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NHL Seattle Sees Practice Facility in Northgate as Epicenter of Northwest Hockey
By Andy Eide SEATTLE – The Northgate Mall food court was briefly taken over Monday morning by the group looking to bring an NHL team to Seattle. Tod Leiweke, President of Seattle Hockey Partners, was on hand to officially announce that Northgate will be the future home for the hockey training facility and team headquarters. […]
How to ensure Seattle’s new local NHL owners fall in love with hockey
It was revealed a couple weeks ago that Seattle Hockey Partners and Oak View Group had added seven local investors to bolster their collective ownership team. As we heard from Andy Eide that same week, one of those local owners, Andy Jassy of Amazon Web Services, is a life-long hockey fan that grew up watching […]
NHL REDZONE: Can’t Miss Teams of the Upcoming Season
While us Seattle locals still might have to wait a season or two for our own team to follow, there will be no shortage of good hockey to watch between now and then. To help you dig through the 1,271 National Hockey League games that will be played in the next seven months, each of […]
NHL says to Seattle, ‘Let’s do this’
By Andy Eide What a day Tuesday turned out to be for the city of Seattle and its hockey fans. Things began as NHL Seattle’s top line, led by Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan in the middle with Jeremy Bonderman and Tod Leiweke on her wings, entered the NHL’s New York offices early in the morning, […]
Sound of Hockey Podcast Episode 4 – IT’S HAPPENING! HOCKEY IS COMING!
In the latest episode of Sound of Hockey, the guys are over the moon about the NHL’s Board of Governors Executive Committee recommending acceptance of Seattle’s expansion application. There’s no shortage of discussion on what this means to the city, the fans, and the league. John, Andy, and Darren also chat about the latest from […]
NHL Seattle’s Tod Leiweke talks AHL, Training Facility, Arena Atmosphere and the State of His Game
This is part two of our conversation with Seattle Hockey Partners CEO Tod Leiweke. In Part one, Leiweke spoke about his passion for the game of hockey. In this piece, Leiweke touches on a number of topics surrounding the NHL arriving in Seattle. By Andy Eide The big week is here. Tod Leiweke will be […]
Opening Week Collage 2018
Back in 2013 I asked the NHL to Seattle community to send me pictures of themselves and/or their loved ones wearing hockey jerseys, so I could put them all together in an Opening Day Collage to commemorate the start of the NHL Season. I remember being so excited when 17 of you sent me your […]
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