Before we get too far into this, let it be known that we fully support the drive to bring the NHL to Seattle. As nearly lifelong NHL fans, nothing would be better than seeing our favorite teams playing our favorite sport in our own city. This post isn’t about whether or not the NHL should […]
With the news that Reid Gow is leaving the WHL instead of playing his overage season, I figured we could take a look at the overage situation around the US Division: (more…)
The WHL released the 2014-15 schedule today. We already knew what the first two Seattle games would be, based on the home opener schedule released last week. The TBirds will open the season in Portland on Sept 19 and will start their home schedule the next night vs the team they eliminated in the playoffs, […]
7/5 edit: See comment below for current playlist Almost a month ago we wrote about what kind of changes we would make to the game night atmosphere. (If you haven’t read that post, you can see it here.) One part of that post, and the companion tweet on Twitter, got more attention than the rest: […]
A quick look at how the players from last years roster became part of the team. Draft picks listed are for the Bantam Draft unless otherwise noted. It will be interesting to see if some of these ripples continue. With all the 19-year olds returning this upcoming season, those earlier trades may still continue to […]
With no games to watch from the Memorial Cup yesterday, my mind started to wander. It got me thinking that the TBirds have to make a couple of important decisions soon (assuming they haven’t already) regarding next year’s roster. As examined previously, there’s both overage and import problems to solve. I took a look at […]
We had a Twitter follower ask about the attendance for the 1992 Memorial Cup in Seattle. One thing to remember about the numbers is that the committee planned on being able to use the Coliseum for the entire tournament but were unable to do so due the Sonics being in the NBA playoffs. It also required […]
There aren’t a lot of times that we are going to use this outlet to express opinions. We like trading in facts and figures. However, just like most of you readers, we are fans of the team and certainly have opinions on how things could be different and, therefore, better. Today we are going to […]
With Tim Pigulski talking about the upcoming CHL Import Draft today, we decided to take a look at import picks that the Seattle Thunderbirds have had at pick #40 or higher. This should be in the area of the TBirds first round pick this year. We won’t go beyond their WHL stats in this analysis. […]
While this is certainly a Seattle Thunderbirds-focused blog, we also want to highlight talented players from around the area who play the game. Noah Henry, a 20-year old defenseman who just finished a very successful freshman season with Union College in Schenectady, New York, is one of those players. Henry was part of the Dutchmen hockey […]