Photography credit to Brian Liesse / Seattle Thunderbirds While the Kraken couldn’t quite go the distance this year, it seems the team has instilled something in the whole of King County and King County-affiliated hockey with that playoff run, because not only did the Firebirds just wrap up their Pacific Division win over Calgary, the local junior team just won the WHL! How they did it: Early Bird (and round) sweeps The reality of the WHL, and junior hockey in general, is that the first round, and sometimes the second round, is a weeding out process. You rarely see the…