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Andy Eide

Andy Eide was the Seattle Kraken insider for SeattleSports.com before his passing in 2023. Before the NHL's arrival in Seattle, Andy was the longtime Seattle Thunderbirds reporter for SeattleSports.com. He attended his first T-Birds game in 1987 and became hooked on hockey ever since. He also provided coverage of the Kraken for NHL.com and Sound of Hockey.

THUNDERBIRDS | Oct 25, 2014
T-Birds snap losing streak with 5-3 win over Spokane

The Seattle Thunderbirds showed that having five days off can do wonders for your game, snapping a four-game losing streak Friday by beating the Spokane Chiefs 5-3.
THUNDERBIRDS | Oct 19, 2014
T-Birds drop fourth straight with overtime loss to Blazers

The Thunderbirds keep finding ways to lose hockey games at home. Saturday night Seattle dropped a strange 5-4 overtime decision to the Kamloops Blazers at the ShoWare Center.
THUNDERBIRDS | Oct 18, 2014
Prince George holds off Thunderbirds 3-1

The Thunderbirds played their third game in four nights Friday night and once again struggled to score goals.
THUNDERBIRDS | Oct 15, 2014
Thunderbirds play hard but fall in shoot out to Spokane

The Thunderbirds found themselves in a tough spot Tuesday night and hung on to scrape out a point.
THUNDERBIRDS | Oct 13, 2014
T-Birds news and notes: Suspensions, trades and fancy stats

The Thunderbirds ended the weekend on a mini two game-win streak after taking overtime victories against Spokane and Portland.
THUNDERBIRDS | Oct 12, 2014
Thunderbirds edge Winterhawks in 3-2 shootout win

The Thunderbirds have managed to turn their former house of horrors into a fun house, skating out of the Moda Center in Portland Saturday night with a 3-2 shootout win over the struggling Winterhawks.
THUNDERBIRDS | Oct 10, 2014
Late game heroics lift T-Birds past Chiefs in overtime win

Seattle got a late game-tying goal from Mathew Barzal to force an overtime period, where Jared Hauf scored to give the T-Birds a 2-1 win over Spokane.
THUNDERBIRDS | Sep 21, 2014
Thunderbirds shut out 1-0 by Everett in home opener

A night after picking up a win in Portland, the T-Birds dropped a tough game to their other rivals.
THUNDERBIRDS | Sep 17, 2014
General manager Russ Farwell optimistic about T-Birds season

The Thunderbirds' roster situations are nothing new to a junior hockey team and general manager Russ Farwell is optimistic that they'll get straightened out.
THUNDERBIRDS | Sep 16, 2014
Justin Hickman ready to lead the T-Birds once again

Thunderbirds captain Justin Hickman was in town last week watching the team wrap up its exhibition season against the Everett Silvertips. That's not where he was supposed to be.
THUNDERBIRDS | Sep 9, 2014
T-Birds news and notes: Playing 200 feet and secondary scoring

The Thunderbirds are just under two weeks away from opening the 2014-2015 season when they head to Portland on Sept. 19.
THUNDERBIRDS | Sep 1, 2014
T-Birds blanked by Spokane 1-0

The Thunderbirds finished the Everett Silvertips Preseason Holiday Classic Sunday by giving up too many shots and taking too many penalties and lost their first game of the preseason.
THUNDERBIRDS | Aug 31, 2014
T-Birds make it two in a row with overtime win against Victoria

The Thunderbirds found a way to make Saturday's preseason game with the Victoria Royals more dramatic than it should have been.
THUNDERBIRDS | Aug 29, 2014
T-Birds open preseason with 4-0 shutout of Tri City

After a week of training camp where they only got to play against teammates, the Thunderbirds finally took on a different opponent Friday at Comcast Arena in Everett.
THUNDERBIRDS | Aug 26, 2014
T-Birds end training camp with annual Blue-White game

After four days of scrimmages and practices the T-Birds played a full game Monday afternoon. The annual Blue-White game ended with a 4-2 win for Blue behind four different goal scorers. Captain Justin Hickman potted two goals for the White squad.
THUNDERBIRDS | Aug 25, 2014
T-Birds training camp Day 4: Euros take center stage

The Thunderbirds had a full day of work Sunday for the last day of the full training camp. There were scrimmage sessions in the morning and afternoon. Monday night the roster will be paired down and the team will play it's annual Blue-White game featuring regular timing and game uniforms.
THUNDERBIRDS | Aug 23, 2014
T-Birds training camp Day 2 recap: Rookies Elder and Volcan look ready

The Thunderbirds hit the ice Friday for the second day of training camp and followed the same schedule as Thursday. The 15- and 16-year-old prospects played a couple of scrimmages and the returning players hit the ice for two practices.
THUNDERBIRDS | Aug 22, 2014
T-Birds training camp: Day-1 recap

The Thunderbirds opened training camp Thursday with a full day of activities. There were two scrimmages between teams made up of the club's 15- and 16-year-old prospects sandwiched around the veteran players' on-ice fitness testing and practice.
THUNDERBIRDS | Aug 18, 2014
Thunderbirds Twitter mailbag: Training-camp edition

Believe it or not, hockey is back. Well, it's back this Thursday as the Seattle Thunderbirds open their training camp for the 2014-15 season. We took to the Twitter machine to solicit questions from T-Birds fans to answer before training camp starts.
THUNDERBIRDS | Aug 12, 2014
How will the T-Birds put their forward lines together?

About half way through last year's WHL campaign, Seattle head coach Steve Konowalchuk matched up Mathew Barzal, Justin Hickman and Ryan Gropp on a line together. Almost immediately the trio meshed and became Seattle's top offensive line down the stretch.
THUNDERBIRDS | Jul 1, 2014
T-Birds looking to stock up in CHL Import Draft

The Thunderbirds will look to pick up two new European players Wednesday morning as the CHL holds its annual Import Draft.
THUNDERBIRDS | Jun 23, 2014
T-Birds news and notes: Sahvan Khaira signs with Seattle

A month after learning that they were losing 2013 first round draft pick Dante Fabbro to the BCHL, the Thunderbirds have signed another defenseman from the same draft class.
THUNDERBIRDS | Jun 8, 2014
The Top 10 T-Birds of all time

With summer here, we thought it would be a good time to look back at the best players the T-Birds have ever seen.
THUNDERBIRDS | May 28, 2014
Thunderbirds news and notes: Fabbro signs with BCHL

The biggest news of the Thunderbirds' summer so far occurred Wednesday morning when the Penticton Vees of the BCHL announced that T-Birds 2013 first-round pick Dante Fabbro has committed to play for them next year.