Brewin Flames Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 (edited) https://cvfirebirds.com/ https://cvfirebirds.com/2022/01/31/home-ice-has-a-new-name-welcome-to-acrisure-arena/ Edited April 11, 2023 by Brewin Flames Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Ahhh, the smell of new, freshly unwrapped, AHL affiliate! Seattle no longer has to share the Charlotte Checkers way across the country, with the Florida Panthers. Usually in those shared situations, one team gets the short end of the stick....usually the newer team like Seattle in this case. They will surely like having their top minor league team on the same coast and in the same time zone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewin Flames Posted April 11, 2023 Author Share Posted April 11, 2023 APRIL 10, 2023 AT 7:30 PM CDT | BY KEN MACMILLAN Shane Wright’s whirlwind season continues today as the Seattle Kraken announced he would be reporting to the AHL. Wright was the fourth overall pick in the 2022 NHL Draft and started the season in the NHL with the Kraken but was a frequent healthy scratch. He played just eight NHL games, scoring one goal and two points and was sent to the AHL’s Coachella Valley Firebirds for a conditioning stint where he scored four goals in five games. Wright was also loaned to Team Canada for the World Juniors and helped them win a gold medal by scoring seven points in seven games and serving as the team’s captain. He then returned to the OHL where he was traded by the Kingston Frontenacs to the Windsor Spitfires and proceeded to put up 15 goals and 37 points in 20 Junior games. Wright’s Spitfires were the top ranked team in the OHL’s Western Conference but were shockingly swept in the first round of the playoffs by the Kitchener Rangers. Now that Wright’s Junior season is complete, he is eligible to play pro in either the NHL or AHL and the Kraken have chosen to assign him back to the Firebirds who are on the verge of their own postseason. They are in second place in the entire AHL and have just three regular season games remaining before the playoffs begin. It will be interesting to see how well Wright performs in the AHL playoffs after scoring one goal and three points in his four OHL postseason contests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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