Regular Season Home Game #29 ● Tri-City vs. Seattle February 26, 2016 ● Toyota Center, Kennewick

Seattle Thunderbirds

No. Name DOB 30 Landon Bow 08.24.95 31 Logan Flodell 02.10.97 2 Jerret Smith 04.21.95 4 Turner Ottenbreit 07.09.97 5 Jarret Tyszka 03.15.99 6 Bryan Allbee 07.11.97 8 Scott Eansor 01.03.96 9 Cavin Leth 04.11.96 11 Owen Seidel 04.21.98 12 Ryan Gropp 09.16.96 13 Mathew Barzal 05.26.97 14 Garan Magnes 04.11.97 15 Andreas Schumacher 08.11.96 16 Alexander True 07.17.97 19 Donovan Neuls 10.24.97 21 Matthew Wedman 05.25.99 22 Josh Uhrich 02.03.96 24 Brandon Schuldhaus 02.23.98 25 Ethan Bear 06.26.97 26 Nolan Volcan 07.04.98 28 Keegan Kolesar 04.08.97 33 Jared Hauf 03.06.95 34 Luke Osterman 06.20.97 39 Nick Holowko 06.26.97 General Manager: Russ Farwell Head Coach: Steve Konowalchuk Asst. Coach: Matt O’Dette Asst. Coach: Tyler Alos Athletic Trainer: Phil Varney

Three-Star Awards 02.23.16 vs. Prince George 1. Parker Bowles, Tri-City 2. Dylan Coghlan, Tri-City 3. Brandon Carlo, Tri-City

Tri-City Americans

No. Name DOB 30 Nicholas Sanders 04.24.98 31 Evan Sarthou 09.24.97 2 Dakota Krebs 03.26.99 3 Mackenze Stewart 08.10.95 4 Kurtis Rutledge 06.02.97 5 Jeff Rayman 08.25.96 6 Juuso Vӓlimӓki 10.06.98 7 Brendan O’Reilly 05.15.97 10 Dylan Coghlan 02.19.98 12 Jordan Topping 07.20.97 15 Michael Rasmussen 04.17.99 16 Beau McCue 01.03.95 18 Jordan Roy 09.09.98 19 Tyler Sandhu 01.07.96 20 Maxwell James 04.13.97 21 Vladislav Lukin 01.24.97 22 Nolan Yaremko 05.17.98 24 Austyn Playfair 07.30.97 25 Kyle Olson 03.22.99 28 Morgan Geekie 07.20.98 32 Parker AuCoin 07.30.98 36 Brandon Carlo 11.26.96 37 Parker Wotherspoon 08.24.97 39 Parker Bowles 01.25.95 General Manager: Bob Tory Head Coach: Mike Williamson Associate Coach: Brian Pellerin Athletic Therapist: Zach Fournier Athletic Trainer: Innes Mackie Video Coach: T.J. Millar Tonight’s Officials: Referee: #36, Adam Griffiths #62, Ryan Benbow Linesmen: #121, Ron Dietterle

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Game #60 - Friday, February 26th, 2016 Seattle Thunderbirds (33-23-3-0, 69 pts) at Tri-City Americans (29-27-2-1, 61 pts) Toyota Center (Kennewick, WA), 7:05pm Television/Radio Information Local Radio Broadcast: NewsTalk 870 AM, 6:45pm Web Broadcast: WHL Live, 7:05pm The Series vs. Seattle - This Season (10-Game Series) Game 1: 10/04/15 – at Tri-City 6, Seattle 5 (OT) Game 6: 01/02/16 – Tri-City 4, at Seattle 2 Game 2: 10/21/15 – at Seattle 3, Tri-City 2 Game 7: 02/26/16 – Seattle at Tri-City Game 3: 12/05/15 – at Seattle 3, Tri-City 2 Game 8: 03/01/16 – Tri-City at Seattle Game 4: 12/18/15 – Tri-City 3, at Seattle 2 (OT) Game 9: 03/06/16 – Seattle at Tri-City Game 5: 12/19/15 – Seattle 6, at Tri-City 3 Game 10: 03/18/16 – Seattle at Tri-City Series tied at 3 The Series vs. Seattle - Last Season (8-Game Series) Game 1: 09/26/14 – at Tri-City 3, Seattle 1 Game 5: 01/09/15 – at Tri-City 4, Seattle 3 (SO) Game 2: 12/05/14 – at Seattle 3, Tri-City 1 Game 6: 01/10/15 – at Seattle 4, Tri-City 2 Game 3: 12/12/14 – at Tri-City 4, Seattle 0 Game 7: 01/23/15 – at Tri-City 4, Seattle 0 Game 4: 01/02/15 – at Seattle 3, Tri-City 2 (SO) Game 8: 03/17/15 – at Seattle 7, Tri-City 3 Series tied at 4 The Series vs. Seattle - Last Ten Seasons 2013-2014: 4-3-0-1 2008-2009: 7-3-0-0 2012-2013: 3-6-0-1 2007-2008: 7-2-0-0 2011-2012: 5-4-0-0 2006-2007: 5-3-1-0 2010-2011: 9-1-0-0 2005-2006: 5-2-1-0 2009-2010: 9-0-0-0 2004-2005: 4-4-1-1 The Series vs. Seattle – All-Time (116-114-7-3 w/ 13 ties) Record at Home: 73-47-3-1 w/ 3 ties Record on Road: 43-67-4-2 w/ 10 ties Overtime Record at Home 6-6 with 3 ties Overtime Record on Road: 6-7 with 10 ties Shootout Record at Home: 2-1 Shootout Record on Road: 5-2 Last Game - 02.23.16 vs. Prince George Jordan Topping notched two goals and Nick Sanders turned aside 26 shots, as Tri-City muscled their way past the Prince George Cougars 4-1. Parker Bowles and Morgan Geekie also scored for the Americans, who’ve won 8 of their last 9 home games. Chase Witala scored for the Cougars, while Ty Edmonds finished with 29 saves in the loss. Tri-City went 1-for-3 on the power play, while holding Prince George scoreless on three opportunities on the man-advantage. Washington’s Lottery Weekly Report Tri-City:

