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Sound of Hockey Episode 100 – Featuring Lance Lopes, Kraken Employee #1
A milestone episode for the guys calls for a very special guest! This week, Sound of Hockey welcomes Lance Lopes, Executive Vice President and General Counsel for the Seattle Kraken. Lance was technically the very first employee hired by the Oak View Group in Seattle to make Climate Pledge Arena a reality, and as such […]
NHLtoSeattle 2018 News in Review
We opened 2018 in pretty good shape. The year started with an approved and signed Memorandum of Understanding between Oak View Group and the City of Seattle to redevelop KeyArena. And the NHL announced that it was reviewing an expansion application from a Seattle ownership group (later to be named NHL Seattle). Here is a […]
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 […]
Selecting an AHL City for NHL Seattle
Outside of what to name the future NHL franchise in Seattle, where to place the AHL (American Hockey League) Affiliate is another widely discussed topic of conversation inside the Seattle hockey community. The AHL is the minor league development system for the NHL. For the most part, all NHL teams have an AHL affiliate that […]
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 […]
The homestretch for the Sodo Arena
I will cut to the chase really quickly. The SoDo Arena project has one last hurdle to be shovel ready. Here are two things you can do to help out: Sign the SonicsArena petition. Show up to the Seattle City Council public hearing on the Street Vacation at Occidental on March 15th. For a little […]
RMHC Hockey Challenge 2016
Once again I have 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 Ronald McDonald House […]
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