T-Birds Acquire Landon Bow from Swift Current
January 5, 2016 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Seattle Thunderbirds News Release
KENT - Seattle Thunderbirds general manager Russ Farwell today announced the team has acquired goalie Landow Bow from the Swift Current Broncos for goalie Taz Burman, right wing Jamal Watson and a conditional second round pick in a future Bantam Draft.
"This was a difficult trade to make because of the players involved but we felt the best way we could help our team this year was to upgrade our goaltending," said Farwell. "Bow is a proven WHL Goalie who is capable of significantly affecting the chance to win for our team every time he plays. With Bow and Flodell in goal we now have one of the strongest goalie tandems in our conference heading into the second half of the season and the playoffs."
Bow has a 9-14-4-0 record in 30 games this season. Bow has a goals against average of 3.09 and a save percentage of .913 with two shutouts. In 137 career games over four seasons with the Broncos Bow has a 58-50-8-5 record with 10 shutouts. He has a career goals against average of 3.12 and a career save percentage of .908.
Burman has a 7-4-0-0 record in 16 games for the T-Birds this season. Burman has a 3.20 goals against average and a .877 save percentage this season.
Watson has 14 points on six goals and eight assists in 29 games this season. In 299 games over five seasons with the T-Birds and Lethbridge Hurricanes Watson has 75 goals and 87 assists for 162 points.
The T-Birds play the Portland Winterhawks on Friday at 7:35pm at ShoWare Center. They host the Everett Silvertips on Saturday at 7:05pm at ShoWare Center.
T-Birds single game tickets for the 2015-16 season are available online at the T-Birds website and at the ShoWare Center box office. The ShoWare Center Box Office is open Monday through Friday 10 am to 5 pm Saturday game days at 10 am and Sunday game days at noon.
T-Birds season tickets are currently on sale. Season tickets can be purchased by calling the T-Birds office at 253-239-7825.
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