Seattle Thunderbirds
Seattle Thunderbirds | |
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founding | 1977 |
history |
Vancouver Nats 1971–1973 Kamloops Chiefs 1973–1977 Seattle Breakers 1977–1985 Seattle Thunderbirds since 1985 |
Stadion | ShoWare Center |
Location | Seattle , Washington |
Team colors | navy blue, green, silver |
league | Western Hockey League |
Conference | Western Conference |
division | US division |
Head coach | Steve Konowalchuk |
General manager | Russ Farwell |
Memorial Cups | no |
Ed Chynoweth Cups | 2016/17 |
The Seattle Thunderbirds are an ice hockey team from Seattle , Washington state . The team has played in one of Canada's three highest junior ice hockey leagues, the Western Hockey League (WHL) , since 1977 . The team's nickname is T-Birds .
history
The Kamloops Chiefs were relocated from Kamloops , British Columbia , and renamed Seattle Breakers prior to the 1977-78 season . In their early days, the Breakers reached the final twice in the West Division, but in 1980 they were defeated by the Victoria Cougars in the best-of-seven series in a sweep . Two years later, Seattle lost 4-2 to the Portland Winter Hawks . In the summer of 1985, the franchise was sold and given its current name, Seattle Thunderbirds. The team had their greatest success with reaching the final of the Ed Chynoweth Cup in the 1996/97 season, in which they were defeated by the Lethbridge Hurricanes 4-0.
Former players
The following players who were active for the Seattle Breakers / Thunderbirds played in the National Hockey League during their careers :
- Glenn Anderson
- Mathew Barzal
- Doug Barrault
- Ethan Bear
- Rick Berry
- Zdenek Blatny
- Lonny Bohonos
- James Camazzola
- Shawn Chambers
- Ben Clymer
- Ken Daneyko
- Kimbi Daniels
- Brenden Dillon
- Peter Dineen
- Steve Dykstra
- Craig Endean
- Shane Endicott
- Brennan Evans
- Brent Fedyk
- Zack Fitzgerald
- Wade Flaherty
- Stanislav Gron
- Chris Herperger
- Matt Hervey
- Thomas Hickey
- Jan Hrdina
- Tim Hunter
- Jamie Huscroft
- Chris Joseph
- Mike Kennedy
- Alan Kerr
- Jon Klemm
- Rob Klinkhammer
- John Kordic
- Greg Kuznik
- Brooks spawn
- Doug Lidster
- John Lilley
- Danny Lorenz
- Dwayne Lowdermilk
- Brian Lundberg
- Jamie Lundmark
- Stewart Malgunas
- Patrick Marleau
- Glenn Merkosky
- Tomáš Mojžíš
- Dave Morisset
- Petr Nedvěd
- Chris Osgood
- Mark Parrish
- Ed Patterson
- Calvin Pickard
- Jame Pollock
- Deron Quint
- Errol Rausse
- Jeremy Reich
- Scott Robinson
- Cody Rudkowsky
- Oleg Saprykin
- Cory Sarich
- Chris Schmidt
- Andy Schneider
- Corey Schwab
- Brent Severyn
- Mike Siklenka
- Trevor Sim
- Matthew Spiller
- Turner Stevenson
- Garret Stroshein
- Robbie Tallas
- Shea Theodore
- Nate Thompson
- Lindsay Vallis
- Wayne Van Dorp
- Ryan Walter
- Joe Ward
- Chris Wells
- David Wilkie
- Mitch Wilson
- Brendan Witt
- Dody Wood
- Brad Zavisha
Team records
Career records
- Games: 345 Luke Lockhart
- Goals: 257 Glen Goodall
- Assists: 290 Glen Goodall
- Points: 547 Glen Goodall
- Penalty minutes: 886 Turner Stevenson