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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.
Seattle Breakers renamed the Seattle Thunderbirds. [11] 1986: Lethbridge Broncos return to Swift Current. The Broncos team bus crashes en route to a game in Regina, resulting in the deaths of four players—Trent Kresse, Scott Kruger, Chris Mantyka, and Brent Ruff. [12] Portland again hosts the Memorial Cup.
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.
Brenden Silvester of the Seattle Thunderbirds scored the first goal in the history of the arena, in the 2nd period on January 3, 2009 against the Everett Silvertips in a 4-3 Seattle win. Greg Scott of the Seattle Thunderbirds scored the first hat trick in the arena on February 6, 2009
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.
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.
The Seattle Thunderbirds of the Western Hockey League were the host team of the 1992 Memorial Cup, automatically earning a berth in the tournament. The Thunderbirds struggled to a 33-34-5 record, earning 71 points and finishing in fourth place in the West Division during the 1991–92 season.
Goodall was the first player in WHL history to score 3 short-handed goals in a game, accomplishing the feat on January 27, 1990, versus the Victoria Cougars. His record-setting 63 goals scored during his 16-year-old season in 1986-87 still stands as the highest goals total in a season by a 16-year-old in the WHL.