Tonight’s Live Blog and some pre-game notes
Published 4:30 pm Wednesday, March 15, 2017
My apologies for the relatively late post of today’s Know Your Opponent. If you haven’t already done so you can also read the preview that appeared in today’s Herald and an accompanying blog post that went live last night.
There were a couple of Silvertips birthdays in recent days including defenseman Kevin Davis and equipment manager James Stucky:
This guy turns the big 2️⃣0️⃣ ‼️
?? Happy Birthday @k_davis97 ?? pic.twitter.com/DhZ9ZaGlNP
— Everett Silvertips (@WHLsilvertips) March 15, 2017
Always on the grind. Happy Birthday, @jamesstucky! ?? pic.twitter.com/DiGH7KyQuX
— Everett Silvertips (@WHLsilvertips) March 15, 2017
In other news:
– The Seattle Thunderbirds are back in the CHL Top 10 rankings while the Tips are honorable mention. Medicine Hat (No. 9) and Regina (No. 2) are also ranked:
#CHL Top-10 Rankings Week 25: 1-SNB, 2-REG, 3-ER, 4-LDN, 5-SSM, 6-OS, 7-CHA, 8-ROU, 9-MH, 10-SEA. HM: EVT, BLB, WSR pic.twitter.com/srg8KHdNqC
— CanadianHockeyLeague (@CHLHockey) March 15, 2017
– Josh Horton of the Spokesman-Review had this feature on the Yamamoto brothers who will play together for the final time this weekend.
– Speaking of the Yamamotos: here is a draft profile of Kailer from Brandon Rivers of Dub Network.
– Also at Dub Network is this U.S. Division notebook from Andy Eide (the other half of the ThunderTips Podcast).
– Tonight’s live blog is below. Feel free to log on and join in:
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