The Seattle Thunderbirds announced Wednesday that the team has acquired forward Blake Bargar from the Victoria Royals in exchange for defenseman Anthony Bishop. Bargar, a native of Torrance, California was drafted in 2013 by the Moose Jaw Warriors where he played two seasons. He was traded to the Victoria Royals […]
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Kyle Hagel joins O’Dette on T-Birds coaching staff
The Seattle Thunderbirds announced last Thursday, July 20, that the team has signed Kyle Hagel as one of the team’s new assistant coaches. The announcement came about a week after the T-Birds announced that Matt O’Dette is set to take over the head coaching reins for the upcoming season. Hagel, […]
WHL burning questions: summer edition
We’ve entered the summer doldrums, the time when hockey fans are just itching to see their teams hit the ice. We thought it was high time to look at the WHL teams burning questions as we head into the final month before training camps. Each team will have a Face […]
Seattle Thunderbirds draft overview
Seattle Thunderbirds Draft Overview Seattle really didn’t have a whole lot of picks to work with in the draft. Through the first 10 rounds they made eight selections including two in the 10th. They really took players who compete hard and have power in their games. We like how they […]
Former WHL Players taken in the NHL Expansion draft
Nine former WHL players were selected by the newest NHL franchise, Vegas Golden Knights, at tonight’s NHL Awards ceremony. The event was held at the T-Mobile Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The very first selection made was from the Colorado Avalanche. The team finished in last place in the NHL […]
WHL playoff recap: Home Ice proves Advantageous, Pats & T’birds up 3-2
Regina 5 Lethbridge 3 (Regina leads series 3-2) Game story: -Lethbridge’s Josh Tarzwell opened the scoring in this tilt, it was his first WHL playoff goal in his first game of this series. Later in the game he would take a hard body check against the boards and it looked […]
WHL playoffs: Western Conference Final – Kelowna Rockets vs Seattle Thunderbirds
We will be previewing the conference final match-ups in an on-going series. While any best-of-seven series that ends in five games may, on the surface, appear to have been a cakewalk of sorts for the winning team, the Kelowna Rockets […]
WHL Playoff Preview: Everett Silvertips versus Seattle Thunderbirds
We knew it was going to come to this didn’t we? Since about mid January, the Everett Silvertips and Seattle Thunderbirds were the two best teams in the U.S. Division and now they’ll settle the matter in the second round of the playoffs. How close were they? Everett won the […]
Playoff Game Day Edition 2
Welcome to another game day preview that we will run for the duration of the playoffs. We will take a look at matchups throughout the playoffs and focus in on some players who have made an impact in their series. Medicine Hat looks to close out their first round match-up […]
DUBNetwork’s 2016-17 “All-20” WHL All-Star Team
The current rules allow each Western Hockey League team to include three 20-year-old players on their roster. These are seemingly interchangeable spots on a WHL roster throughout the season, often devoted to players with high-end skills or, perhaps just as important, high-end character. At 20 years of age, a WHL […]