The road to NHL approval
It has been a relatively quiet period since the Stanley Cup Playoffs started in early April. Every day I find myself chomping for something to do that can help the NHL come to Seattle or even increasing its success once it arrives. But I know we are in this quiet period, and as much as […]
Pacific Northwest Playoff Guide
Here is your completely biased and unapologetic pacific northwest guide to the Stanley Cup Playoffs. With the exception of the Pittsburgh Penguins, all Stanley Cup Playoff teams have a northwest reason to root for on the team. Without further ado, here is your reason to root for <<Insert team name not named Pittsburgh Penguins here>>. […]
2017-18 WHL Attendance Report
With the WHL playoffs starting up, I thought it would be fun to look at the WHL regular season attendance numbers. Overall the league attendance was down 1% year over year for the second consecutive year. Prince George, Edmonton, Vancouver and Red Dear are driving the numbers lower while the Kootenay and Swift Current are […]
What’s next?
Technically speaking, nothing changed last week. We have not been awarded a franchise, yet, but if the league had any doubts of the support for the NHL in Seattle, I think they heard us loud and clear. We are more than capable of supporting it. After such a smashingly successful ticket drive last week, a […]
Season Ticket Drive is March 1st!
It’s official! Seattle’s NHL season ticket drive will be launching March 1st. Today at Mayor Jenny Durkin’s State of the City Address she announced that the season ticket drive will launch March 1st with more information available at NHLSeattle.com. This is the next big milestone in making NHL to Seattle a reality. Is there a […]
Mayor: OVG has completed their application to the NHL
I will let the Mayor’s tweet do the talking….one step closer! Excited to share the news that @OvgSeattle completed their application to the @NHL – one step closer to bringing another great sports team to our City and revitalizing @SeattleCenter #NHLtoSeattle pic.twitter.com/MOFVO1229I — Mayor Jenny Durkan (@MayorJenny) February 13, 2018 Update: Elliotte Friedman piled on […]
RMHC Hockey Challenge: February 24th
Over the last 14 years I’ve had the honor of playing in the Ronald McDonald House Hockey Challenge. This is an annual event put on by the Seattle Thunderbirds and the Ronald McDonald House of Western Washington and Alaska. If you don’t know what the Ronald McDonald House is all about, you should. The Seattle […]
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