(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 […]
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Seattle pulls away from Edmonton 7-3
(Kent,WA) There was no rest for the weary for the Edmonton Oil Kings (5-6-0-1) Saturday night. They were playing their sixth game in nine nights and were vying for their first win in that stretch. Edmonton would find some life after a tough first half of the second period, but […]
Winterhawks feed off home-ice advantage with 4-2 win over Seattle
Portland had to wait until their fourth game of the season before experiencing home-ice advantage. The 8,208 Winterhawks faithful were fired up early and often on Saturday night at the Moda Center as fans were treated to an excellent game with 74 combined shots. In the end, Portland secured their […]
Seattle’s second period surge takes down Portland 5-3
(Kent, WA) The Interstate 5 rivalry is alive and well. The Seattle Thunderbirds and Portland Winterhawks took to the ShoWare Center ice on Saturday night and played the first of 12 games between the two squads this season. With the WHL season being cut down to 68 games, those 12 […]
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 […]
Seattle Thunderbirds Notebook- who returns next year?
With the WHL Bantam Draft going tomorrow, let’s take a look at who the Seattle Thundebrirds already have in their system and who is likely to return for the 2018-19 season. They will lose Austin Strand and Turner Ottenbreit from the blue line and Donovan Neuls from the top-six forward […]
2017-18 Playoff Previews: Everett Silvertips vs Seattle Thunderbirds
Everett Silvertips (1st in the U.S. Division) vs Seattle Thunderbirds (2nd Wild Card seed) Season Series: Everett 5-4-1-1 Seattle 4-4-2-0 10/22 SEA 4 @EVT 3 11/17 EVT 3 SEA 2 11/18 SEA 2 EVT 0 1/26 EVT 3 SEA 1 1/27 SEA 3 EVT 2 (SO) 2/16 EVT 4 SEA […]
Americans enter postseason with 6th win in past 7 games
Kennewick, Wa. A long, grueling WHL regular season came to an end last night for the Tri-City Americans (38-25-8-1, 85pts.) and the Seattle Thunderbirds (34-28-8-2, 78pts.). Both teams are headed to the postseason and matchups have been set, so pride was the only thing on the line. But pride is […]
WHL recap: Pats and Thunderbirds add to their win totals
Regina 3 Prince Albert 2 (SO) Sometimes it’s all about how you are playing when the playoffs start. For the Regina Pats (39-25-5-1), Wednesday night’s 3-2 shootout win over the Prince Albert Raiders (32-25-9-3) at home was a positive sign for the Pats playoff aspirations. The win was the sixth straight for […]
WHL recap: Rassell nets his 50th and Tigers get the win; Raiders, Thunderbirds and Pats get key victories
Prince Albert 6 Moose Jaw 4 When you are the top seed in the WHL’s Eastern Conference and the playoffs are approaching, the last thing you want to have is the current team you are set to play against playing their best hockey of the entire season. Worse yet is […]
