With injuries to Jarret Tyszka and Reece Harsch, Seattle added Loeden Schaufler to strengthen their defensive group.
5 years ago
Farwell had been the team's GM for the past 23 seasons and was at the helm when Seattle won their only WHL Championship in 2017.
5 years ago
Ottenbreit had a plus-76 rating across five seasons during his WHL career and won a championship with Seattle in 2017.
6 years ago
The Western Conference’s one-versus-eight seed playoff series should, in theory, be a relatively easy victory for the better-seeded team.
Nothing about the regular season series between the T-Birds and Silvertips, however, indicates that will be the case.
6 years ago
It came down to the final weekend of the regular season, but the defending WHL-champion Seattle Thunderbirds finally know that their opponent in the first-round of the playoffs will be the Western Conference’s number one seed, the Everett Silvertips. Here’s a by-the-numbers look at how the two teams fared against each other during the regular […]
6 years ago
Seattle cut their magic number to two on Tuesday night with a 4-3 victory over the Tri-City Americans.
6 years ago
Seattle sends Hyman to Regina for Owen Williams and a second-round pick, and sends a sixth-round pick to Moose Jaw for Jaxan Kaluski.
6 years ago
Brown had not skated with the team since the end of October. In exchange, Seattle receives a second-round and conditional third-round pick.
6 years ago
Seattle acquires a fifth-round selection from Kootenay in the 2018 Bantam Draft as part of the deal.
6 years ago
Seattle's third-period struggles are a big reason they currently sit eighth in the Western Conference.
6 years ago
After Liam Hughes went down with a lower-body injury, Seattle made another swap with crosstown-rival Everett to shore up their goaltending situation.
6 years ago
Ormsby had announced he was leaving the team to join the BCHL's Wenatchee Wild on Monday.
6 years ago
Ormsby, 18, had 12 points in 80 regular season games, all spent with the T-Birds.
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Adams, 20, had eight points in 41 regular season contests with the T-Birds last season and added five more in 20 playoff games.
6 years ago
The T-Birds jumped out to an early lead Saturday night, but were unable to build on that momentum, falling to the rival Portland Winterhawks 10-5.
6 years ago
With the departure of so many key veterans from last year's team, plenty of young players will have the opportunity to steal the spotlight.
6 years ago
Seattle loses a couple of big pieces in Ethan Bear and Rylan Toth, but returns plenty of the group that led them to a WHL Championship last year.
6 years ago
Seattle finishes the preseason with a 1-6-0-0 record. They open the regular season next Saturday at home against the Tri-City Americans.
6 years ago
Philp, 19, has registered 41 points on 14 goals and 27 assists in 132 WHL games.
6 years ago
On Wednesday, Seattle signed Graeme Bryks, Samuel Huo, Cade McNelly and Cole Schwebius to WHL Standard Player Agreements.
6 years ago
Bargar, 19, adds depth to a T-Birds forward group that had only two 1999-born players. They send Bishop to Victoria, which should all him to play defense full time.
6 years ago
The Thunderbirds filled one of their assistant coach vacancies on Thursday, adding Kyle Hagel to Matt O'Dette's coaching staff.
6 years ago
Steve Konowalchuk departs the T-Birds with a WHL Championship, two Western Conference Championships and five playoff appearances under his belt.
6 years ago
Jarret Tyszka was the first and only T-Bird selected in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, getting selected in the fifth round by the Montreal Canadiens.
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