It is rare feat to reach the top of the Western Hockey League mountain. 68 games (72 when this next player won it all), four rounds of best of seven and a ton of travel. To overcome all the obstacles a championship team needs to overcome, they need a deep […]
Opinion
Top 19 Thunderbirds; A completely subjective list you will certainly disagree with. Continued. #10
Looking back on the very first entry in the series, I went over a list of criteria that I was using to measure those who made the list. I think it’s a good time to revisit one of those when looking at the next entrant on my “Top 19” list. […]
Top 19 Thunderbirds; A completely subjective list you will certainly disagree with. Continued. # 11.
The late 80’s and early 90’s the Seattle Thunderbirds enjoyed winning seasons they had not previously been accustomed to. On the strength of superstars like Glen Goodall and Petr Nedved, Seattle soared to rarified levels of success. However, even after their departures, Seattle remained very competitive and that was no […]
Top 19 Thunderbirds; a completely subjective list you will certainly disagree with. #12
In sports, we’ve grown to accept that injuries happen. However, as it turns out, they happen to your average Joe (Jesse in this case). Looking at my calendar, I haven’t released an article since my draft day recap. Now, normally, you could attribute this to flat out laziness or it […]
Top 19 Thunderbirds; A completely subjective list you will certainly disagree with. Continued.
There has been a disturbing lack of defensemen on my list to this point, something I intend to rectify immediately. Next on my list, at #13 is Thomas Hickey. Thomas made his presence felt within the organization the second he took the ice as a 15-year-old. He got his first […]
Top 19 Seattle Thunderbirds; A completely subjective list you will certainly disagree with. Continued.
There was a point in time, not too long ago where the Thunderbirds were not enjoying success. From 2009-2013 Seattle struggled to win games and had not much going in the way of star power. But during that period, there was one player that drew fans to the arena, even […]
Top 19 Thunderbirds; A completely subjective list you will certainly disagree with. Continued.
I bet you guys are super shocked at the amount of T-birds from the Championship team is on this list. Well, winning puts you in rarified company, where the legacy they left hangs from the rafters of the Access ShoWare Center. I’ll admit, I’ve been guilty of regency bias from […]
Top 19 Thunderbirds; A completely subjective list you will certainly disagree with. Continued.
Remember when I said this was going to be a list about my (not necessarily your) top 19 Thunderbirds? Well, I’m going to level with you, because not all of them are going to technically be Thunderbirds. In fact, the next guy on our list was never a Thunderbird at […]
Top 19 Thunderbirds; A completely subjective list you will certainly disagree with. Continued.
Sunday, May 14th, 2017. A hockey game was being played in Regina, Saskatchewan at the Brandt Center. It was early into overtime of Game 6 of the WHL championship series between the Seattle Thunderbirds and Regina Pats when defenseman, Aaron Hyman moved the puck to Keegan Kolesar on the boards […]
Blazers coaching carousel leads to instability
On Thursday, April 12 the Kamloops Blazers issued a press release, at the end of the workday that read “Blazers and Lajoie mutually part ways” signaling the end of Serge Lajoie’s one-season tenure behind the Blazers’ bench. Was Serge the right man for the job? Was he the right man […]
