Seattle got a taste of championship hockey in 2017 when Kolesar and the Thunderbirds, who play in Kent, about 21 miles south of the city, defeated the Regina Pats for the Chynoweth Cup.

Not in 2018, or 2008. The speaker was Seattle Thunderbirds director of player personnel Jake Goertzen, in 1985. ... It means new team colors (green, blue and white) ...