During the 2009-2010 season, the Thunderbirds program had nine players selected in the USHL draft which is a Colorado youth hockey record. The Thunderbirds had eight players sign tenders in the NAHL, one player selected to play for the NTDP in Ann Arbor and one players selected in the WHL draft.
10,000 to 100,000. Iraq is one of the world's most populous country, ranking 37th with a population that exceeds 37 million. This country has many major cities that contribute heavily to this total population count. The largest city in the country is Baghdad, which has a population of over 5 million. Its next most populous city, Al Basrah, has a population of over 2.6 million -- a respectable number but still less than half of the population found in Baghdad. These aren't the only cities with populations exceeding 1,000,000.
Iraq is one of the easternmost countries of the Arab world, located at about the same latitude as the southern United States. It is bordered to the north by Turkey, to the east by Iran, to the west by Syria and Jordan, and to the south by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.