Picture of the Week: Puck drops here

Published 7:31 pm Wednesday, September 26, 2012

The Seattle Thunderbirds opened their home season last weekend, hosting the rival Portland Winterhawks at the ShoWare Center on Saturday night.

Dropping the honorary first puck were survivors of Bruce McDonald, including his mother Char, left, Nolette, his sister, and Nolette’s husband, Guy Everett. McDonald, who died of cancer in June, had been the Thunderbirds’ play-by-play voice since the 1998-99 season. He was 41.

Portland’s Troy Rutkowski, is left, and Seattle’s Luke Lockhart is right. More on the T-Birds’ home opener, pages 9 and 16.