For the second time in as many weeks, the Thunderbirds are headed down I-5 to the Moda Center to take on the Portland Winterhawks. It will have a bit of a different feel than the game on 9/19. No pomp and circumstance for the Hawks and their 4th Western Conference banner, instead they will be […]
At the end of last season, Seattle had 4 former Lethbridge Hurricanes on their roster. After today’s deal, the Thunderbirds have zero. Let’s take a quick look at how they all got here and where they have gone since: (more…)
Seattle makes their first trip across the Cascades this season to take on the Tri-City Americans at Toyota Center tonight. The Thunderbirds are looking to rebound from Saturday’s loss in their home opener to Everett. Seattle needs to show up at the start of the game and play hard for all 60 minutes. Let’s take […]
First home game of the 2014-15 season for the Seattle Thunderbirds, a season with a high level of potential and even higher expectations from the fans. Everett comes to the ShoWare Center ready to get going after sitting out opening night. The last time these two teams saw each other in a game that counted, […]
Game #1 of the 2014-15 WHL season for both the Winterhawks and the Thunderbirds. Portland will be raising their Western Conference banner tonight, their 4th in a row, while Seattle looks to play spoiler to the festivities. Here’s a look at some game day news and notes: (more…)
For this week’s Throwback Thursday, we are going all the way back to 1983. Thanks to a recent find, we are able to present the entire Seattle Breakers program for the 83-84 season. Also included is the game night insert from a Victoria Cougars vs Seattle Breakers game from October of 1983. We are very […]
The last weekend of the preseason is coming up and that usually means that teams will be missing the players that are at NHL camps. So let’s see what that means for the TBirds this weekend. (more…)
If you listened to this year’s first edition of the US Division podcast with Scott Sepich, you heard a discussion about the new WHL playoff format. He and Larry Fisher of the Kelowna Daily Courier covered it fairly well. We’ll take a little bit of a deeper dive and see how it would affect matchups. […]
With training camp over, we’re going to transition over to our regular season coverage. This will be our first full season with the Twitter account and the website so it will be a bit of a feeling out process as to the direction we take. But here’s what you can most likely expect. (more…)
This isn’t necessarily based on what has been seen so far at training camp. It’s more about what lineup gives the team the best chance of success. The only slot I’m not entirely sold on is Schuldhaus as the 7th defenseman. It’s not because of his skill, I think there is enough there to earn […]