#my brief interlude as a full time t birds fan

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take a peek at the new tbirds insta logo

happy pride to my favorite team! and happy pride to every single t-birds good boy who used pride tape on their unofficial pride night, which was every one of them!

and happy pride to kevin korchinski, who said “ok boomer” to every nhl player who refused to wear a pride jersey:

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comrades, i need you to meet my goofy bernedoodle kevin korchinski. his face has been a little banged up lately and that only makes him look more dumb and endearing. he is a certified good boy and the t-birds won the western conference championship last night and now the winnipeg ice are coming to town! if the moose jaw jagger firkuses could beat winnipeg twice, i think my newly beloved t-birds can beat them four times.

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5/19/23 (the lucas ciona/luke prokop backstory makes this photo even more endearing)

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wow kamloops was starting to figure shit out at the start of the third, but then the t-birds completely took the wind out of their sails with such a pretty schaefer to lambert to guenther goal, like one of those plays where time seems to slow down and everybody does exactly the right thing. it was especially nice bc the t-birds have these very stylized player photos they show when a goal is scored and they look like promo photos for a teen drama with supernatural elements, and the three of them just have very complementary faces (one ginger, one rat face, one vaguely finnish guy) and would be a great core cast for this cw series. i dig this line!

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WHL champions!!!

your seattle thunderbirds! me oh my i do love a trophy ceremony!!! this one was better than the big 10 trophy ceremony because every boy got to take a lap so we got to see the handoff pecking order, but also not as good because all these good canadian boys wear their championship snapbacks facing forward which is simply not how god intended them to be worn.

luke prokop led the handshake line and delayed it bc he was hugging practically the entire winnipeg ice. our captain did a real nice job of lofting the trophy to be surrounded by the team, which is the most important moment of a trophy ceremony of course. he seems like a good boy and i wish him the best in calgary.

i love to see happy boys jumping up and down and hugging each other! i also love to see sad boys kneeling dejectedly on the ice. sorry to elf faced matt savoie but your canadian tears are pleasing to me.

tonight’s game was not the thrilling high-scoring affair that i have come to expect from this superteam, but they got the job done. (sorry to jes and liz, who braved their first t-birds experience but did not get to see the guenther/lambert/schaefer line work their usual magic.) my good boy jeremy hanzel had a very important primary assist on the first goal! i am gonna miss this team! they were a great little spring fling!!!

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wow colton dach just got taken out and luke prokop slowly and calmly glided toward the perpetrator with murder in his eyes and you could see the moment the ref realized ohhhhhh shit

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best possible addition to my WHL player buttons collection

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feeling zero stress about game 7 bc i’m going to watch the t-birds, who have reminded me of what i truly love about hockey (teenagers with pack bonds displaying unregulated emotions as they claw for dreams that may never come true, ideally in circumstances where kissing seems plausible)

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after the game they took a lap and they were all smiling and waving and looking so happy that people were cheering for them!

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i think i love the t-birds blueline. kevin korchinski skates like a bernedoodle, no idea who this jeremy hanzel kid is but he always seems to be in the right place WAIT ITS TIME FOR CHUCK A PUCK

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😛🙄😃 (and a link to the photog bc she seems awesome)

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https://twitter.com/SeattleTbirds/status/1664403536703004672?s=20

the only starting 5 i need

kyle crnkovic is pocket-sized and vowel-impoverished and i adore him

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Went to trial, back to back, b**** I’m 2-0