- #6 Juuso Vӓlimӓki, Upper Body, 2 Weeks - #24 Austyn Playfair, Upper Body, 3 Weeks - #3 Riley Hillis, Upper Body, Indefinite - #25 Kyle Olson, Lower Body, Indefinite - #29 Taylor Vickerman, Upper Body, Indefinite

Seattle:

- #11 Owen Seidel, Upper Body, Indefinite Who to Watch Parker Bowles is on a 5-game goal streak, the longest streak of his career Parker Wotherspoon is 3 games shy of 200 for his WHL career Beau McCue and Parker Bowles are 3 goals shy of passing Blake Evans (86) for 18th on Tri-City’s all-time goals list Parker Bowles is 4 points shy of passing Taylor Procyshen/Terry Ryan (212) for 18th on Tri-City’s all-time scoring list Mike Williams is 8 wins shy of passing Don Hay (67) for 5th on the Americans’ all-time coaching wins list

What to Watch Seattle:

Keegan Kolesar has 8 points (4+4) in his last 6 games and 10 points (6+4) through 10 games in February. Kolesar leads Seattle in scoring vs. Tri-City this season, picking up 7 points (1+6) through 6 games of the series.

Mathew Barzal enters the game riding a 7-game point streak, amassing 4-10-14 during the run. Since the start of 2016, Barzal has totaled 28 points in 22 games, failing to record a point in just 6 games.

Seattle has received goals from 16 different skaters vs. Tri-City this season, with only 5 players having recorded more than one (Bear, Gropp, True, Barzal and Volcan).

Seattle’s top-ranked penalty kill will match-up against Tri-City’s 2nd-ranked power play unit. Tri-City:

Tyler Sandhu has 17 points (6+11) in his last 11 games, failing to record a point in just 2 games in that span. Sandhu has a career-high 14 points in February, surpassing his previous monthly high of 12 (November, 2013).

Parker Bowles has scored a goal in 5 straight games and in 6 of his last 7. Since the start of 2016, Bowles has points in 17 of his last 22 games, amassing 13-17-30 in that span. Bowles leads all skaters in the Tri-City/Seattle series this season, recording 5-7-12 in 6 games this season.

Michael Rasmussen has 8 points (2+6) in 10 games during the month of February. Rasmussen has 3 goals vs. Seattle this season, second only to Bowles’ 5, and comes in with 3-2-5 in 6 games vs. Seattle. With 12-23-35, Rasmussen is also currently 15th in WHL Rookie scoring. At just 16, he is the youngest player inside the top-15.

Jordan Topping has 5 goals in his last 5 games and 9 points (5+4) through 10 games in February. Dylan Coghlan has 6 points (0+6) in his last 6 games.

SEATTLE TRI-CITY 2015-16 Statistical Leaders 2015-16 Statistical Leaders Goals: Keegan Kolesar (30) Goals: Parker Bowles (35) Assists: Mathew Barzal (53) Assists: Parker Bowles (46) Points: Mathew Barzal (71) Points: Parker Bowles (81) Plus/Minus: Mathew Barzal (+16) Plus/Minus: Tyler Sandhu (+12) Penalty Minutes: Keegan Kolesar (95) Penalty Minutes: Maxwell James (122) Power Play Goals: Ryan Gropp, Ethan Bear (10) Power Play Goals: Parker Bowles (14) Short-Handed Goals: Alexander True (2) Short-Handed Goals: Beau McCue (3) Game Winning Goals: Mathew Barzal (5) Game Winning Goals: Parker Bowles (7) Goals Against Average: Landon Bow (2.77) Goals Against Average: Nicholas Sanders (3.00) Save Percentage: Landon Bow (.916) Save Percentage: Nicholas Sanders (0.901) Last 10 Games: 6-4-0-0 Last 10 Games: 7-2-0-1 Current Streak: 1-0-0-0 Current Streak: 1-0-0-0 Tri-City Roster Age Breakdown Total Players: 24 Average Age: 17.83 20 year Olds – 3 – Bowles, McCue, Stewart 19 year Olds – 3 – Carlo, Rayman Sandhu 18 year Olds – 8 – Topping, James, Lukin, A. Playfair, Rutledge, O’Reilly, Wotherspoon, Sarthou 17 year Olds – 7 – Roy, Yaremko, Geekie, AuCoin, Välimäki, Coghlan, Sanders 16 year Olds – 3 – Rasmussen, Krebs, Olson How the Americans Were Built 1st Round (3): Wotherspoon, Rasmussen, AuCoin 2nd Round (1): Yaremko 3rd Round (3): Sarthou, Coghlan, Olson 5th Round (2): Roy, Geekie 6th Round (2): James, Sanders 8th Round (2): Topping, Rutledge 10th Round (1): Carlo Listed (6): Bowles, McCue, O’Reilly, Krebs, Playfair, Rayman Trade (2): Sandhu, Stewart Import Draft (2): Lukin, Välimäki

