Official

Tentative schedule released...

http://www.seattlethunderbirds.com/news/index.html?article_id=236

Schedule Update

I checked around a few places and I think we can put the schedule together nearly completely.

Credit again to "The Reporter" for most of this.

Best I can tell... this is about 99% accurate and everything is of course subject to change. There is about a 3 week stretch in there where the Tbirds only have 2 home games.

Fri 09/18 Everett
Sat 09/19 Portland
Sun 09/20 @ Vancouver

Fri 09/25 Chilliwack
Sat 09/26 @ Portland

Fri 10/02 Tri

Sat 10/10 @Spokane
Sun 10/11Tri

Tue 10/13 Prince Albert

Fri 10/16 @ Everett
Sat 10/17 PG

Fri 10/23 Brandon

Sun 10/25 @ Calgary

Tue 10/27 @ Red Deer
Wed 10/28 @ Edmonton

Fri 10/30 @ Lethbridge
Sat 10/31 @ Medicine Hat
Sun 11/01 @ Kooteney

Fri 11/06 Spokane
Sat 11/07 @ Portland
Sun 11/08 @ Chilliwack

Fri 11/13 @ Kamloops
Sat 11/14 @ Everett
Sun 11/15 @ Vancouver

Tue 11/17 @ Tri

Fri 11/20 Kamloops
Sat 11/21 Everett

Wed 11/25 Regina

Fri 11/27 Portland
Sat 11/28 @ Portland

Fri 12/04 @ Spokane
Sat 12/05 Everett

Fri 12/11 Tri
Sat 12/12 @ Everett

Tues 12/15 Spokane

Fri 12/18 @ Spokane
Sat 12/19 Swift Current

Sun 12/27 Chilliwack

Wed 12/30 Saskatoon
Thu 12/31 @ Portland

Sun 01/03 Spokane

Fri 1/08 Everett
Sat 1/09 PG

Wed 1/13 @ Tri

Fri 1/15 @ Tri
Sat 01/16 Kamloops
Sun 1/17 @ Everett

Sat 1/23 Portland

Wed 01/27 @ Kelowna

Fri 01/29 @Spokane
Sat 1/30 @ Portland
Sun 1/31 Kelowna

Fri 02/05 @ Portland
Sat 02/06 Portland

Tue 02/09 @ Tri

Sat 02/13 Moose Jaw

Mon 02/15 Vancouver
Tue 02/16 @ Chilliwack

Fri 02/19 @Kamloops
Sat 02/20 Everett
Sun 02/21 Kelowna

Tue 02/23 @ PG
Wed 02/24 @ PG

Sat 02/27 Portland
Sun 02/28 Tri

Fri 03/05 @ Kelowna
Sat 03/06 Spokane
Sun 03/07 Tri

Wed 03/10 @ Tri

Fri 03/12 @ Everett
Sat 03/13 Portland
Sun 03/14 Vancouver

2009-2010 Schedule

So the official schedule isn't out yet.... but with a ton of other teams having already released their schedules we can basically put together almost the entire schedule.

"The Reporter" over on the message board can fill out every game but a few.

Still can't fill in Spokane, Kelowna and Kamloops games and home vs. Regina and at Lethbridge.

I'm expecting to see an official release sometime today.

Ads

Another update on the look and layout of the website here. I really have never liked the Ads that were put into the website (by me). I think they look tacky and often they have nothing to do with hockey... but the whole point of putting them there was to maybe make a few bucks to offset how much time I spend writing and doing things to cover the team. Obviously I don't do this for the money... I do it because I love doing it but a little extra cash for some beers at ShoWare never hurt anyone.

Bottom line.... I have never liked them and I haven't even cashed one check yet so I'm getting rid of them. As a substitute, I have placed a Donation button on the left. Nobody should feel obligated to donate, and I know times are tough for a lot of people. If you like my work here on the website and you want to give me a virtual pat on the butt you can now donate securely through the website.

I envision this being far down the road... but if I received enough in the way of donations I think it would be a great idea to take that money and pump it back into you, the fans, by organizing and hosting a Let's Go Birds event in the future. I'll take the money and we can get hardcore fans together to talk a little hockey before a big game. Who knows... I might even be able to secure "guest speaker" type event... but that is all in my visions for the future.

Seattle selects Russian Mikhal Senturin

Tbirds use the 35th overall selection in the CHL Import Draft to select Mikhal Senturin of the Moscow Dynamo.

Senturin is listed as a 1992 birthday and is 6'0" and 176 lbs.

I will post more as information comes in.

EDIT: I can't find ANYTHING.... seriously...

NHL and Import Drafts...

NHL draft happened over the weekend and no Tbirds were selected... well technically one Tbird was selected. Anthony Hamburg was selected by the Minnesota Wild in the 7th round and the Tbirds have previously selected him in the 10th Round of the Bantam draft.

I'm not sure if he is still listed... Alan Caldwell did not have him on his annual post of Seattle's prospects but I know Hamburg played with Colin Jacobs at some point and that might carry some influence.

Probably more important is CHL Import Draft which will happen tomorrow. The Tbirds "twitter" places the pick happening around the 12:10 mark.

I would say the Tbirds are about 80% likely to select someone they know will come over and play next year, 15% likely to select someone who might not come over right away and about %5 likely to trade the pick. So I expect the selection tomorrow to be wearing a Tbirds jersey.

Website Update..

I know there aren't a ton of people checking in on the website daily... and I know that will increase quite a bit as we get closer to training camp.

I'm messing around with the layout so if things look bad or funny... don't freak out too much until we get closer to the start of the season. If it looks bad at that point... you can let me know.

Twitter and Facebook...

It might be the off-season but the Tbirds are still working hard at getting information out to us (the fans).

Tbirds now have an official Facebook page that can be found here.

The Tbirds also have a new Twitter page that was quite useful during the Bantam Draft getting quotes and information out nearly instantaneously.

You can find the new Tbirds Twitter right here.

More ways to get your Tbirds information... always a good thing.

8th Round

Seattle selects their first goaltender of the Bantam draft... getting Goalie Jared D'Amico of Calgary, AB. Listed at 5'6" and 130 lbs. That is a small goaltender... but nobody ever said he couldn't grow a little or a lot between now and 2 or 3 years from now.

D'Amico played for the Okotoks Oilers of the AMBHL. He was not among the leaders in goaltending for the South Division (looks like the Oilers weren't very good so it may not have been his fault) so his stats are not listed. I'm sure the Tbirds will have them available in just a moment.

7th Round

Seattle selected defensemen John Dora from Erie, CO., listed at 6'2" and 175 lbs.

Dora played last season for the Colorado Thunderbirds Bantam AAA team, playing 59 games and scoring 4 goals with 16 assists to go with 52 PIMs and a +48 rating.

Good size... little bit of scoring... don't know much about him after that.