[2] On February 8, 2016, Evansville mayor, Lloyd Winnecke, announced that local businessman and IceMen season ticket holder, Mike Hall, had secured an expansion team in the Southern Professional Hockey League to play at the Ford Center beginning in the 2016–17 season, thus displacing the IceMen franchise from Evansville.

[3] On March 1, the City of Evansville and the new team signed a five-year lease agreement to play at the Ford Center.

[6] The new team name was announced on April 15, 2016,[7] taken from the P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft which was manufactured in Evansville during the Second World War.

[10] Pyle was replaced by former NHL player Ian Moran as head coach and Adam Stio was named general manager for the 2018–19 season.

[11] The team finished in last place and general manager Stio was fired at the end of the season[12] and Moran resigned.