2015-16 Season Scoring Statistics – Tri-City Leading after 1st Period: 13-7-0-0 Leading after 2nd Period: 20-2-1-0 Tied after 1st Period: 11-7-1-0 Tied after 2nd Period: 6-4-0-1 Trailing after 1st Period: 5-13-1-1 Trailing after 2nd Period: 3-21-1-0 Out Shooting Opponents: 14-8-1-0 Out Shot by Opponents: 15-17-1-0 When Shots are Tied: 0-2-0-1 Score First Goal of Game: 22-11-0-0 Opp. Score First Goal of Game: 7-165-2-1 2015-16 Tri-City Record vs. … U.S. Division: 13-15-2-0 B.C. Division: 9-7-0-1 Western Conference: 22-22-2-1 Central Division: 4-2-0-0 East Division: 3-3-0-0 Eastern Conference: 7-5-0-0 2015-16 Tri-City Season Highs & Lows – Team Streaks Longest Winning Streak: 3 games x5 (10/04-10/09; 12/12-12/18; 01/15-01/19; 01/29-02/02; 02/13-02/19) Longest Home Winning Streak: 5 games (01/15-02/02) Longest Road Winning Streak: 2 games x6 (10/07-10/09; 11/01-11/13; 12/12-12/18; 01/02-01/05; 01/30-02/10; 02/13-02/15) Longest Losing Streak: 4 games (10/21-10/28) Longest Home Losing Streak: 3 games (11/03-11/11) Longest Road Losing Streak: 5 games (01/06-01/24) Scoring Most Goals Scored – Game: (7) 01/30 at Spokane Most Goals Scored – Period: (4) 1st, 10/04 vs. Seattle; 1st, 12/15 vs. Portland; 2nd, 02/13 vs. Red Deer Most Goals Allowed – Game: (8) 11/07 vs. Spokane Most Goals Allowed – Period: (5) 1st, 11/21 vs. Victoria Largest Margin of Victory: (4) 01/19 vs. Vancouver; 01/30 at Spokane Largest Margin of Defeat: (7) 11/07 vs. Spokane Most Power Play Goals – Game: (3) 12/12 at Spokane Most Power Play Opportunities – Game: (8) 11/03 vs. Kelowna Most Power Play Goals Against – Game: (3) 11/13 at Medicine Hat; 11/27 vs. Spokane; 01/09 at Kelowna Most Power Play Opportunities Against – Game: (8) 11/27 vs. Spokane Shooting Most Shots Taken – Game: (52) 10/28 at Portland Most Shots Taken – Period: (23) 3rd, 10/28 at Portland Fewest Shots Taken – Game: (17 x2) 01/29 vs. Everett; 02/19 vs. Everett Fewest Shots Taken – Period: (1 x2) 2nd, 10/10 at Prince George; 3rd, 02/19 vs. Everett Most Shots Allowed – Game: (47) 12/27 at Portland Most Shots Allowed – Period: (19) 2nd, 11/07 vs. Spokane; 1st, 12/27 at Portland Fewest Shots Allowed – Game: (20) 11/01 at Vancouver Fewest Shots Allowed – Period: (3 x3) 3rd, 10/04 vs. Seattle; 1st, 02/10 at Kootenay; 1st, 02/23 vs. Prince George Penalty Minutes Most Penalty Minutes – Game: (50) 10/10 at Prince George Fewest Penalty Minutes – Game: (4) 10/30 vs. Vancouver; 01/29 vs. Everett Most Opponent Penalty Minutes – Game: (58) 10/10 at Prince George Fewest Opponent Penalty Minutes – Game: (0) 10/30 vs. Vancouver

NO. GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG SHG GW39 Parker Bowles 59 35 46 81 -8 46 14 0 712 Jordan Topping 59 26 30 56 1 72 6 2 337 Parker Wotherspoon 58 11 39 50 -12 74 5 0 516 Beau McCue 59 21 24 45 -13 33 6 3 219 Tyler Sandhu 59 16 27 43 12 22 1 1 221 Vladislav Lukin 55 19 21 40 4 22 5 0 315 Michael Rasmussen 50 12 23 35 1 37 8 0 06 Juuso Valimaki 47 6 22 28 1 22 1 1 036 Brandon Carlo 39 2 19 21 2 73 0 0 110 Dylan Coghlan 57 3 15 18 5 33 0 0 128 Morgan Geekie 53 9 6 15 -3 8 2 0 125 Kyle Olson 19 3 7 10 -4 20 2 0 020 Maxwell James 55 3 6 9 -11 122 0 2 124 Austyn Playfair 30 3 4 7 0 32 0 1 132 Parker AuCoin 46 3 4 7 -6 19 0 0 022 Nolan Yaremko 56 3 4 7 -5 24 0 0 03 Mackenze Stewart 24 3 3 6 0 39 0 1 14 Kurtis Rutledge 48 1 5 6 -5 22 0 0 05 Jeff Rayman 41 3 2 5 3 31 0 0 07 Brendan O'Reilly 24 1 3 4 -2 21 0 0 018 Jordan Roy 29 1 1 2 -3 20 0 0 02 Dakota Krebs 37 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 0

