T-Birds receive conditional 6th round pick in 2015

KENT, September 25, 2014 — Seattle Thunderbirds general manager Russ Farwell today announced the team has traded right wing Sam Mckechnie to the Saskatoon Blades for a conditional sixth round selection in the 2015 Bantam Draft.

Mckechnie played 67 games for the T-Birds last season and had seven goals and 11 assists for 18 points with 50 penalty minutes.

In 212 career games with the T-Birds and Lethbridge Hurricanes over four seasons Mckechnie has 46 goals and 46 assists for 92 points with 144 career penalty minutes.

Mckechnie was originally acquired from the Lethbridge Hurricanes with Jaimen Yakubowski on October 24, 2013 for Riley Sheen, Carter Folk and a third round pick in the 2015 Bantam Draft.

The T-Birds travel to Kennewick on Friday to take on the Tri-City Americans at Toyota Center at 7:05pm.

T-Birds single game tickets for the 2014-15 season are available online at the T-Birds website and at the ShoWare Center box office. The ShoWare Center Box Office is open Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday game days at 10 a.m. and Sunday game days at noon.

T-Birds season tickets are currently on sale. Season tickets can be purchased by calling the T-Birds office at 253-239-7825.