Seattle Thunderbirds
| Seattle Thunderbirds | |
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| City | Kent, Washington |
| League | Western Hockey League |
| Conference | Western |
| Division | U.S. |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Home arena | ShoWare Center |
| Colors | Navy Blue, Green, White |
| General manager | Russ Farwell |
| Head coach | Steve Konowalchuk |
| Website | www.SeattleThunderbirds.com |
| Franchise history | |
| 1971–1973 | Vancouver Nats |
| 1973–1977 | Kamloops Chiefs |
| 1977–1985 | Seattle Breakers |
| 1985–present | Seattle Thunderbirds |
The Seattle Thunderbirds are a major junior ice hockey team based in the city of Kent, a city south of Seattle, Washington. They are part of the U.S. Division of the Western Conference in the Western Hockey League. They play their games at home in ShoWare Center. The team is coached by Steve Konowalchuk and the general manager is Russ Farwell.
The team was founded in 1971 as the Vancouver Nats of the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) but moved to Kamloops, British Columbia, to become the Kamloops Chiefs in 1973.
In 1977 the team moved to Seattle and was renamed the Seattle Breakers. The Breakers played in the Seattle Center Ice Arena, which had a seating capacity of 4,141 for ice hockey. Through eight seasons, the Breakers finished with a record of 225–319–32 and playoff record of 11–21, although they twice played in the West Division Finals. [1]
In 1982 the Breakers acquired future NHL great Ken Daneyko from Spokane. They made the playoffs and lost in the Divisional final.
After the 1984–85 season, the Breakers were sold to new owners and renamed the Seattle Thunderbirds.
The 1986–87 season saw the addition of Glen Goodall, who would remain with the team through 1990. Goodall would go on to set the Western Hockey League career records for most games played (399), goals scored (262), assists (311) and points (573).[2] He is still the Thunderbirds leader in goals, assists and points.[3] His jersey, number 10, is the only one to be retired by the Thunderbirds.
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