DP Departed Players 54 9 17 26 -28 20 4 0 1Bench 0 8 0

1058 193 328 521 824 54 11 29

NO. GP MIN GA Svs AVE PCT W L OTL SOL SO PTS PIM30 Nicholas Sanders 14 599 30 273 3.01 0.901 5 3 0 1 0 0 031 Evan Sarthou 52 2926 164 1330 3.36 0.890 24 24 2 0 2 0 0DG Departed Goaltenders 0 0 0 0 0.00 N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3525 194 1603 3.30 0.892 29 27 2 1 2 0 0

1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total57 73 59 4 2 195 528 591 581 13 2 171560 72 69 2 1 204 582 621 595 16 1 1815

20 3 1 0 14 8 1 03 21 1 0 15 17 1 06 3 0 1 0 2 0 1

22 11 0 0 Opp. PPGF SHGA Pct.%7 16 2 1 231 54 13 23.4

16 10 1 1 4 1 1 Opp. PPGA SHGF Pct.%13 17 1 0 2 1 0 256 53 11 79.329 27 2 1 6 2 1

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NO. GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG SHG GW2 Dakota Krebs 16 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 03 Mackenze Stewart 11 2 1 3 3 23 0 1 14 Kurtis Rutledge 22 0 2 2 0 12 0 0 05 Jeff Rayman 18 1 0 1 0 13 0 0 06 Juuso Valimaki 24 5 11 16 -2 12 1 0 07 Brendan O'Reilly 13 1 1 2 1 7 0 0 010 Dylan Coghlan 26 1 8 9 0 8 0 0 012 Jordan Topping 28 16 13 29 5 30 3 1 215 Michael Rasmussen 23 4 11 15 1 16 3 0 016 Beau McCue 28 6 14 20 -5 16 2 1 118 Jordan Roy 11 1 0 1 1 9 0 0 019 Tyler Sandhu 28 9 15 24 9 8 0 1 120 Maxwell James 27 2 4 6 -9 61 0 1 021 Vladislav Lukin 28 8 10 18 1 12 1 0 122 Nolan Yaremko 26 2 2 4 -2 20 0 0 024 Austyn Playfair 14 2 2 4 0 18 0 1 125 Kyle Olson 10 1 6 7 -2 10 1 0 028 Morgan Geekie 24 4 3 7 -2 6 1 0 132 Parker AuCoin 21 2 3 5 -3 9 0 0 036 Brandon Carlo 20 1 12 13 7 31 0 0 137 Parker Wotherspoon 28 6 17 23 -5 20 2 0 439 Parker Bowles 28 18 19 37 -5 20 7 0 3DP Departed Players 30 5 9 14 -11 6 2 0 0

Bench 0 6 0504 97 163 260 377 23 6 16

NO. GP MIN GA Svs AVE PCT W L OTL SOL SO PTS PIM30 Nicholas Sanders 7 254 14 107 3.31 0.884 2 1 0 1 0 0 031 Evan Sarthou 25 1431 79 637 3.31 0.890 14 9 1 0 1 0 0DG Departed Goaltenders 0 0 0 0 0.00 N/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1685 93 744 3.31 0.889 16 10 1 1 1 0 0

1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total31 32 29 3 1 96 275 272 247 8 1 80322 38 32 1 1 94 244 275 293 11 1 824

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16 10 1 1 4 1 1 Opp. PPGA SHGF Pct.%0 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 21 6 82.516 10 1 1 4 1 1

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Seattle Thunderbirds at Tri-City Americans Friday, February 25

Vs. Tri-City…This is the seventh meeting of the season between the T-Birds and Americans. The T-Birds are 3-1-2-0 in the series so far. The teams will play two more times this season. They meet on March 1 at ShoWare Center and March 6 in Kennewick. Keegan Kolesar leads the T-Birds in scoring against the Americans with a goal and six assists in seven games. Logan Flodell has a 2-1-2-0 record, .898 save percentage and 2.73 goals against average against the Americans this season. Parker Bowles has five goals and seven assists for 12 points in six games against the T-Birds. Evan Sarthou has a 2-3-0-0 record, .857 save percentage and 3.87 goals against average against the T-Birds.

Three At Point Per Game…Three T-Birds are currently averaging a point per game. Mathew Barzal (1.51) has 18 goals and 53 assists for 71 points in 47 games. Keegan Kolesar (1.03) has 30 goals and 30 assists for 60 points in 58 games. Ryan Gropp (1.07) has 28 goals and 32 assists for 60 points in 56 games. Ethan Bear has 17 goals and 41 assists for 58 points in 59 games this season putting him just under a point a game.

Streaking Birds…Mathew Barzal has a seven-game point streak with four goals and 10 assists in the last seven games…Ryan Gropp has a seven-game point streak with four goals and eight assists in the last seven games…Ethan Bear has a seven-game point streak, and four-game goal streak, with five goals and seven assists in the last seven games.

