Follow T-Birds At Everett Tournament On Twitter, Facebook And Cover It Live
September 2, 2009 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Seattle Thunderbirds News Release
Kent, September 2, 2009 - The Seattle Thunderbirds are encouraging fans to follow the T-Birds at the Everett Silvertips Preseason Tournament on the team's Twitter and Facebook pages. The T-Birds will also incorporate live blogging from the tournament on their website using CoveritLive.
T-Birds Director of Public and Media Relations Ian Henry will be at all three games at the tournament over the Labor Day weekend. He will be posting scoring updates and game recaps to these social media sites during the course of all games.
"We hope to be able to keep our fans as updated as possible on the team's performance at the tournament over the weekend," said Henry. "We plan to send out Twitter Tweets every time we score a goal or there is a significant play. We hope to create a forum for hockey discussion on our Facebook page. We will also be using CoveritLive to create a live real time blog during the T-Birds games at the tournament. If fans have a specific hockey question we will try and answer it using the live blog capabilities of CoveritLive." Twitter followers can set up their account to receive text messages, called "tweets", to their cell phone, or personal handheld device every time the T-Birds post an update on their Twitter account. Once you have set up your account on Twitter you will need to input your phone number in the "Devices" tab, which is accessed by clicking on the "Settings" link. After inputting your phone number and checking the receive texts box, text "Follow SeattleTbirds" to 40404 and you will be set up to receive T-Bird Tweets to a handheld device.
For more information on T-Birds Twitter go to the Twitter page on the T-Birds website.
For more information on the T-Birds Facebook Fan Page go to the Facebook page on the T-Birds website.
Fans will be able to access the live blog during the preseason tournament by clicking on the appropriate blog link in the news rotator on the T-Birds home page. Fans will not have to create a login to ask questions but their comments will be moderated.
"The possibilities that CoveritLive presents for the T-Birds to communicate in real time to our fans is definitely something we want to take advantage of," said Henry. "We will be learning the system right along with our fans and we are looking forward to growing and implementing the applications as the season progresses."
The Silvertips preseason tournament takes place at Comcast Arena in Everett. The T-Birds will play the Prince George Cougars on Friday, September 4 at 11:30 a.m. The T-Birds then take on the Silvertips at 7 p.m. on Saturday, September 5. They finish out the weekend against the Spokane Chiefs at 3 p.m. on Sunday, September 6.
The T-Birds will open the 2009-10 Western Hockey League regular season with back-to-back home games against the Silvertips on Friday, September 18, at 7:35 p.m. and the Portland Winterhawks on Saturday, September 19, at 7:05 p.m. Both games are at ShoWare Center in Kent.
T-Birds single game tickets for the 2009-10 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 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday game days at 10 a.m. 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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