Everyone with a Thunderbirds blog is going to be writing a post about the Seattle 20-year old situation for next season. So this one will be no exception. What will be the difference? While those 3-4 other blogs have facts, inside information and logical thought, I just have my own opinion. If I end up […]
(If you didn’t get a chance to see the round 1 roundup and round 2 predictions for the East, you can read those here.) Let’s take a look at how I did with round 1 in the West: (1) Kelowna 118pts v (8) Tri-City 68pts Prediction: Kelowna in 4 Actual: Kelowna in 5 As I […]
With the Medicine Hat Tigers 2-1 win over Swift Current in game 6 Sunday night, the Broncos were eliminated and all the second round matchups were set. Before we get to who I pick to move on to the Eastern conference finals, let’s look back and see how close I was on predicting round 1. […]
So, if Twitter replies are any indication, people have very strong opinions about the playoff schedule that the Thunderbirds and Silvertips have for their first round series. If you don’t know what we are talking about, here is the schedule: Seattle #4 vs Everett #5 Saturday March 22 @ ShoWare Center Sunday March 23 @ Comcast […]
As seen earlier, here are the updated standings after Friday night: Seattle Thunderbirds 40-24-2-4 86 Spokane Chiefs 40-25-3-3 86 Everett Silvertips 38-23-7-2 85 Seattle and Everett both have 2 games remaining, Spokane has 1: Seattle: @POR, @TC Spokane: @TC Everett: VIC, @POR […]
While we still don’t know what positions they will end up in, we do know that 2 of these 3 teams (Seattle, Spokane, Everett) will end up in a 4 vs 5 series against each other. Based on arena availability and historical scheduling, here’s my best guess as to what those series may look like: […]
The Thunderbirds got a big 2 points from Vancouver last night at ShoWare Center. Up 3-1 in the third, Seattle let Vancouver strike for 2 goals in 5 seconds to get the game even at 3. In the shootout, a couple good saves by Danny Mumaugh and goals by Shea Theodore and Roberts Lipsbergs got […]
The Thunderbirds playoff experiences have been sparse the last half-decade or so but, in the big picture, they have a long history of making it into the second season. With Seattle battling Spokane and Everett for 4th place in the conference and home ice advantage in the first round, we’re going to take a look […]
With the win over the Winterhawks last night, the Thunderbirds kept their chances of a US division title alive. Not likely but it’s not over until it’s over. Let’s take a look at the playoff picture. Here is what the Western Conference looks like: 1 x *Kelowna 65GP 52W 108P 2 x […]
Wonder how often we get a specific referee? Want to know how often Brooks and Boris are manning the lines? We’ll try to figure that out here. (All stats are for home games only) Top 5 referees by appearances: 1. Ingram 6 2. Smith 5 3. Iverson 4 4. Marouelli 4 5. Pearce 4 […]