Northwest Passage: Tyler Johnson, Shea Theodore find the twine
The Seattle Kraken are a season away from playing but the NHL playoffs feature players who cut their teeth in the Northwest. There are guys who played junior hockey locally – we’re just talking Washington and Oregon here, not British Columbia which is technically Southwest Canada – or are natives of the area. As the playoffs […]
Northwest Passage: Morgan Geekie, Carter Hart check in as NHL playoffs open.
The Seattle Kraken are a season away from playing but the NHL playoffs feature players who cut their teeth in the Northwest. There are guys who played junior hockey locally – we’re just talking Washington and Oregon here, not British Columbia which is technically Southwest Canada – or are natives of the area. As the […]
Uncertainty of amateur hockey season could make the Seattle Kraken’s first draft difficult
By Andy Eide Western Hockey League Commissioner Ron Robison held a press conference a month ago and detailed his league’s Return to Play Protocol. Its an ambitious plan that includes a start date of October 2nd to allow for a full 68-game schedule. The WHL’s plan is not very different than the Ontario Hockey League, […]
What you missed during the Seattle Kraken release
By Andy Eide It has been the most debated, discussed, and anticipated decision for Seattle hockey fans over the past 18 months. No, not who the head coach will be. Not what the arena name would be and not even who the general manager would be – that’s Hall of Famer Ron Francis by the […]
Ron Francis talks about how the NHL’s return and CBA may affect NHL Seattle
By Andy Eide The NHL was back on the ice this week as twenty-four teams opened training camps in preparation for the qualifying rounds of the Return to Play Plan set to kick off at the beginning of August. The seven teams that didn’t make the postseason are home, preparing for October’s NHL Draft with […]
Will delay in Palm Springs arena cause AHL scramble for NHL Seattle?
By Andy Eide The groundbreaking celebration was set for February 18th in the California desert. Free tickets had been distributed and presumably ceremonial shovels were acquired for various photo ops as the excitement for a new hockey arena in Palm Springs was building. Five days prior to the event, it was cancelled. The arena in […]
Puget Sound’s last pro hockey team, the Tacoma Sabercats, didn’t last long but won big
By Andy Eide While it’s been over twenty years since it happened, Jamie Butt remembers the first goal the Tacoma Sabercats scored at their home rink in the Tacoma Dome. He’s the one that scored it. “It was kind of a greasy goal,” Butt recalls of the goal. “I just went hard to the net. […]
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