The Kent-based Seattle Thunderbirds junior hockey team has hired Tom Orr as its new athletic trainer.<\/p>\n
Orr has spent the last nine months as the head athletic trainer at Adams State University in Alamosa, Colorado. He replaces Phil Varney, who left the T-Birds this summer after 17 years with the team to pursue a new hockey opportunity.<\/p>\n
“We are happy to add Tom to our staff,” said Seattle coach Matt O’Dette in a Monday, Aug. 12 press release. “He’s a valuable addition and we look forward to him continuing the exceptional care that our training staff gives to our players.”<\/p>\n
Orr worked for four months in 2023 as as assistant athletic trainer with the Portland Winterhawks of the Western Hockey League, the same league as the T-Birds.<\/p>\n
Orr earned a master of science in athletic training in 2023 from Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon, according to linkedin.com. He earned a bachelor of science in kinesiology in 2021 from Oregon State University in Corvallis.<\/p>\n
Training camp starts the end of August for the T-Birds, who open the regular season Sept. 20 at the Vancouver (B.C.) Giants. Their home opener is 6:05 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28 against the Wenatchee Wild at the accesso ShoWare Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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