Seattle Thunderbirds game on television Friday night, Jan. 6 | Hockey

Kent hockey fans can watch the hometown Seattle Thunderbirds play at the Tri-City Americans at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6 on ROOT Sports television.

The Seattle Thunderbirds game at 7 p.m. Friday

The Seattle Thunderbirds game at 7 p.m. Friday

Kent hockey fans can watch the hometown Seattle Thunderbirds play at the Tri-City Americans at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6 on ROOT Sports television.

The Western Hockey League game will mark the first of four T-Birds games on the 10-game Friday Night Hockey broadcast schedule on ROOT Sports. Ian Furness will do the play-by-play with analysis by Kevin Sawyer, a former WHL and NHL player.

Tri-City leads the 10-team Western Conference with a 30-7-0-0 record. Seattle is in seventh at 16-19-0-1. The top eight teams advance to the playoffs.

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.


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