Cody Glass is known far more for his set up abilities than for his goal-scoring prowess. Coming into the Portland Winterhawks game Friday night at the Moda Center, he had 61 assists, to go with 34 goals, keeping him five points short of 100 points. Glass would use the expectation […]
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Winterhawks finish off three-game weekend strong with a 7-4 win in Seattle
Wth both the Seattle Thunderbirds and Portland Winterhawks finishing off three-games in three-nights and four in six games, which team would have the bigger jump in their steps in a Sunday evening tilt in Kent? Portland, though the road team in this one, had to be feeling confident playing at […]
Winterhawks ride big third period to close out big weekend
Alex Overhardt does not score goals, but when he does they are game winners. Overhardt’s goal midway through the third period allowed the Portland Winterhawks to come back from a 3-2 deficit and escape with a 5-3 win over the visiting Seattle Thunderbirds on Sunday evening. The game winner was […]
Americans halt hot Thunderbirds to gain two important points
Kennewick, Wa. The Tri-City Americans (25-16-7-0, 57 pts.) were coming off of one of their most impressive wins of the season. On Saturday night, the Americans fought back from a 4-1 deficit to beat the rival Spokane Chiefs in overtime. How they followed up that win on Sunday could be […]
Dorrin Luding leading Seattle to quality wins
A lot of goalies would struggle when placed into the situation that Seattle Thunderbirds goalie Dorrin Luding was placed in last week. After Matt Berlin was traded away and Liam Hughes was on the wrong end of a collision with Portland Winterhawks forward Skyler McKenzie, Luding was elevated to starter […]
WHL recap: Thunderbirds win another in the shootout; Chiefs double up Broncos
Seattle 6 Brandon 5 (SO) Things looked bleak on Tuesday night for the Seattle Thunderbirds (25-16-4-2). They were down 4-1 to the visiting Brandon Wheat Kings (28-15-3-2) halfway through regulation. Leave it to a 16-year-old defenseman and a well-travelled 19-year-old to change all that. Jake Lee scored his third of the year with […]
WHL recap: Volcan sparks Thunderbirds; Hurricanes and Oil Kings nab victories
Edmonton 5 Kootenay 1 The young Kootenay ICE (20-23-3-0) could be forgiven for overlooking the visiting Edmonton Oil Kings (13-26-4-2) on Friday night. They had just pulled out an exciting win on the road over the division-leading Medicine Hat Tigers and were about to have three straight games against teams […]
WHL recap: ICE win late; Pats, Chiefs and Thunderbirds each add to their win totals as well
Regina 4 @Prince Albert 3 The Regina Pats (24-19-4-0)got two goals from Matt Bradley and one from Jesse Gabrielle to come back from a 2-1 deficit to go on to win over the Prince Albert Raiders (16-20-6-2) 4-3. The Pats have had the Raiders number this year, winning the first […]
WHL recap: Hurricanes and Thunderbirds get wins in B.C.
Lethbridge 4 @Kamloops 2 It’s looking more and more like a fresh start in Lethbridge is just with the doctor ordered for Brad Morrison. The overage forward, who had previously played for the Vancouver Giants is having a great start to his time with the Lethbridge Hurricanes (21-19-3-0) since coming […]
Message received
On Saturday night after the Red Deer Rebels lost 5-2 to the visiting Brandon Wheat Kings. Head coach Brent Sutter had some choice words about his team’s level of effort and their results after the game. Tonight the Red Deer Rebels (3-3-0-0) took on the Everett Silvertips (3-4-0-0) in their […]