As Seattle Thunderbirds General Manager Bil La Forge enters into his second season at the helm of a team with some young players, there is a lot to be excited about. Seattle has seven signed 2003-born forwards and three signed 2004-born players. The general manager and his scouts got a […]
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Daily Dose of the Dub: Holt traded to Regina, Blazers sign Lindgren, Royals acquire Fahey and more
The Regina Pats have acquired overage forward Dawson Holt (six G, 13 A in 53 regular season games with Vancouver) along with a conditional seventh-round pick in 2022 from the Vancouver Giants for import forward Sergei Alkhimov (13 G, 14 A in 66 regular season games) and a conditional sixth-round pick in 2022.
Off-season outlook: Seattle Thunderbirds
This is an ongoing series as we start the long road to the 2019-20 WHL season. We will be going in the order that teams were eliminated from contention. Keep in mind that the roster guesses vary because of information made available to us. We did our very best to […]
Today’s Gameday Preview: Thunderbirds @ Giants (2-2) and more!
DUBNetwork Feature game of the night: Seattle Thunderbirds @ Vancouver Giants (2-2) 7:30 PM PDT In a sea-saw style series, tonight the Vancouver Giants look to take the series lead back in Game 5 of this first round Western Conference series. The Seattle Thunderbirds have never led the series, and […]
Thunderbirds take Game 2, even up the series
The Seattle Thunderbirds evened their series with the Vancouver Giants up with a 4-1 win on Saturday to make it a best-of-five. Now the teams head down the I-5 for Games 3 and 4. The Thunderbirds got off to a quick start, with overage forward Sean Richards giving Seattle their first lead […]
Giants take Game 1 against Thunderbirds 7-1
The Vancouver Giants took a 1-0 series lead with a 7-1 win over the Seattle Thunderbirds in their quarter-final match up. Both teams came to play early with their physicality, instantly giving the game a playoff atmosphere. 18-year-old forward Tristen Nielsen, in particular, was the Giants’ spark plug in the opening […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Blichfeld claims scoring title in final second; ICE win last game in Cranbrook
Blichfeld wins scoring title With tonight’s assist, @joachimblich is @TheWHL scoring champion with 114 points! Congrats, Joachim! pic.twitter.com/ZjhS9hApod — Portland Winterhawks (@pdxwinterhawks) March 18, 2019 Just when it looked like there was going to be a shared scoring title, Portland’s Joachim Blichfeld earned an assist with just 1.1 seconds left in their […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Almeida signs ELC, gets 100th point; Sutter hits 500 wins
Almeida signs BREAKING: Justin Almeida (@justinalmeida27) signs NHL Entry-Level contract w/ @penguins DETAILS: https://t.co/E5aJuLqgXv pic.twitter.com/nCeAFBFCnp — Moose Jaw Warriors (@MJWARRIORS) March 9, 2019 Moose Jaw Warriors forward Justin Almeida signed his entry-level contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday. The 1999-born was drafted by the Penguins in the fifth round (129th overall) […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Alberta takes bronze at CWG; Former Rocket traded in NHL
Canada Winter Games Final Day: Alberta defeated Saskatchewan handily by a score of 12-0 to capture the Bronze Medal. Alberta: Edmonton Oil Kings prospect Dylan Guenther had two goals and three assists. Prince George Cougars prospect Craig Armstrong had two goals and two assists. Vancouver Giants prospect Zack Ostapchuk had three assists. Lethbridge Hurricanes prospect Zack Stringer had […]
Today’s Gameday Preview: Tuesday February 12th, 2019
DUBNetwork Feature game of the night: Americans @ Thunderbirds The two Wild Card teams face off in the feature game of the night in their sixth meeting of the season, in what has been quite the season series to date. With a win tonight, the Seattle Thunderbirds could tie up […]
