T-Birds trade Ormsby to ‘Tips for draft pick

  • Thursday, November 2, 2017 4:32pm
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The Seattle Thunderbirds have traded right wing Luke Ormsby to the Everett Silvertips for a ninth-round selection in the 2018 Bantam Draft.

Ormsby played 11 games this season with the T-Birds but did not register a point. Last season Ormsby played in 65 games and had six goals and five assists for 11 points with 25 penalty minutes. He appeared in 13 playoff games on the T-Bird run to the 2017 WHL championship and had one assist.

Ormsby, from Monroe, was originally selected by the T-Birds in the ninth round, 192nd overall, in the 2014 Bantam Draft.


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