The Seattle Thunderbirds have named left wing Nolan Volcan team captain for the 2018-19 Western Hockey League season.

“Nolan exemplifies our identity as a team,” said coach Matt O’Dette. “He is a veteran that has thrived in our culture and will be an example to our team.”

“We have a core leadership group in our room,” O’Dette said. “We will alternate assistant captains at the start of the season and the ‘A’ on the jersey will be a reward for the guys that earn it. We anticipate guys will step forward and earn the ‘A’ on the jersey full time.”

Volcan is the 35th captain in team history. Turner Ottenbreit was the team captain during the 2017-18 season.

Volcan is starting his fifth season with the T-Birds and had played in 263 career games with 73 goals and 101 assists for 174 points. In 49 career playoff games, Volcan has nine goals and 12 assists for 21 points.

The T-Birds open the regular season against the Portland Winterhawks at 6:05 p.m. Saturday at the accesso ShoWare Center.

Single-game tickets are on sale online and at the ShoWare box office, 625 W. James St.

Season tickets may be purchased by calling the T-Birds office at 253-239-7825.