The Kent-based Seattle Thunderbirds junior hockey team traded Marcel Noebels on Tuesday to the Portland Winterhawks in exchange for right wing Seth Swenson and first-round picks in the 2012 and 2013 Western Hockey League Bantam Drafts.
“We just could not pass up the offer that was made,” said T-Birds General Manager Russ Farwell in a media release. “We add a younger player and two high draft picks. Marcel has been a very good player for us and we wish him good luck going forward with his career.”
Swenson, 18, from Parker, Colo., has one goal and six assists for seven points in 33 games this season. Swenson is in his third year in the WHL and has played in 132 games with five goals and 16 assists with 64 penalty minutes.
Noebels, 19, from Tonisvorst, Germany, has appeared in 34 games for the T-Birds this season and has 10 goals and 14 assists for 24 points. The T-Birds selected Noebels in the first round, 10th overall, of the 2010 CHL Import Draft. Last season with the T-Birds Noebels had 56 points on 28 goals and 26 assists.
The T-Birds travel to Kamloops, British Columbia, to take on the Blazers on Friday at Interior Savings Centre. They play the Winterhawks at 7:05 p.m. Saturday at the ShoWare Center.
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