Led by Jennifer (Gaudet) Wakefield, a veteran who joined the team from the Cambridge Turbos, and Finnish imports Heidi Petrell and NRL scoring champion Salla Kyhälä, the Thunder won 22 games and finished second in the conference.

[4] At the tournament, the Thunder started out 2–3 and needed to defeat the Turbos in a sudden-death tie-breaker to advance; they won and went on to face the undefeated Montréal Mission in the championship final.

[2] While based in Richmond, the team continued to play some of its games in other arenas around Greater Vancouver, including Delta and Port Coquitlam.

[6][7] The team narrowly missed out on a medal when defending their national title at the 2013 Canadian Championships, finishing in fourth place.

[8] In 2018, Troy Takasaki took over as head coach after leading Richmond's under-19 team to a gold medal at the 2018 Western Canadian Championships.