For the Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n The Seattle Thunderbirds will have three games broadcast live on Root Sports’ “Friday Night Ice” this season.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Those games are:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u2022 Friday, Feb. 7, vs. Spokane, ShoWare Center<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u2022 Friday, Feb. 21 at Everett<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u2022 Friday, March 7 at Portland.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The three appearances are part of an eight-game broadcast package Root Sports and the Western Hockey League announced today. It is the fifth year of the partnership between the network and the league.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The broadcast schedule features all five U.S.-based WHL clubs \u2013 Thunderbirds, Everett Silvertips, Portland Winterhawks, Spokane Chiefs and Tri-City Americans.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n WHL on Root Sports begins Tuesday, Jan. 28 with the Kamloops Blazers hosting the Spokane Chiefs.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n “The Western Hockey League is very pleased to continue our broadcast partnership with Root Sports,” said WHL Commissioner Ron Robison. “Our ‘Friday Night Ice’ broadcasts on Root Sports allows the WHL to showcase the great rivalries in our U.S. Division with hockey fans throughout the Pacific Northwest and other regions of the United States.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n “The WHL has a very loyal and dedicated fan base. We are pleased to continue our partnership and the opportunity to showcase the league’s talent to our viewers across the Northwest,” said Mark Jorgensen, senior vice president\/general manager of Root Sports.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The WHL on Root Sports features the play-by-play of Ian Furness with analysis provided by former WHL and NHL player Kevin Sawyer.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n ====<\/p>\n<\/p>\n 2013-14 WHL on Root Sports broadcast schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Tuesday, Jan. 28 \u2013 Spokane at Kamloops, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Friday, Jan. 31 \u2013 Tri-City at Edmonton, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Friday, Feb. 7 \u2013 Spokane at Seattle, 7:35 v<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Friday, Feb. 14 \u2013 Portland at Kamloops, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Friday, Feb. 21 \u2013 Seattle at Everett, 7:35 p.m.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Friday, Feb. 28 \u2013 Tri-City at Everett, 7:35 p.m.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Friday, March 7 \u2013 Seattle at Portland, 7:05 p.m.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Friday, March 14 \u2013 Tri-City at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Seattle Thunderbirds will have three games broadcast live on Root Sports’ “Friday Night Ice” this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":6697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-6696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6696"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6696"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=6696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}