Friday evening in the WHL saw long-time U.S. Division rivals face off against one another. So far this season, the Seattle Thunderbirds (22-28-3-3) and Portland Winterhawks (40-8-3-4) have needed more than 60 minutes to find a winner in four of the seven games played — including the last two. Both […]
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Portland puts up 50 shots, defeats Seattle 4-1
For the fourth time this season, the Portland Winterhawks (24-6-1-3) and Seattle Thunderbirds (13-18-2-1) dropped the puck. The two I-5 — and division — rivals met at the accesso ShoWare Center and the Winterhawks emerged with a 4-1 victory. In the first period, Portland came out firing shots on Seattle’s […]
Seattle scores late, wins in a shootout over Portland
The unofficial first half of the Portland Winterhawks’ (22-6-1-3) season came to an end on Sunday against the rival Seattle Thunderbirds (11-17-2-1). In the latest iteration of the I-5 rivalry, the Thunderbirds left the Rose City with a 4-3 shootout victory. Seattle scored the only goal of the first period […]
Winterhawks extend win streak to five
Saturday night marked the first of 12 matchups between the Portland Winterhawks (10-3-0-1) and the Seattle Thunderbirds (5-7-2-1). Often times a high-scoring contest, this iteration of the I-5 rivalry was a low-scoring, defensive battle won by Portland 2-1. The win is Portland’s fifth in-a-row, and they have points in eight […]
Calm before the storm: Seattle Thunderbirds weekly preview
The Thunderbirds (2-3-0-0) are coming off a less than ideal weekend. They went 1-2-0-0, including an 8-1 drubbing at the hand of the Kamloops Blazers, and a 5-1 loss to the returning WHL defenseman of the year Ty Smith, and the Spokane Chiefs. However, the weekend ended well, as the […]
Lack of urgency sinks Tbirds in 3-1 loss to Tri-City
Tri-City Americans (1-1-0-0) forward Sasha Mutala opened the scoring against the Seattle Thunderbirds (1-0-0-0) midway through the first period on a power-play goal. The man advantage came after a scrap between Cade McNelly and Landon Roberts where McNelly received two minutes for instigating. Seattle’s slow start proved to be their […]
Roddy Ross holds off Blazers in Thunderbirds’ 4-1 win
KENT, WASHINGTON It was during the second period of play where sophomore goaltender Roddy Ross made possibly an early candidate for save of the year. Kamloops Blazers rookie defenseman Mats Lindgren got the puck near the left hash mark and had what looked to be a wide-open cage to deposit […]
Portland drops last preseason game to Seattle 8-3
(Kennewick, WA) The Seattle Thunderbirds scored five goals in the first 13 minutes against the Portland Winterhawks in route to a 8-3 victory. Thunderbirds head coach Matt O’Dette credited Blake Lyda for his team’s strong first period, “I thought our goalie came out to play right away and think he […]
Thunderbirds fall to Everett in overtime
(Everett, WA) The Seattle Thunderbirds closed out the weekend with a game against their cross-town rivals, the Everett Silvertips. Seattle drew an early power play and was rewarded. Matthew Wedman received a pass behind the left goal line from Henrik Rybinski. With a quick pass between his legs through the […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: ICE, Raiders, Wheat Kings trim training camp rosters, Hitmen sign two prospects, Hurricanes sign Nash
The Brandon Wheat Kings trimmed their training camp roster to 32 on Sunday.
