The Prince Albert Raiders acquired 2001-born Michael Horon from the Seattle Thunderbirds for a seventh-round pick in the 2020 WHL Bantam Draft.
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Daily Dose of the Dub: Thunderbirds release Kaluski, Three suspensions handed out in WHL
The Seattle Thunderbirds have released 1999-born forward Jaxan Kaluski to meet the WHL overage limit.
WHL Gameday Preview: Friday, October 11th, 2019
DUBNetwork Feature Game of the Night: October 11, 2019, Victoria Royals 2-3-0-0 @ Tri-City Americans 3-3-0-0 7:05 PM (PDT) After a five-game road trip to begin the year the Tri-City Americans play just their second game at home, as they host the Victoria Royals. Coming off a successful three wins […]
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 […]
Calm before the storm: Thunderbirds weekly preview
Monday, Seattle got a boost when it was announced by general manager Bil La Forge that overage forward Matthew Wedman had been returned to Seattle by the Florida Panthers organization. The 40-goal scorer from just a season ago was also named the 36th captain in franchise history. Joining Wedman in […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Smith returned to Chiefs, Hitmen release Krajc, Raiders and Rebels, Hurricanes and Silvertips connect on trades
The New Jersey Devils officially announced on Tuesday the decision to return defenseman Ty Smith to the Spokane Chiefs for another year of junior hockey.
Daily Dose of the Dub: Wedman returns to Seattle, Hitmen get Kastelic back from Senators and more
Mark Kastelic has been returned to the Calgary Hitmen after attending Ottawa Senators (NHL) and Belleville Senators (AHL) training camps as an undrafted free agent.
2019-2020 WHL Season Previews: Seattle Thunderbirds
2019-2020 WHL Season Previews: Seattle Thunderbirds 2018-2019 Season (31-29-6-2): The Thunderbirds’ 2018-2019 season was very much a tale of two very different seasons. The club was entering their second season removed from a Western Hockey League Championship, and was very much in a year of transition. Seattle got out of […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Savoie goes first to ICE, ICE move up to grab Geekie, Rockets start to build for Memorial Cup
The biggest storyline going into Thursday’s WHL Bantam Draft was whether or not the Winnipeg ICE, who recently relocated from Kootenay, would select Matthew Savoie with the first overall pick
Off-season outlook: Kelowna Rockets
We continue on with our 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 […]