Your 2020-21 UBC Thunderbirds

Since I'm on a bit of a Canada West women's hockey kick right now, it might be time to introduce everyone to the respective teams that would have played this season had it not been for COVID-19 ruining the fun. While I'm happy that all of the players are safe when it comes to their health, my weekends have been pretty wide-open without calling Canada West hockey games. In saying that, let's introduce the players who would have suited up for each of the nine teams over the next couple of weeks with a special nod to the Lethbridge Pronghorns who will receive some proper respect. Today, we'll start with the UBC Thunderbirds!

As I've stated over and over on Twitter, the lineup you see above is in no way accurate or correct. Head coach Graham Thomas knows his team better than I ever will, and I would assume that my guesses as to his lineup are nowhere close to the actual lineup he'd ice.

The Thunderbirds appear to have good scoring throughout the lineup, though, and goaltending will always be strong with the Thunderbirds with Tory Micklash carrying the largest load of that work. I do like UBC's emerging blue line as it's loaded with solid offensively-minded players such as Hannah Koroll, Rylind MacKinnon, and Kennesha Miswaggon who should be able to push the play in Thomas' uptempo game. Thomas' strong recruiting class for this season would have complemented the veterans in his lineup nicely.

Here are the players who would be suiting up for the UBC Thunderbirds this season in hockey card form. I should note that I left Chanreet Bassi's position as "LW" on her card despite Graham using his forwards in all combinations. Regardless of that card error, these are the players you would have seen on the ice for the UBC Thunderbirds in the 2020-21 campaign!

2020-21 UBC Thunderbirds Women's Hockey Team

I'm excited to see UBC in 2021-22 as they've added additional solid recruits to their team this year, and that should make for a strong UBC team next year and in the future. Let's hope that we get a season underway in September so you can see the UBC Thunderbirds on the ice where they belong!

Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice!