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 […]
Another stats package from Jon Whiting. This one comes from the TBirds 3-1 win over the Americans at ShoWare Center Friday night. (more…)
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…)
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…)
Last Friday night, one attendee of the Spokane Chiefs vs Seattle Thunderbirds game was going to be the 2 millionth person to enjoy an event at ShoWare Center in Kent. That attendee was Kent-West Hill resident Erik Hannon. We had an opportunity this weekend to talk to that honored guest and find out a little […]
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 […]
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 […]
North America gets an extra hour of sleep tonight as it transitions from daylight time to standard time. In the spirit of turning the clock back, we’re going to do some time traveling of our own. Going back to 2012, having won the WHL Bantam Draft lottery, the Seattle Thunderbirds selected F Mathew Barzal #1 […]
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 […]
The Memorial Cup trophy may be in Everett today but the last team to win it is in Kent tonight for their biennial visit. The Edmonton Oil Kings come to town as the reigning Memorial Cup champions and winners of the WHL Eastern Conference for the last 3 years. Even with a loss of important […]