Seattle Thunderbirds trade defenseman Fleming to Swift Current | Western Hockey League

Published 5:39 pm Wednesday, October 26, 2011

The Seattle Thunderbirds traded defenseman Erik Fleming to the Swift Current Broncos for future considerations in the 2012 Bantam Draft.

Seattle general manger Russ Farwell announced the trade Wednesday.

Fleming appeared in 156 games for the Kent-based team over the last three seasons and had 15 career points on two goals and 13 assists with 62 penalty minutes.

The T-Birds also reassigned defenseman Austin Frank to the Calgary Mustangs of the Albert Junior Hockey League.

Seattle travels to Victoria to take on the Cougars in back-to-back games Friday and Saturday nights.

The T-Birds play the Vancouver Giants at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday at the ShoWare Center.