Barzal’s Dishing The Puck…Mathew Barzal had a season high 5 assists against Brandon on October 27. This is the most assists in a game by a T-Bird this season. Barzal has 71 points on 18 goals and 53 assists in 47 games which puts him in 13th in the league in scoring.

Kolesar’s Clicking…Keegan Kolesar had the T-Birds first hat trick of the season October 27 vs. Brandon. He has two hat tricks this season to lead the T-Birds, with the second coming February 14 against the Victoria Royals. Kolesar has 30 goals and 30 assists for 60 points to put him first on the team in goals scored and second on the team in scoring. Kolesar has 11 goals and six assists in the last 16 games. He has six multi-goal games this season. Kolesar has already passed his career total for points in season. Last year he had 19 goals and 19 assists for 38 points in 64 games.

Bear Blasting…Defenseman Ethan Bear has 17 goals and 41 assists for 58 points to put him in a tie for second in the league in scoring by a defenseman. Bear is four points behind Andrew Nielsen of the Lethbridge Hurricanes who has 15 goals and 47 assists. Bear is tied with Macoy Erkamps of Brandon who has 10 goals and 48 assists for 58 points. Bear has 13 goals and 20 assists in his last 35 games. He has passed his season high for points, which was 38 last season on 13 goals and 25 assists.

Gropp Going…Left wing Ryan Gropp 10 goals and 17 assists in the last 21 games.

Logan Lately…Goalie Logan Flodell has is 5-2-0-0 in his last seven starts with one shutout in February. He has a .902 save percentage and a 2.92 goals against average in February. Overall he is 19-13-3-0 with two shutouts and a .899 save percentage and a 2.82 goals against average.

Penalty Kill Prowess…The T-Birds are first in the league on the penalty kill. They have allowed 37 goals on 247 chances for an 85% success rate. The Victoria Royals have allowed 35 goals on 229 chances for an 84.7% mark. The T-Birds have scored six shorthanded goals total this season.

Powering Up…The T-Birds have the third best power play in the WHL with a 23% conversion rate. The T-Birds have scored 57 power-play goals on 248 opportunities. The Lethbridge Hurricanes are first on the power play with a 28.9% conversion rate. The Tri-City Americans are second in the league on the power play with a 23.4% conversion rate.

Shutout Situation…The T-Birds registered four shutouts in January. Landon Bow had three shutouts and Logan Flodell had one shutout in January. Bow had the first shutout of the season on January 13 in Prince George when he stopped 28 shots in a 4-0 win. Bow had back-to-back shutouts on January 19 against the Saskatoon Blades in a 4-0 win and 30 saves January 22 against Portland in a 3-0 win. Logan Flodell had 23 saves the Kelowna Rockets on January 31 in a 2-0 win. The T-Birds have one shutout in February. Flodell made 31 saves February 9 at ShoWare Center in a 6-0 blanking of the Rockets for the team’s fifth shutout this season.

Bow Battling For Birds…Since being acquired from the Swift Current Broncos Landon Bow has a 7-6-0-0 record in 14 games with a .926 save percentage, 2.10 goals against average and three shutouts.

Two T-Birds Named To NHL Central Scouting Midterm Rankings…Defenseman Turner Ottenbreit and left wing Nolan Volcan have been listed on the NHL Central Scouting Midterm Rankings for the 2016 NHL Draft. The Midterm Rankings were released on Tuesday, January 19. Ottenbreit is ranked number 169 and Volcan is ranked number 206. Ottenbreit has three goals and nine assists for 12 points in 43 games this season. Ottenbreit has 56 penalty minutes. Volcan has 10 goals and six assists for 16 points in 30 games. Volcan has 17 penalty minutes.

Results Breakdown…The T-Birds are 22-5-2-0 at home this season. They are 10-18-1-0 on the road so far this season. Overall, the T-Birds were 9-1-1-0 in October, 7-5-1-0 in November, 4-6-1-0 in December and 7-6-0-0 in January. The team is 6-4-0-0 in February.

The US Division…The T-Birds are currently in second place in the US Division, six points behind the Everett Silvertips (35-20-3-2). The T-Birds have a 33-23-3-0 record and are three points ahead of the Spokane Chiefs (29-23-5-3) and four points ahead of the Portland Winterhawks (31-27-3-0).

Overtime Results…The T-Birds have had seven games decided in overtime this season and are 4-3 in those games. The Tri-City Americans defeated the T-Birds 6-5 on October 3 in Kennewick. The T-Birds beat the Kamloops Blazes 4-3 in overtime in Kamloops on November 20 on a Keegan Kolesar goal. The Moose Jaw Warriors defeated the T-Birds 3-2 in overtime on November 28 at ShoWare Center. The Americans beat the T-Birds 3-2 in overtime December 18 at ShoWare Center. The T-Birds beat the Everett Silvertips 3-2 in overtime on January 9 at ShoWare Center when Mathew Barzal scored 35 seconds into overtime. The T-Birds beat the Portland Winterhawks in overtime on February 13 at ShoWare Center when Scott Eansor scored with one second left in overtime. Ethan Bear scored the overtime winner 14 seconds into the extra frame for a 2-1 win over the Spokane Chiefs on February 19 at ShoWare Center.

Shootout Results…The T-Birds have had one game this season go to a shootout. They beat the Prince Albert Raiders 3-2 October 10 at ShoWare Center. Tied at 2-2, Mathew Barzal, Jamal Watson and Keegan Kolesar converted in the shootout. Taz Burman stopped one of two Prince Albert shooters. The T-Birds were 7-5 in shootouts last season.

