Examining WHL broadcasts on Root Sports

At this time no. The #WHL and Root Sports don’t have a deal this season. Disappointing. — Ian Furness (@IanFurnessSea) January 1, 2016 Update: This post was originally published on December 20th, 2014. As mentioned by Ian Furness on Twitter on December 31, 2015, the agreement between the WHL and Root Sports Northwest has not […]

Moving for the future, remembering the past

Packing up my house in advance of a move, I came across some of the Seattle Thunderbirds memorabilia that my wife and I have acquired over the years. A few of those items are shown below. For larger images, click on the thumbnails. (more…)

Looking at the 2015-16 schedule

Hope everyone has been enjoying their summer so far. I know this heatwave we’ve been under the last couple months has had me looking forward to getting back to the rink and watching some hockey. With a little downtime and not much to do, I thought we would take a quick look at the Thunderbirds […]

House Labor Executive Session on ESB 5893

Washington State House Labor committee took action on ESB 5893, the WHL bill, today. It was passed out of committee with a 5-2 vote and now goes to the House Rules committee to be placed on the House floor calendar.

Penalty totals and percentages

One of the stats we track with a lot of detail is penalties. This post will break those down a little bit and provide some more detail than just player and minutes and look at penalty totals and percentages. (more…)

68 down, 4 to go

It’s the final week of the regular season and not much has been decided in the US Division ahead of the playoffs. A quick look at what the last few games hold and what they mean for the playoffs starting next week. (more…)