WHL Seattle Thunderbirds

T-Birds Cage Cougars

Published on January 30, 2013 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Seattle Thunderbirds News Release


KENT, January 29, 2013 - Shea Theodore had two goals and an assist and Alexander Delnov had three assists Tuesday night to lead the Seattle Thunderbirds to a 6-1 victory over the Prince George Cougars at ShoWare Center.

Defenseman Griffin Foulk had his first career WHL goal in the victory. Justin Hickman had a goal and an assist.

Seattle (19-28-3-1) jumped in front 1-0 28 seconds in to the game. Hickman worked the puck out the left corner to a wide open Luke Lockhart in the slot. Lockhart snapped the puck over Prince George goalie Mac Engel's glove for his 15th goal of the year.

The T-Birds kept the pressure on and took a 2-0 lead at 4:30 of the first. Connor Sanvido carried the puck into the Cougars zone on the right side. Sanvido moved the puck to his left to Shea Theodore joining the rush. Theodore skated through the right circle, cut towards the goal and beat Engel with a backhand shot that hit the crossbar and dropped into the back of the net.

Theodore cashed in on the power play at 18:14 of the first to give the T-Birds a 3-0 lead. Theodore moved the puck from center ice at the blue line. Lipsbergs sent the puck to Alexander Delnov in the right circle, who quickly sent it back to Theodore. Theodore put a wrist shot on net with Lockhart screening Engel. The goalie never saw the shot and it beat him over the blocker.

Seattle outshot Prince George 17-8 in the first period.

Prince George outshot Seattle 12-4 in the second period but Seattle led 21-20 in total shots after two periods.

Connor Honey extended the T-Birds lead to 4-0 at 2:12 of the third period. Lipsbergs put the puck behind the Prince George net where Delnov go to it. Delnov skated out from behind the net into the right circle and wristed the puck towards Engel. The puck rebounded to Honey in the slot and he banged it past a lunging Engel for his 13th goal of the year.

Prince George (15-29-2-4) got on the board at 5:17 of the third when Chase Witala scored. Daniel Gibb had the only assist on the goal.

Foulk's first career WHL goal was the T-Birds fifth goal of the game. Delnov got the puck to Foulk at the left point. Foulk wristed the puck on net with traffic in front of Engel and the puck found the back of the net at 13:37 of the third.

The T-Birds sealed the win at 18:51 of the third when Hickman scored. Seth Swenson banged the puck off the left boards to a streaking Hickman. He entered the zone and snapped the puck past Engel on the glove side from the left circle. Theodore had the second assist by pushing the puck up to Swenson.

Seattle outshot Prince George 17-10 in the third period and 38-30 in the game.

Seattle goalie Brandon Glover improved his record to 18-21-3-1 by stopping 29 of 30 shots.

Engel is now 6-17-2-4 after stopping 32 of 38 shots.

The T-Birds take on Portland Winterhawks on Friday at 7:35pm at ShoWare Center. They then face the Tri-City Americans on Saturday at 7:05pm at ShoWare Center.

T-Birds single game tickets for the 2012-13 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.

Check out the Seattle Thunderbirds Statistics

Share: Facebook | Twitter/X | LinkedIn | Reddit | Email



Western Hockey League Stories from January 30, 2013


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central