Last year was a year of changes for the Markham Thunder. New city. New home arena. New uniform. New GM. New head coach. New Clarkson Cup winners.
Unlike last year, the team made very few changes this offseason. Same head coach. Same GM. Same goalies (well, that has not changed in a while). Sure there were a few retirements, but they have the most returning players (16) of any team in the league.
Time warp back to December 2017. The Thunder had won only five of their 17 games, and had points in five others that ended in either an overtime or shootout loss, all against Montréal.