Hauf Hits 300 Games Played…Defenseman Jared Hauf has played 330 games as a T-Bird to put him in 5th in all time games played by a T-Bird. He passed Mitch Elliott (322) on February 6 against Kelowna. If Hauf were to play all 13 regular season games remaining on the schedule he would end his career with 343 games played, which would put him in third place, behind Glen Goodall (399) and Luke Lockhart (345).

Fastest Goal To Start Game…Ryan Gropp scored nine seconds into the game against Medicine Hat on November 7. This is the fastest T-Bird goal to start the season. The WHL record for fastest goal to start a game is five seconds by the T-Birds’ Dean Sexsmith on January 31, 1987, against the Victoria Cougars. The T-Birds won the game against the Cougars 7-6.

2015-16 Roster…The T-Birds roster currently stands at 24 players with 15 forwards, 7 defensemen and 2 goalies.

2015-16 Age Breakdown…The T-Birds currently have three 20-year-olds, five19-year-olds, 11 18-year-olds, two 17-year-olds and two 16-year-olds.

The Rookies…The T-Birds have five players on the roster who are WHL rookies. They are right wing Owen Seidel, defenseman Jarret Tyszka, center Matthew Wedman, right wing Garan Magnes and defenseman Brandon Schuldhaus.

2015-16 Regular Season Team StatisticsSeattle Thunderbirds

PLAYERS# Name Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG PPA SH SHA GW FG IG OT UA EN SOG SOA SOGW SO% Pt/G PIMPG SA SH%

13 Mathew Barzal C 47 18 53 71 16 50 6 25 0 0 5 5 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 100.0 1.51 1.06 5 360.0

28 Keegan Kolesar RW 58 30 30 60 10 95 9 10 0 1 3 5 6 1 2 5 1 1 0 100.0 1.03 1.64 7 428.6

12 Ryan Gropp LW 56 28 32 60 3 36 10 16 0 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.07 0.64 16 175.0

25 Ethan Bear D 59 17 41 58 10 33 10 21 0 1 3 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.98 0.56 19 89.5

2 Jerret Smith D 53 9 25 34 3 44 3 13 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.64 0.83 7 128.6

8 Scott Eansor C 43 9 21 30 4 45 3 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.70 1.05 0 0.0

16 Alexander True C 52 11 17 28 -14 20 4 8 2 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.54 0.38 7 157.1

19 Donovan Neuls C 59 11 16 27 -8 19 5 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.46 0.32 4 275.0

26 Nolan Volcan LW 46 11 10 21 -1 19 2 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.46 0.41 4 275.0

9 Cavin Leth (total) C 61 10 10 20 -10 54 3 2 1 2 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.33 0.89 11 90.9

S.C C 39 6 7 13 -12 33 2 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.33 0.85 11 54.5

SEA C 22 4 3 7 2 21 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.32 0.95 0 0.0

6 Bryan Allbee (total) D 60 6 9 15 -30 32 1 6 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.25 0.53 11 54.5

KTN D 40 4 6 10 -24 20 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.25 0.50 11 36.4

SEA D 20 2 3 5 -6 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.25 0.60 0 0.0

X 17 Jamal Watson RW 29 6 8 14 -1 25 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 100.0 0.48 0.86 8 75.0

* 21 Matthew Wedman C 57 6 8 14 -3 18 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.25 0.32 4 150.0

39 Nick Holowko LW 59 5 9 14 -11 30 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.24 0.51 6 83.3

4 Turner Ottenbreit D 56 4 10 14 8 76 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.25 1.36 9 44.4

33 Jared Hauf D 59 1 11 12 0 76 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.20 1.29 8 12.5

22 Josh Uhrich (total) RW 55 6 4 10 -8 56 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.18 1.02 28 21.4

SAS RW 27 4 3 7 -5 24 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.26 0.89 28 14.3

SEA RW 28 2 1 3 -3 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.11 1.14 0 0.0

15 Andreas Schumacher (total) LW 37 2 5 7 -6 6 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.19 0.16 2 100.0

S.C LW 17 2 1 3 -5 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.18 0.24 2 100.0

SEA LW 20 0 4 4 -1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.20 0.10 0 0.0

* 5 Jarret Tyszka D 39 3 3 6 -5 14 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.15 0.36 4 75.0

*X 20 Gustav Olhaver LW 31 2 3 5 -9 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.16 0.55 1 200.0

24 Brandon Schuldhaus D 46 2 2 4 -5 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.09 0.37 1 200.0

X 7 Sahvan Khaira D 34 0 4 4 -8 31 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.12 0.91 3 0.0

11 Owen Seidel (total) RW 25 1 2 3 -5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.12 0.16 4 25.0

S.C RW 7 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.00 0.00 1 0.0

SEA RW 18 1 2 3 -2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.17 0.22 3 33.3

14 Garan Magnes (total) LW 26 1 2 3 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.12 0.00 11 9.1

EDM LW 18 1 1 2 -4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.11 0.00 11 9.1

SEA LW 8 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.13 0.00 0 0.0

X 11 Kaden Elder C 14 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.14 0.00 1 200.0

