Seattle Thunderbirds

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Seattle Thunderbirds
City:	Seattle, Washington
League:	Western Hockey League
Conference:	Western
Division:	U.S.
Founded:	1977-78
Home Arena:	KeyArena
Colours:	navy blue, green and silver
Head Coach:	Rob Sumner
General Manager:	Russ Farwell
Franchise history
1971-73:	Vancouver Nats
1973-77:	Kamloops Chiefs
1977-85:	Seattle Breakers
1985-Present:	Seattle Thunderbirds

The Seattle Thunderbirds are an ice hockey team in Seattle, Washington that belongs to the Western Hockey League. They play in KeyArena on the Seattle Center campus. The team's logo depicts a Native American carving of a thunderbird with the word "Seattle" etched into it, framed by two hockey sticks. The team will move to Kent, Washington in 2008. [1]

Contents 1 History 2 Records and championships 3 Season-by-season Record 4 NHL alumni 5 See also 6 External link

[edit] History

The team was founded in 1971 as the Vancouver Nats and also played in Kamloops, British Columbia as the Kamloops Chiefs before moving to Seattle in 1977. The team's original name was the Seattle Breakers but they were renamed to the Thunderbirds in 1985. The current coach is Rob Sumner, who replaced Dean Chynoweth in May 2004. The general manager Russ Farwell is best known for acquiring Eric Lindros from the Quebec Nordiques during his tenure as the GM for the Philadelphia Flyers.

[edit] Records and championships

• Most shutouts in one season (13), tie with league record, Goaltender: Bryan Bridges (2004-05)
• U.S. Division champions (2005)
• U.S. Division champions (2003)
• WHL Western Conference champions (1997)
• Most goals in one season (76) - Glen Goodall, 1989-1990

[edit] Season-by-season Record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties OTL = Overtime losses Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Points	Finish	Playoffs
1977-78	72	32	28	12	-	359	316	76	4th West	Out of playoffs
1978-79	72	21	40	11	-	299	334	53	4th West	Out of playoffs
1979-80	72	29	41	2	-	297	364	60	3rd West	Lost West Division final
1980-81	72	26	46	0	-	318	393	52	3rd West	Lost West Division semi-final
1981-82	72	36	34	2	-	339	310	74	3rd West	Lost West Division final
1982-83	72	24	47	1	-	319	418	49	4th West	Lost West Division semi-final
1983-84	72	32	39	1	-	350	379	65	4th West	Lost West Division semi-final
1984-85	72	25	44	3	-	320	416	53	5th West	Out of playoffs
1985-86	72	27	43	2	-	373	413	56	4th West	Lost West Division semi-final
1986-87	72	21	47	4	-	328	430	46	5th West	Out of playoffs
1987-88	72	25	46	2	-	313	436	52	5th West	Out of playoffs
1988-89	72	33	35	4	-	315	276	70	5th West	Out of playoffs
1989-90	72	52	17	3	-	444	295	107	2nd West	Lost West Division final
1990-91	72	42	26	4	-	319	317	88	3rd West	Lost West Division semi-final
1991-92	72	33	34	5	-	292	285	71	4th West	Lost West Division final
1992-93	72	31	38	3	-	234	292	65	4th West	Lost West Division quarter-final
1993-94	72	32	37	3	-	283	312	67	4th West	Lost West Division semi-final
1994-95	72	42	28	2	-	319	282	83	3rd West	Eliminated in round-robin
1995-96	72	29	36	7	-	255	281	65	5th West	Loar West Division quarter-final
1996-97	72	41	27	4	-	311	249	86	2nd West	Lost final
1997-98	72	31	35	6	-	286	278	68	6th West	Lost West Division quarter-final
1998-99	72	37	24	11	-	279	236	85	3rd West	Lost West Division semi-final
1999-00	72	34	30	8	3	250	221	80	3rd West	Lost West Division semi-final
2000-01	72	30	33	8	1	262	299	69	6th West	Lost West Division semi-final
2001-02	72	21	40	6	5	235	313	53	4th U.S.	Lost Western Conference semi-final
2002-03	72	44	22	3	3	280	224	94	1st U.S.	Lost Western Conference final
2003-04	72	24	31	8	9	192	198	65	5th U.S.	Out of playoffs
2004-05	72	43	24	2	3	204	144	91	1st U.S.	Lost Western Conference semi-final
Season	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Points	Finish	Playoffs
2005-06	72	35	31	1	5	186	211	76	2nd U.S.	Lost Western Conference quarter-final
2006-07	72	37	21	3	11	209	186	88	3rd U.S.	In progress

[edit] NHL alumni

Totals include both the Seattle Thunderbirds and Seattle Breakers.

Glenn Anderson Doug Barrault Rick Berry Zdenek Blatny Lonny Bohonos James Camazzola Shawn Chambers Ben Clymer Ken Daneyko Kimbi Daniels Peter Dineen Steve Dykstra Craig Endean Shane Endicott Brennan Evans Brent Fedyk Wade Flaherty Stanislav Gron

Chris Herperger Matt Hervey Jan Hrdina Tim Hunter Jamie Huscroft Chris Joseph Mike Kennedy Alan Kerr Jon Klemm John Kordic Greg Kuznik Brooks Laich Doug Lidster John Lilley Danny Lorenz Dwayne Lowdermilk Brian Lundberg Jamie Lundmark Stewart Malgunas

Patrick Marleau Glenn Merkosky Tomas Mojzis Dave Morisset Petr Nedved Chris Osgood Mark Parrish Ed Patterson 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 Lindsay Vallis Wayne Van Dorp Ryan Walter Joe Ward Chris Wells David Wilkie Mitch Wilson Brendan Witt Dody Wood Brad Zavisha

[edit] See also

• Thunderbird (mythology)
• Seattle Totems

[edit] External link

• Seattle Thunderbirds official homepage

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