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.
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Seattle leads way for WHL at the 2019 NHL entry draft.
On the second day of the NHL entry draft, multiple current (and former) Seattle Thunderbirds waited with anticipation to hear their names called by one of the 31 NHL franchises so they may take their next step living their hockey dreams. The first round saw multiple top-end talent players selected […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: 28 WHLers selected in NHL Entry Draft and more
The NHL Entry Draft concluded on Saturday in Vancouver with a total of 28 WHL players selected in the draft.
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 […]
A tale of two seasons: The 2018-2019 Seattle Thunderbirds
When the final seconds of the third period were ticking off the clock at the Accesso ShoWare Center on Saturday evening during game six of the Western Conference Quarter-Final match-up between the one seed Vancouver Giants and the second Wild Card team, the Seattle Thunderbirds fans in attendance did not […]
Giants win an exciting Game 5, look to close out series Saturday
The Vancouver Giants are one win away from facing the winner of the Kamloops versus Victoria series in the second round, thanks to Friday’s 3-2 win over Seattle to take a 3-2 series lead. Dylan Plouffe and Jadon Joseph both scored their fourth goals of the series and Dallas Hines his second of the series […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Raiders, Blades sweep first round; More suspensions handed out
Two first round sweeps Raiders win! 4-1 is the final in Game 4 to complete the sweep of the Red Deer Rebels! Shots finish 35-22 us. Details and tickets for our Round 2 series will be announced at a later date.#PAvsRD #GoRaidersGo #WHLPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/e07O1BQjdE — Prince Albert Raiders (@PARaidersHockey) March […]
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 […]
Giants hold off Thunderbirds to take a 2-1 series lead
(Kent, WA) The Vancouver Giants took a 2-1 series lead over Seattle with a 6-4 victory down in Kent, Washington in front of a crowd of 4425 at the Accesso ShoWare Center. The home team got off to a quick start in Game 3 with their regular season leading scorer […]
2019 Playoff Preview: 1) Vancouver Giants vs WC2) Seattle Thunderbirds
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: […]