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Franchise Playoff History: The Thunderbirds and Giants have only matched up in the playoffs once previous to this year. They met in the second round of the 2007 WHL Playoffs with Vancouver taking the series in five games en route to winning the Memorial Cup on home ice. 2018-19 Head-To-Head: […]
WHL has 41 skaters and seven goalies listed by Central Scouting: -NHL Central Scouting revealed their midterm rankings on Monday and the WHL was heavily featured on the list. Below I have a table of the 41 WHL skaters and seven WHL goalies ranked by Central Scouting. I have also […]
Lethbridge Hurricanes goaltender Liam Hughes made 21 saves and was named the game’s second star but it wasn’t enough as he was outbattled by Ethan Anders who backstopped the visiting Red Deer Rebels with 34 saves and was named the game’s first star in the 3-1 victory. In a playoff […]
Recently DUBNetwork had an opportunity to have a conversation with Seattle Thunderbirds General Manager Bil La Forge. In his first season, La Forge was extremely busy during the first 10 days of the 2019 calendar year, making six different trades. East trip: Seattle was one of those rare teams that […]
Big couple of weeks for the Lethbridge Hurricanes, a schedule loaded with divisional games, the trade deadline came and went. So its time to take a moment to look back on what has happened this week and preview what is to come this weekend. After being acquired from Seattle, goaltender Liam Hughes […]
Balcers gets first in NHL BALCERS! SCORES! HIS FIRST CAREER @NHL GOAL! pic.twitter.com/K0m3pbh3Lp — Ottawa Senators (@Senators) January 6, 2019 After appearing in his first NHL game the previous night, former Kamloops Blazer Rudolfs Balcers scored his first NHL goal in a 5-4 loss to Carolina. Here’s the clip: .@rudolfsbalcers […]
Seattle and Everett swap Andrusiak and Richards TRADE | T-Birds Acquire Sean Richards, Prospect Forward, and Three Draft Picks From Everett https://t.co/2ckm9ftDhF pic.twitter.com/JZMYsGf6da — Seattle Thunderbirds (@SeattleTbirds) January 1, 2019 In what has become less rare recently, the rival Everett Silvertips traded overage forward Sean Richards, the rights to unsigned […]
Coming into the New Year of 2019, it is a good time to sit and reflect for all of us, sports teams included. This time allows us the time to ask questions. After making the big trade just a few weeks go to bring in Jake Leschyshyn and Nick Henry […]
(Portland, Oregon) On Saturday night the I5 rivalry between the Portland Winterhawks (14-8-0-2) and Seattle Thunderbirds (8-12-3-0) resumed after a week break. The location shifted from Kent to the Rose City. Portland started as if they were shot out of a cannon. The Winterhawks used their speed and transition game […]
(Kent, WA) Scoring had been an issue for the Seattle Thunderbirds (8-9-3-0) through their recent seven-game losing streak. In those seven games, they had just eight goals. Instead of going away from the game plan though, against a team riding in on a seven-game streak of getting at least a […]
