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The Bloomington PrairieThunder were a minor professional ice hockey team based in Bloomington, Illinois. They were a member of the Central Hockey League in the Turner Conference. The team was originally a member of the United Hockey League prior to its merger into the CHL in 2010. They played their home games at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum.
The PrairieThunder were founded in 2006 and played for five seasons before folding in 2011. The team's name was a reference to a train called "Prairie Thunder" that passed through Bloomington in its early history.
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