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Skanska-Hunt tagged by NHL Seattle, OVG to Build New Seattle Center Arena
By Andy Eide SEATTLE – The prospect of an NHL franchise landing in Seattle took another step forward Tuesday as the Oak View Group and NHL Seattle named a general contractor for the redevelopment of the Seattle Center Arena. In a press conference held at the Labor Temple in Belltown, it was announced that Skanska-Hunt, […]
Golden Knights D-Man Shea Theodore Talks Vegas, the Stanley Cup, and NHL in Seattle
By Andy Eide There’s under ten minutes to go in the third period during Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final. The score is knotted at four goals apiece and the Vegas faithful packed into T-Moble Arena are testing their collective nerves. Golden Knights’ defenseman Shea Theodore gets the puck at the blue line and […]
Part 2: The AHL Candidates
Last week I posted the first part of the two-part series. If you would have asked me a month ago where I thought the AHL franchise would be, my list would have been totally different than what I am posting here. It wasn’t until I did the research on the current AHL landscape that I […]
Selecting an AHL City for NHL Seattle
Outside of what to name the future NHL franchise in Seattle, where to place the AHL (American Hockey League) Affiliate is another widely discussed topic of conversation inside the Seattle hockey community. The AHL is the minor league development system for the NHL. For the most part, all NHL teams have an AHL affiliate that […]
Seattle NHL Expansion in the Post-Vegas Era: Creating a Hometown Team
When the Vegas Golden Knights entered the NHL in 2017, they had the tall task of being the first expansion team for any “Big Four” league in the social media era. The last NHL expansion prior to Vegas was in 2000 when the Minnesota Wild and Columbus Blue Jackets joined the league, and the last […]
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