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The Seattle Thunderbirds are a major junior ice hockey team based in the city of Kent, Washington. They are part of the U.S. Division of the Western Conference in the Western Hockey League . Founded in 1971 as the Vancouver Nats, the team arrived in Seattle in 1977 and played as the Breakers until 1985, when they adopted the Thunderbirds name.
The venue opened on January 3, 2009 with a hockey game by (Seattle Thunderbirds vs. Everett Silvertips) The arena has a capacity of 5,887 seats. Retractable seating to provide additional space for concerts, basketball, shows and other events, expanding the capacity to 7,141.
For his play with the Seattle Thunderbirds in the 2022–23 WHL season, Korchinski named to the Canadian Hockey League (CHL)'s Third All-Star Team. [4] The Thunderbirds entered the 2023 WHL playoffs as contenders, ultimately winning the Ed Chynoweth Cup as league's champions. [ 5 ]
In addition to their winning streak, the Rockets home record of 36–6–0 and collecting 37 more points than the previous year, proved them serious contenders in the WHL. Once again the Rockets attendance of 13,769 saw them defeat the Seattle Thunderbirds 4-2 in win number 24, marking the third largest crowd in the history of the WHL.
Seattle Thunderbirds: WHL: 5 2 1 3 5 — — — — — 2005–06: Seattle Thunderbirds WHL 69 1 27 28 53 7 1 3 4 10 2006–07: Seattle Thunderbirds WHL 68 9 41 50 70 11 3 4 7 4 2007–08: Seattle Thunderbirds WHL 63 11 34 45 49 9 1 9 10 4 2008–09: Seattle Thunderbirds WHL 57 16 35 51 30 5 2 1 3 4 2008–09: Manchester Monarchs: AHL: 7 1 6 7 ...
The Seattle metropolitan area in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States is home to several professional and amateur sports teams. They include seven teams in major leagues, several in minor leagues, and collegiate programs for two National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I universities and one NCAA Division II university.
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The team finally debuted in their new home arena on November 20, 1988, defeating the Seattle Thunderbirds 4–3 in overtime in front of 6,000 spectators. [ 3 ] Led by stars Stu Barnes and goaltender Olaf Kolzig , the Americans were playoff contenders from the outset.