(Kent, WA) The Seattle Thundebrirds (6-9-2-1) and Portland Winterhawks (11-5-1-2) never fail to put on an entertaining product. With local television broadcasting the games, the two teams combined for 79 shots and back-and-forth, high-scoring chance hockey. The game could not even be settled in 60 minutes with overtime and then […]
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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 […]
Players to watch in the 2019-2020 WHL season
We recently posted an article about Draft Eligible players to watch in the 2019-2020 season, now it’s time to look for other players to watch. Not all of these players are stars, but they might become stars this season! Brandon Wheat Kings – Cole Reinhardt Left Wing 2000 6-foot-1 203 […]
Portland drops last preseason game to Seattle 8-3
(Kennewick, WA) The Seattle Thunderbirds scored five goals in the first 13 minutes against the Portland Winterhawks in route to a 8-3 victory. Thunderbirds head coach Matt O’Dette credited Blake Lyda for his team’s strong first period, “I thought our goalie came out to play right away and think he […]
Payton Mount looks to take next step in sophomore season with Thunderbirds.
Tuesday, November 13th, 2018. The Seattle Thunderbirds played host to the visiting Spokane Chiefs, it was the first game back from the 2018 U17 Hockey Challenge for Seattle’s rookie forward, Payton Mount. Just three minutes into the game, Mount won a puck battle after an offensive zone faceoff and made […]
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 […]
Exploring the Portland vs Seattle Rivalry: Part Two – The Rookies
Part two of exploring the Portland WInterhawks and Seattle Thunderbirds rivalry features two first round bantam picks and rookies this season. In case you missed it, click here to read Part One – The Fans. On Saturday the U.S. Division rivals meet for the tenth time this season and 49th […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Kukuca going to Slovakia’s WJC camp; Leason and Raiders exact revenge for lone loss
Kukuca invited to Slovakia’s camp ? WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP NEWS | Andrej Kukuca Invited to Team Slovakia Training Camp for World Junior Championship https://t.co/OlGW2dmJJG pic.twitter.com/Ap0GHKtb5W — Seattle Thunderbirds (@SeattleTbirds) November 27, 2018 A stellar rookie season in the WHL for import forward Andrej Kukuca is getting even better as he […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Canada Red’s game delayed at U17 Challenge; Anders and Gauthier shutdown opponents
Lights out at the @Quispamsisqplex! Strong winds have knocked out power to the building, temporarily suspending ???️??. #WorldU17 pic.twitter.com/aTKLJRuTcy — World U17 Challenge (@HC_WU17) November 4, 2018 -After Russia flew out to a 3-0 lead at each team’s first games at the World U17 Hockey Challenge in Quispamis, New Brunswick, […]
2018-19 WHL season previews: Seattle Thunderbirds
Seattle Thunderbirds 2017-18: The year after they captured their first Ed Chynoweth Cup, the Seattle Thunderbirds were very competitive night in and night out. They made some acquisitions to support a very young forward group and rode a strong blue line and surprising goaltending from Liam Hughes – who came […]
