While the Seattle Thunderbirds have been the only team to defeat them, the Everett Silvertips continue to dominate the US Division. With their 4-3 win Friday night, the Silvertips remain atop the division with just a single loss through their first ten games of the season. They join the […]
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2021 Seattle Thunderbirds ready for a clean slate
The Seattle Thunderbirds are opening their 2021 season at home against the Spokane Chiefs on Friday, March 19. While there will be no fans in the arena, the Thunderbirds will be looking to return to form over the season’s 24 scheduled games. Just four years removed from a WHL […]
WHL players head to Manitoba’s top junior league
The Western Hockey League announced last week that it has granted temporary transfers to WHL roster players. This means players could join Junior A, Junior B, and U-18 teams to continue their development through December 20. Players would, at that point, return to their respective WHL teams ahead of […]
Zimmer aims for big things with Wheat Kings
For so many young Canadians, getting a chance to play on the country’s national team is just about the highest honour that can be achieved. Tyson Zimmer is one of those young Canadians who had that exact dream, and he’s received some national recognition. We’ll get to that in […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Kinder returns to Germany, Chiefs, T-Birds announce more award winners
After just one season in the WHL, Nino Kinder has decided to return to Germany to play professionally with Eisbaren Berlin.
2019-2020 Thunderbirds: Exciting youth has Seattle primed for success
Last year’s edition of the Seattle Thunderbirds was the definition of hot when they needed to be as they inched their way into the playoffs. The club finished 7-1-1-1 in their last 10 games of the season to grab and hold the second wildcard spot in the Western Conference. They […]
Roulette thrives in first WHL season
This past season brought a wonderful opportunity for Conner Roulette. After a great single season with the Winnipeg Thrashers of the Manitoba AAA U18 Hockey League, Conner put his sights on accomplishing something bigger this season and that was making the jump to Western Hockey League, full-time. Roulette was […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: More teams hand out year-end awards
The Kelowna Rockets handed out their team awards on Sunday over Twitter.
Thunderbirds are playoff bound and more
When the Western Hockey League announced the cancelation of the remaining regular-season games this year, the 16 teams that will compete for a title were confirmed. The Portland Winterhawks edged the Everett Silvertips by just one point. They had 97 points compared to Everett’s 96. Down in the 16th […]
Four goal third period helps Winterhawks to 40th win
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 […]
