Seattle Thunderbirds at Portland Winterhawks

Seattle Thunderbirds at Portland Winterhawks: Catch this stunning event on Nov 30, 2022 7:00pm. Grab your tickets now!

Seattle's sports history began at the start of the 20th century with the Pacific Coast Hockey Association's Seattle Metropolitans, which in 1917 became the first American hockey team to win the Stanley Cup. Seattle's sports history continues today with the city's six major professional teams: the National Football League's Seattle Seahawks, Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners, Major League Soccer's Seattle Sounders FC, the Women's National Basketball Association's Seattle Storm, the National Women's Soccer League's Reign FC, and the future National Hockey League Seattle NHL team. Seattle also boasts a strong history in collegiate sports, with two National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I schools: the University of Washington and Seattle University, and one NCAA Division II school, Seattle Pacific University.

The Portland Winterhawks are a junior ice hockey team based in Portland, Oregon, playing in the Western Hockey League, one of three leagues making up the Canadian Hockey League. The Winterhawks split their home games between the Memorial Coliseum and the Moda Center, which they share with the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association. They are one of the most successful teams in terms of producing National Hockey League alumni, a list that includes Sven Baertschi, Joe Morrow, Ryan Johansen, Braydon Coburn, Adam Deadmarsh, Rob Klinkhammer, Brandon Dubinsky, Tyler Wotherspoon, Andrew Ference, Paul Gaustad, Jannik Hansen, Seth Jones, Brenden Morrow, Nino Niederreiter, Mike Vernon, Glen Wesley and Hall of Famers Mark Messier, Marian Hossa and Cam Neely.