*X 3 Jared Pelechaty D 5 1 0 1 -1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.20 0.80 0 0.0

*X 23 Luke Ormsby RW 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.33 0.00 0 0.0

X 18 Wyatt Bear RW 9 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.11 0.00 1 0.0

34 Luke Osterman RW 26 0 1 1 -2 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.04 2.00 0 0.0

*X 32 Reece Harsch D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0 0.0Goalies

# Name GP Mins GA SO GAA W L OTL SL SA SVS SV%

30 Landon Bow (total) 44 2336 108 5 2.77 16 20 4 0 1288 1180 0.916

S.C 30 1593 82 2 3.09 9 14 4 0 938 856 0.913

SEA 14 743 26 3 2.10 7 6 0 0 350 324 0.926

31 Logan Flodell 38 2021 95 2 2.82 19 13 3 0 940 845 0.899

X 30 Taz Burman 16 769 41 0 3.20 7 4 0 0 332 291 0.877

Empty Net 22 6 6

Totals 59 3533 168 5 2.83 33 23 3 0 1628 1460 0.897

* indicates rookie

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Seattle Thunderbirds vs Tri-City Americans Head to HeadTri-City Americans# Name GP G A PTS PIM +/-

39 Parker Bowles 6 5 7 12 6 -1

16 Beau McCue 6 2 4 6 2 -1

15 Michael Rasmussen 6 3 2 5 12 3

12 Jordan Topping 6 2 3 5 8 -2

26 X Brian Williams 4 0 5 5 2 -2

6 Juuso Välimäki 5 2 2 4 12 1

37 Parker Wotherspoon 6 1 3 4 20 -3

25 Kyle Olson 3 0 3 3 0 0

28 Morgan Geekie 5 2 0 2 0 -2

21 Vladislav Lukin 6 1 1 2 4 -2

19 Tyler Sandhu 6 0 2 2 4 -3

24 Austyn Playfair 4 1 0 1 6 1

5 Jeff Rayman 4 1 0 1 4 -1

32 Parker AuCoin 6 0 1 1 4 -3

20 Maxwell James 5 0 1 1 6 -2

22 Nolan Yaremko 6 0 1 1 2 -3

36 Brandon Carlo 3 0 0 0 8 -1

10 Dylan Coghlan 6 0 0 0 4 -2

3 X Riley Hillis 1 0 0 0 0 0

2 Dakota Krebs 3 0 0 0 0 0

7 Brendan O'Reilly 1 0 0 0 0 0

18 Jordan Roy 2 0 0 0 5 -1

4 Kurtis Rutledge 6 0 0 0 4 -3

30 Nicholas Sanders 2 0 0 0 0 0

31 Evan Sarthou 5 0 0 0 0 0

3 Mackenze Stewart 1 0 0 0 2 0

29 X Taylor Vickerman 1 0 0 0 0 -1

# Name GP W L OTL SL Mins GA GAA SV%

30 Nicholas Sanders 2 1 0 0 0 66:04 2 1.82 0.933

31 Evan Sarthou 5 2 3 0 0 294:41 19 3.87 0.857

Seattle Thunderbirds# Name GP G A PTS PIM +/-

28 Keegan Kolesar 6 1 6 7 4 -1

25 Ethan Bear 6 2 2 4 0 1

12 Ryan Gropp 5 2 2 4 6 0

19 Donovan Neuls 6 1 3 4 2 1

4 Turner Ottenbreit 6 1 3 4 12 4

16 Alexander True 3 2 1 3 2 2

2 Jerret Smith 6 1 2 3 6 4

21 Matthew Wedman 6 1 2 3 10 0

39 Nick Holowko 6 0 3 3 0 1

17 X Jamal Watson 4 0 3 3 2 2

13 Mathew Barzal 2 2 0 2 10 3

26 Nolan Volcan 5 2 0 2 2 0

8 Scott Eansor 3 1 1 2 16 2

20 X Gustav Olhaver 4 1 1 2 0 -2

11 Owen Seidel 3 1 1 2 2 1

11 X Kaden Elder 2 1 0 1 0 0

33 Jared Hauf 6 1 0 1 18 4

22 Josh Uhrich 3 1 0 1 8 3

7 X Sahvan Khaira 6 0 1 1 4 -4

23 X Luke Ormsby 2 0 1 1 0 1

34 Luke Osterman 3 0 1 1 0 1

24 Brandon Schuldhaus 5 0 1 1 5 2

18 X Wyatt Bear 2 0 0 0 0 1

30 X Taz Burman 4 0 0 0 0 0

31 Logan Flodell 5 0 0 0 0 0

26 Andreas Schumacher (total) 2 0 0 0 0 0

SEA 1 0 0 0 0 1

S.C 1 0 0 0 0 -1

5 Jarret Tyszka 5 0 0 0 6 0

# Name GP W L OTL SL Mins GA GAA SV%

31 Logan Flodell 5 2 1 2 0 242:08 11 2.73 0.898

30 X Taz Burman 4 1 0 0 0 118:59 9 4.54 0.852

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StandingsEastern ConferenceEast DivisionRank Team GP W L OTL SL PTS PCT GF GA PIM Home Away P10 STK

1 x Brandon Wheat Kings 61 38 18 3 2 81 0.664 250 177 686 19-8-1-2 19-10-2-0 6-3-1-0 1-0-1-0

