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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.
This is a timeline of events throughout the history of the Western Hockey League (WHL), ... Seattle Breakers renamed the Seattle Thunderbirds. [11] 1986: Lethbridge ...
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.
The Western Hockey League (WHL) is a junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States.The WHL is one of three leagues that constitutes the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada, alongside the Ontario Hockey League and Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League.
The 1989–90 WHL season was the 24th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). Fourteen teams completed a 72-game season. For the second time in franchise history, the Kamloops Blazers captured both the Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy and the President's Cup in the same season—they last accomplished the feat in the 1983–84 season.
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.
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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.