Who makes it rain bears?
Last night was the 12th Teddy Bear Toss night that the Seattle Thunderbirds have had. In honor of that, a quick look back at all the teddy bear goals scored in those games. (more…)
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Ryan Gropp became the 18th Seattle Thunderbirds player to participate in the CHL/NHL Top Prospects game. Here’s how those 18 players have performed: (more…)
This Date in TBirds History: 10-goal games
With parity in the Western Hockey League, defensive schemes taking hold and goaltenders playing with bigger and better equipment, the days of the high-scoring games would seem to be over. As you will see in the list below, they aren’t extinct completely, but they are the exception these days rather than the rule. Here are […]
Ice time and face-off stats: Friday vs Tri-City
Another stats package from Jon Whiting. This one comes from the TBirds 3-1 win over the Americans at ShoWare Center Friday night. (more…)
Black Friday stats: face-offs and ice time
As you may have read, the Let’s Go Birds blog has shut down for the time being. Unfortunately, this left Jon Whiting, one of the contributors there, with no place to post his stats. If you appreciate these kinds of posts, be sure to comment or let us know on Twitter. (more…)
WHL season ticket prices
It’s Black Friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year. In that spirit, we thought we’d take a quick look at the prices of what hockey fans are spending when shopping for season tickets in their WHL city. (more…)
By the numbers: East Division road trip
The TBirds returned home this week after a 13 day, 6 game road trip through the East Division of the WHL. The trip took them through the 5 towns in Saskatachewan (Prince Albert, Saskatoon, Moose Jaw, Regina, Swift Current) and the 1 in Manitoba (Brandon). We’re going to take a quick look at some of […]
Last season vs this season: 18-game edition
We’re taking a break from the game day posts while the team is on the East Division trip. The game day posts will return next week. Here’s the first of a periodic feature that we will be doing this season. After the last game vs Saskatoon, the TBirds had played 18 games or 1/4 of […]
Just tricks, no treats: games on Halloween
Earlier last week, the Thunderbirds office sent out an email to season ticket holders. Part of the letter explained why the TBirds were having a game on a Thursday this week: “This rare Thursday game was originally scheduled to be played on Friday, Halloween Night. Prior experience has indicated that a Halloween Friday Night was not the […]
TBirds attendance trend for 2014-15
Much was made about the fact that there were two teams in the WHL who had attendance increases last season: Portland and Seattle. In fact, the Thunderbirds attendance numbers for last season probably went a long way to their marketing department winning an award from the WHL. It’s early but let’s take a look at […]