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 […]
Sound of Hockey Episode 93 – The Great Arena Name Debate
We have a name! …an arena name, that is. On this week’s Sound of Hockey, the guys give their reactions to the news that NHL Seattle’s future home will be called Climate Pledge Arena, which gets their wheels turning about which NHL/NBA arenas have the worst corporate names. Also on this episode, John, Andy, and […]
Why you should love Climate Pledge Arena
That dastardly Jeff Bezos has done it again! The eccentric gazillionaire CEO of Amazon let the cat out of the bag Thursday that his company had bought the naming rights to the former Key Arena, and would be re-naming the future home of the NHL Seattle franchise Climate Pledge Arena. True story, my wife read […]
Sound of Hockey Episode 92 – Hub City “Fever”
Lots of news to discuss on this week’s Sound of Hockey, both locally and nationally. First, Andy gives an update on what’s happening with the WHL. Then John gives an update on what’s happening with the NHL Seattle franchise, as the name release and AHL arena have apparently been delayed. John, Andy, and Darren also […]
Sound of Hockey Episode 91 – Get Off My Lawn, Car Dealerships
On this week’s Sound of Hockey, Darren is quite frustrated by his experience buying his first car through a car dealership, and he gives his two cents via a show-opening “Get Off My Lawn” segment. John, Andy, and Darren also break down a recent NHLtoSeattle.com story about potential goalies that NHL Seattle may select 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. […]
USA Hockey Player Membership Report 2019-20
For the first time since USA Hockey started publishing their numbers, player membership is down more than 1%, a decline of over 6000 player memberships compared to the 2018-19 season. Part of this is certainly due to COVID-19 hitting at the end of the season and shutting down recreational and competitive hockey across the US. […]
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