Someday it may be the Sasquatch, Totems or Sockeyes or whatever a potential future NHL franchise in Seattle ends up adopting as its nickname. Russ Farwell, former GM of the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers, is now GM of the Seattle Thunderbirds. Fans of the Seattle Thunderbirds arrive at ShoWare Centre in Kent, Wash., about 32 kilometres south of Seattle. In the corner of his office, Seattle Thunderbirds vice-president Colin Campbell has a photo of Wayne Gretzky in the foreground and Campbell behind the glass. "It always amazed me when I first got here that people didn't even know there was a hockey team in town.

Source: CBC News January 23, 2018 23:18 UTC