F)	3	0	0	0	0	-
17.	Graeson Gerrie (F)	4	0	0	0	0	-
18.	Justin Stewart (D)	5	0	0	0	0	-

#	Goalie	GP	GAA	SV%	W	L	T	SO	TOI	SVS	GP	GAA	SV%
LJHL
1.	Cody Beals (G)	1	2.00	.933	1	0	0	-	60:00	28	1	7.83	.850
2.	Nate Geddes (G)	14	3.36	.900	9	4	1	-	785:00	398	6	4.63	.884
3.	Brendon Mallon (G)	15	3.28	.894	7	6	0	-	895:00	414	2	1.00	.966
Keystone Cup
1.	Nate Geddes (G)	2	2.00	.938	1	1	0	1	120:00	60
2.	Brendon Mallon (G)	3	3.00	.913	2	1	0	0	180:00	94

2018-2019 Thunder Bay Fighting Walleye Staff

Head CoachBryan Smeltzer
Athletic TrainerRandy Everett

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2018-2019 Thunder Bay Bandits Demographics

Thunder Bay Bandits Facts

Plays in: LJHL
Team Colors: -
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2018-2019 Thunder Bay Fighting Walleye Roster Facts

Nationalities

29 players

Experience

Thunder Bay Fighting Walleye: 735 GP

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Thunder Bay Bandits History and Standings

season	league	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
Thunder Bay Bandits
2025-2026	LJHL	24	13	10	1	-	-	108	111	29	1.21	3	Semifinal loss
2024-2025	LJHL	24	8	15	-	-	1	73	113	17	0.71	4	Semifinal loss
2023-2024	LJHL	24	7	14	-	-	2	92	129	17	0.71	4	Semifinal loss
2022-2023	LJHL	24	5	17	-	-	2	57	96	12	0.5	5	Did not make playoffs
2021-2022	LJHL	18	17	1	-	-	-	111	51	35	1.94	1	Champion
2020-2021	LJHL	4	0	3	-	-	1	11	25	1	0.25	3	Season Cancelled
Thunder Bay Fighting Walleye
2019-2020	LJHL	27	17	9	1	-	-	143	104	36	1.33	2	Playoffs Cancelled
2018-2019	LJHL	29	17	11	1	-	-	187	96	38	1.31	2	Final loss
2017-2018	LJHL	28	16	8	4	-	-	212	109	36	1.29	1	Final loss
Thunder Bay Stars
2016-2017	LJHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Semifinal loss
2015-2016	TBJBHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Final loss
2014-2015	TBJBHL	31	16	15	0	-	-	156	137	32	1.03	2	Final loss
2010-2011	TBJBHL	30	9	17	4	-	-	123	161	22	0.73	3	Final loss

Thunder Bay Bandits Tournament Statistics

season	tournament	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2018-2019	Keystone Cup	3	2	1	0	0	0	15	6	4	1.33	2	Final loss

Where Are They Now?

Played in the team during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Samuel Pierce (F)	2026-2027	Thunder Bay Kings U18 AAA	GNU18L	7	4	1	5	8
2.	Aiden Edwards (F)	2026-2027	Thunder Bay North Stars	SIJHL	4	2	1	3	0
3.	Blake Venor (F)	2026-2027	Thunder Bay Kings U18 AAA	GNU18L	7	1	1	2	0
4.	Willem Kirk-Bertens (F)	2026-2027	Kenora Thistles U18 AAA	MU18HL	2	0	1	1	2
5.	Andrew Bouchard (D)	2026-2027	Oxford Sabres U18	NAPrepHL U18	-	-	-	-	-

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2025-2026	View Roster	5'10"	168 lbs	20.69
2024-2025	View Roster	5'8"	172 lbs	20.44
2023-2024	View Roster	5'10"	172 lbs	19.47
2022-2023	View Roster	5'9"	165 lbs	19.56
2021-2022	View Roster	5'10"	172 lbs	20.19

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Regular Season

Franchise All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Matthew Glomba (F)	103	81	92	173
2.	Travis Glomba (F)	94	82	67	149
3.	Kyle Savela (F)	81	43	89	132
4.	Lee Ferris (F)	83	52	53	105
5.	Wolf Bannon (F)	71	44	42	86

Franchise All-Time Goals

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Travis Glomba (F)	94	82	67	149
2.	Matthew Glomba (F)	103	81	92	173
3.	Lee Ferris (F)	83	52	53	105
4.	Wolf Bannon (F)	71	44	42	86
5.	Brady Butvin (F)	63	44	41	85

Franchise All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Matthew Glomba (F)	103	81	92	173
2.	Kyle Savela (F)	81	43	89	132
3.	Travis Glomba (F)	94	82	67	149
4.	John Parrott (D)	82	21	62	83
5.	Lee Ferris (F)	83	52	53	105

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Matthew Glomba (F)	103	81	173	373
2.	David Simpson (D)	54	16	60	331
3.	Wolf Bannon (F)	71	44	86	269
4.	Matt Hamlyn (F)	50	15	35	223
5.	Lino Dixon (F)	46	17	31	209

Franchise All-Time Games Played

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Matthew Glomba (F)	103	81	92	173
2.	Devon Wintoneak (D)	99	13	28	41
3.	Alex Arella (F)	98	28	37	65
4.	Travis Glomba (F)	94	82	67	149
5.	Darian Smith (D)	92	16	29	45

Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Braeden Duchesne (F)	1	3	4	4.00
2.	Alex Irwin (F)	1	1	4	4.00
3.	Kristopher Hamlin (F)	11	18	24	2.18
4.	Ben Irwin (F)	27	37	55	2.04
5.	Ben Erwin (F)	27	35	54	2.00

Franchise All-Time Points Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Kyle Savela (F)	2018-2019	28	19	60
2.	Hayden Hickey (F)	2016-2017	25	23	56
3.	Ben Erwin (F)	2017-2018	27	35	54
4.	Ben Irwin (F)	2017-2018	26	35	53
5.	Chris Varrin (F)	2015-2016	32	20	53

Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Ben Erwin (F)	2017-2018	27	35	54
2.	Ben Irwin (F)	2017-2018	26	35	53
3.	Travis Glomba (F)	2016-2017	24	29	50
4.	Travis Glomba (F)	2015-2016	28	24	47
5.	Hayden Hickey (F)	2016-2017	25	23	56

Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	A	TP
1.	Kyle Savela (F)	2018-2019	28	41	60
2.	Hayden Hickey (F)	2016-2017	25	33	56
3.	Chris Varrin (F)	2015-2016	32	33	53
4.	Kyle Savela (F)	2017-2018	28	33	46
5.	John Parrott (D)	2017-2018	27	31	42

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	TP	PIM
1.	Wolf Bannon (F)	2019-2020	19	20	127
2.	Matt Hamlyn (F)	2014-2015	26	13	125
3.	Mike Boyechko (D)	2014-2015	22	5	121
4.	David Simpson (D)	2014-2015	12	15	120
5.	Lino Dixon (F)	2012-2013	20	17	114