Seattle Thunderbirds hockey head coach Steve Konowalchuk will throw out the Ceremonial First Pitch prior to the Seattle Mariners game against the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday, June 10 at 7:10 p.m. at Safeco Field.
The Mariners are honoring the T-Birds for winning the 2017 Western Hockey League Championship. The T-Birds won the title with a first round sweep of the Tri-City Americans, a second round sweep of the Everett Silvertips, a 4-2 series win over the Kelowna Rockets in the Western Conference Championship and a 4-2 series win over the Regina Pats in the WHL Championship.
The Ed Chynoweth Cup and assistant coach Matt O’Dette will also be at the game and take part in the celebration of the T-Birds championship season.
Konowalchuk led the T-Birds to a 46-20-4-2 regular season record in 2016-17. In his six seasons as head coach Konowalchuk has a 217-176-20-15 record.
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