(Everett, Washington) The Seattle Thunderbirds found themselves in a familiar predicament Saturday afternoon as they surrendered two early goals to the Tri-City Americans. The first came on a wrap-around from Sasha Mutala. That was followed by a power play slap-shot from Kyle Olson. “Yeah we need to be getting a […]
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Seattle comes back against Vancouver to take first preseason game 4-2
(Everett, WA) The Seattle Thunderbirds’ special teams and 2003-born goaltender, Thomas Milic, carried them to a 4-2 win in their first preseason outing of the year. “It was amazing. The fans that were out here, my family is also here to support me, it was pretty amazing,” said Milic of […]
Thunderbirds tie series with a big third period comeback
(Kent, WA) Wednesday night at the Accesso ShoWare Center, the Seattle Thunderbirds looked to be in a very big hole. They fell behind the Vancouver Giants 3-0 in the second and were behind 3-1 with about 14 minutes left in regulation. They were so close to losing for the second […]
Blichfeld wins scoring title, Winterhawks fall in season finale
In the final regular season game of the 2018-2019 season, the Portland Winterhawks (40-22-3-3) met the Seattle Thunderbirds (31-29-6-2) for the 12th and final time. Seattle, already locked into their playoff position as the second wild card in the Western Conference, rested their top three scorers (Matthew Wedman, Noah Philp, […]
Winterhawks come back from three down to win 4-3 in shootout over Thunderbirds
Saturday night the Portland Winterhawks (37-17-3-3) found themselves down by three goals less than ten minutes into their tenth game of the season with the Seattle Thunderbirds (24-28-5-2). 19-year-old Shane Farkas entered the game and settled Portland down and helped the team escape a slow start in the first period. […]
Seattle holds off Red Deer 6-4
Kent, WA – The crazy road trip for the Red Deer Rebels (29-20-4-1) continued on Friday night as they traveled to Kent to take on the Seattle Thunderbirds (22-27-5-1). They were fresh off a 2-1 shootout win over the Western Conference leading Everett Silvertips the night before. They would not […]
Jarvis scores on penalty shot in overtime for Portland after Seattle ties game late
The seventh meeting this season between the Portland Winterhawks (29-13-3-2) and Seattle Thunderbirds (17-22-5-1) lived up to the hype of the thriving I-5 rivalry. Portland controlled play for the first 40 minutes outshooting Seattle 35-11 and led 2-0 when the second period came to a close. The Thunderbirds pushed back […]
Winterhawks use four goal second period to defeat Thunderbirds 6-3 on New Year’s Eve
Monday night marked the 28th time the Portland Winterhawks (21-11-3-2) and Seattle Thunderbirds (11-19-4-0) got together for a New Year’s Eve matchup. The Winterhawks scored five straight goals, four in the second period, to defeat the Thunderbirds 6-3. Seattle was looking to close the gap on the near annual event, […]
Late period goals lift Winterhawks over Andrusiak and Thunderbirds 4-3
(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 […]
Seattle beats Portland 6-4, ends losing streak
(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 […]