A look back at recent Thunderbirds games in Brandon
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Here’s a look at the last three matchups between the Brandon Wheat Kings and Seattle Thunderbirds at Assiniboine Credit Union Place. No Western Conference teams visited in the 2020-21 pandemic season.
2024-25
Brandon 4, Seattle 1
• Date: Oct. 18, 2024
• BWK goal scorers: Nolan Flamand, Caleb Hadland, Gio Pantelas, Marcus Nguyen.
• Seattle scorers: Braeden Cootes.
• BWK goalie: Carson Bjarnason.
• Seattle goalie: Scott Ratzlaff.
• Shots: 38-25 Sea.
• PP: BWK 1-4. SEA 0-1.
• Attendance: 2,661.
• RECAP: Hadland and Pantelas’s goals came just over two minutes apart late in the second period and gave Brandon a 3-0 lead. Cootes ended Bjarnason’s shutout bid midway through the third period. The T-Birds outshot the Wheat Kings in all three periods.
2022-23
Brandon 4, Seattle 2
• Date: Jan. 10, 2023.
• BWK goal scorers: Rylen Roersma (2), Calder Anderson, Nate Danielson.
• Seattle scorers: Jared Davidson, Nolan Allan.
• BWK goalie: Carson Bjarnason.
• Seattle goalie: Scott Ratzlaff.
• Shots: 36-32 SEA.
• PP: BWK 0-6. SEA 1-5.
• Attendance: 3,203.
• RECAP: Brandon led 2-1 with 65 seconds remaining when Roersma scored his second goal into an empty net to make it 3-1. But Seattle pulled the goalie again, and Allan sniped 18 seconds later, giving Seattle 47 seconds to find the equalizer. Instead, Danielson found the empty net again.
2018-19
Brandon 7, Seattle 3
• Date: Jan. 4, 2019.
• BWK goal scorers: Luka Burzan (3), Cole Reinhardt (2), Connor Gutenberg, Chase Hartje.
• Seattle scorers: Noah Philp (2), Brecon Wood.
• BWK goalie: Jiri Patera.
• Seattle goalie: Roddy Ross, Cole Schwebius.
• Shots: 40-35 SEA.
• PP: BWK 2-4 SEA 1-1.
• Attendance: 3,655.
• RECAP: Brandon led 2-1 after 20 minutes and dominated the second period with four goals to take a 6-1 lead. Burzan also had a pair of helpers for a five-point night.
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