NHL Seattle adds new owners, including one life long hockey fan
By Andy Eide SEATTLE – Perched high up in the Space Needle, overlooking the site that they hope will soon house a new arena and NHL Hockey team, the Seattle Hockey Partners and Oak View Group announced they have added seven local investors to their organization on Wednesday morning. One of those new investors has […]
Laying out the next steps toward NHL approval
As the NHL comes out of summer hibernation it would be a good time to lay out the critical 5 weeks ahead on the NHL to Seattle front. There are two major tracks to monitor: 1) the arena and 2) NHL franchise approval. The Arena OVG and the City of the Seattle have been going […]
Everett Silvertips Goalie Dustin Wolf Steps Into the Spotlight
By Andy Eide There was a problem midway through the Everett Silvertips second round, Game 5 against the Portland Winterhawks during the WHL playoffs last year. Carter Hart, the Everett goalie who had seemingly won every accolade a player can, suddenly became ill. At the second-period media timeout he rushed to the Everett bench and […]
Q&A: Bill Chapin discussion on business side of NHL Seattle
Starting a new sports franchise from scratch requires a lot of sports business smarts and knowledge of the new marketplace. Luckily for NHL Seattle, they’ve brought in someone with both. The organization has hired Bill Chapin to work with Tod and Tim Leiweke on premium revenue initiatives regarding both the arena project and potential NHL […]
WEEKEND READING, LISTENING, AND VIEWING 2018-08-17
LOCAL What’s in a name? For Seattle’s future NHL team, more than meets the Sock-eye Seattle Times tackles the name game exercise. Tuesdays with Tod NHL Seattle president, Tod Leiweke, jumped on KJR radio with Dave ‘Softy’ Mahler in what will be a regular segment. (Tod’s segment starts about the 43 minute mark) Lexi Bender […]
NHL-NBC TV Schedule Announced
The NHL and NBC announced the NHL National TV schedule yesterday. The 2018-19 season will feature an all-time high of 109 games that will be broadcast on the NBC network family. NBC will be showcasing some of the best talent in the league, independent of the market size of the teams which appears to be […]
Measuring the sustained success of expansion franchises is… difficult.
So you have an expansion team. Your inaugural season has now come and gone. All of the hoopla and excitement that comes with playing in front of your home fans for the first time after years of anticipation has passed. Unless your expansion team is called the Vegas Golden Knights, you probably stunk this past […]
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