The Carolina ThunderBirds a Ice Hockey Team Located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. Played in the Atlantic Coast Hockey League 1982-87, All-American Hockey League 1987-88 and the East Coast Hockey League 1988-89. Name changed to Winston-Salem Thunderbirds for the 1989-90 season. Head coach : Rick Dudley 1981-86, Brendon Watson 1988-89 Honours : Won the Jack Riley Cup in 1989. Won the Atlantic Coast Hockey League Play Off Championship in 1983 & 1985. Won the Atlantic Coast Hockey League in 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85 & 1985-86. Won the All-American Hockey League Play Off Championship in 1988. Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... County Forsyth County, NC Mayor Allen Joines Website Official Website Population 185,776 (2000) Winston-Salem is a city located in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. ... The Atlantic Coast Hockey League was a minor league hockey organization that operated between 1981 and 1987. ... The All-American Hockey League was a minor league hockey organization formed in 1972 as the Continental Hockey League. ... The ECHL is a professional minor-league double-A hockey association based in the United States and Canada. ... The Atlantic Coast Hockey League was a minor league hockey organization that operated between 1981 and 1987. ... The Atlantic Coast Hockey League was a minor league hockey organization that operated between 1981 and 1987. ... The All-American Hockey League was a minor league hockey organization formed in 1972 as the Continental Hockey League. ...