[nfbwatlk] Thunderbirds

[Mike Freeman]

Right on! Baseball and hockey .--the slowest and the fastest! 

Mike Freeman
sent from my iPhone

On Apr 5, 2013, at 8:37, "Mary ellen" <gabias at telus.net> wrote:

> There are five Western Hockey League teams in Washington and Oregon.  The
> Western Hockey League is for players aged sixteen to twenty.  In Canada, at
> least, it's one of the major sources of NHL players.  Colleges and
> universities are developing much stronger hockey programs these days, so the
> traditional route of playing Junior Hockey is less important than it once
> was.
> 
> The five U.S. teams are Seattle, Everett, Spokane, Tri Cities, and Portland.
> This level of hockey is a really big deal here; our arena seats sixty-five
> hundred people and everyone talks about how fickle the fans have become if
> the crowd is less than four thousand.  )This is a city of 100,000. Four to
> six thousand fans showing up per game represents a big percentage of the
> population.)  All the games are broadcast live and streamed over the
> internet.  
> 
> I became a hockey fan in the grim days before I discovered mlb.com.  Now I
> drive my husband crazy with my fandom all year!
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Becky
> Frankeberger
> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 8:14 AM
> To: 'NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Thunderbirds
> 
> I didn't know we had a hockey team around here.  Please tell me more, even
> if the season is nearly over, or over, not sure.
> 
> Is there a team web site?
> 
> Becky and fluffy tail 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mary ellen
> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 10:06 PM
> To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
> Subject: [nfbwatlk] Thunderbirds
> 
> I'm stretching list rules a tad by discussing hockey.  I realize that the
> Seattle Thunderbirds aren't the Mariners.  
> 
> 
> 
> The T-birds put in such an amazing performance in the Western Hockey League
> playoffs that I really wanted to acknowledge them, especially since the team
> they nearly knocked out is my beloved Kelowna Rockets.  Seven games, five
> going to overtime!  I don't have a heart condition, but if there's another
> series like that one, I'll be looking for a low cost pharmacy and stocking
> up on heart medicine!
> 
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