2 Prince Albert Raiders 61 33 20 7 1 74 0.607 189 188 763 19-10-3-0 14-10-4-1 5-3-2-0 2-0-2-0

3 Moose Jaw Warriors 61 31 22 7 1 70 0.574 214 195 670 17-10-2-1 14-12-5-0 6-3-1-0 1-0-0-0

4 Regina Pats 60 30 23 3 4 67 0.558 206 212 832 16-10-2-0 14-13-1-4 9-1-0-0 7-0-0-0

5 Saskatoon Blades 60 23 33 4 0 50 0.417 188 253 807 11-17-2-0 12-16-2-0 5-5-0-0 4-0-0-0

6 Swift Current Broncos 60 21 31 5 3 50 0.417 158 205 671 13-15-1-1 8-16-4-2 3-4-1-2 0-1-1-0Central DivisionRank Team GP W L OTL SL PTS PCT GF GA PIM Home Away P10 STK

1 x Lethbridge Hurricanes 61 40 19 1 1 82 0.672 249 182 863 25-5-0-1 15-14-1-0 4-4-1-1 0-3-0-1

2 x Red Deer Rebels 60 36 21 1 2 75 0.625 214 172 720 19-7-1-2 17-14-0-0 4-6-0-0 1-0-0-0

3 Calgary Hitmen 61 35 22 2 2 74 0.607 203 186 918 20-8-2-0 15-14-0-2 5-3-1-1 2-0-1-0

4 Edmonton Oil Kings 61 26 28 6 1 59 0.484 168 190 791 16-11-4-0 10-17-2-1 5-5-0-0 1-0-0-0

5 Medicine Hat Tigers 61 22 34 3 2 49 0.402 182 251 760 12-15-1-2 10-19-2-0 2-7-0-1 1-0-0-1

6 Kootenay Ice 60 10 45 5 0 25 0.208 127 264 683 8-19-3-0 2-26-2-0 2-7-1-0 0-4-1-0Western ConferenceB.C. DivisionRank Team GP W L OTL SL PTS PCT GF GA PIM Home Away P10 STK

1 Kelowna Rockets 61 42 16 3 0 87 0.713 222 182 847 24-4-2-0 18-12-1-0 7-3-0-0 1-0-0-0

2 Victoria Royals 62 40 16 3 3 86 0.694 226 145 757 22-6-1-3 18-10-2-0 8-1-1-0 3-0-1-0

3 Prince George Cougars 61 32 25 3 1 68 0.557 211 190 1114 18-11-1-1 14-14-2-0 2-7-1-0 0-3-0-0

4 Kamloops Blazers 60 27 24 5 4 63 0.525 195 197 618 15-9-4-2 12-15-1-2 4-5-0-1 0-2-0-1

5 Vancouver Giants 62 23 32 5 2 53 0.427 178 224 731 14-16-2-0 9-16-3-2 3-5-2-0 0-1-0-0U.S. DivisionRank Team GP W L OTL SL PTS PCT GF GA PIM Home Away P10 STK

1 Everett Silvertips 60 35 20 3 2 75 0.625 161 138 517 18-8-2-1 17-12-1-1 5-4-1-0 2-0-1-0

2 Seattle Thunderbirds 59 33 23 3 0 69 0.585 186 168 812 23-5-2-0 10-18-1-0 6-4-0-0 1-0-0-0

3 Spokane Chiefs 60 29 23 5 3 66 0.550 195 199 699 18-11-2-1 11-12-3-2 4-3-2-1 1-0-0-0

4 Portland Winterhawks 61 31 27 3 0 65 0.533 196 191 778 18-12-1-0 13-15-2-0 6-3-1-0 0-2-0-0

5 Tri-City Americans 59 29 27 2 1 61 0.517 195 204 828 16-10-1-1 13-17-1-0 7-2-0-1 1-0-0-0x = Clinched Playoff Positiony = Teams who have clinched Division title

Wednesday, Feb 24Portland 1 at Edmonton 5 FinalKelowna 6 at Everett 5 Final OTBrandon 4 at Kootenay 2 FinalRegina 9 at Lethbridge 8 Final SOSwift Current 2 at Prince Albert 3 Final OTPrince George 0 at Spokane 1 Final

Friday, Feb 26Medicine Hat at Swift Current 7:00 pm CSTPrince Albert at Regina 7:00 pm CSTBrandon at Lethbridge 7:00 pm MSTEdmonton at Kootenay 7:00 pm MSTPortland at Red Deer 7:00 pm MSTVictoria at Calgary 7:00 pm MSTPrince George at Spokane 7:05 pm PSTSeattle at Tri-City 7:05 pm PSTKelowna at Vancouver 7:30 pm PSTKamloops at Everett 7:35 pm PST

Saturday, Feb 27Calgary at Swift Current 7:00 pm CSTPrince Albert at Moose Jaw 7:00 pm CSTRegina at Saskatoon 7:05 pm CSTEdmonton at Lethbridge 7:00 pm MSTPortland at Kootenay 7:00 pm MSTVictoria at Red Deer 7:00 pm MSTEverett at Seattle 6:05 pm PSTBrandon at Medicine Hat 7:30 pm MSTVancouver at Kamloops 7:00 pm PSTPrince George at Tri-City 7:05 pm PSTSpokane at Kelowna 7:05 pm PST

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