Four Seattle Thunderbirds games to be televised | Western Hockey League

ROOT Sports and the Western Hockey League announced that four Seattle Thunderbirds games will be televised this season. - CHARLES CORTES, Kent Reporter
CHARLES CORTES, Kent Reporter
ROOT Sports and the Western Hockey League announced that four Seattle Thunderbirds games will be televised this season.

By STEVE HUNTER
Kent Reporter Courts, government reporter
October 7, 2011 · 10:36 AM

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The Kent-based Seattle Thunderbirds will have one Western Hockey League home game and three road games televised this season on ROOT Sports.

The WHL and ROOT Sports announced the 10-game Friday Night Hockey schedule Oct. 6 that will bring live action into 3.7 million homes across five states during the 2011-12 season, according to a T-Birds media release.

All five U.S.-based clubs, the Everett Silvertips, Portland Winterhawks, T-Birds, Spokane Chiefs and Tri-City Americans will have games televised.

Ian Furness will do the play-by-play with analysis by Kevin Sawyer, a former WHL and NHL player.

Friday Night Hockey ROOT Broadcast Schedule:

Game 1 - Jan. 6 - Seattle at Tri-City, 7 p.m.

Game 2 - Jan. 13 - Tri-City at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.

Game 3 - Jan. 20 - Spokane at Tri-City, 7 p.m.

Game 4 - Jan. 27 - Tri-City at Red Deer, 6:30 p.m.

Game 5 - Feb. 3 - Everett at Portland, 7 p.m.

Game 6 - Feb. 10 - Everett at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.

Game 7 - Feb. 17 - Tri-City at Seattle, 7:30 p.m.

Game 8 - Feb. 24 - Spokane at Portland, 7 p.m.

Game 9 - March 2 - Seattle at Everett, 7:30 p.m.

Game 10 - March 16 - Seattle at Spokane, 7 p.m.

Contact Kent Reporter Courts, government reporter Steve Hunter at shunter@kentreporter.com or 253-872-6600, ext. 5052.

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