Everything you need to know about the NCAA Men’s Frozen Four
The NCAA Men’s Frozen Four is upon us, with the semifinals getting underway this Thursday and the championship game scheduled for Saturday at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. We at Sound Of Hockey recognize that college hockey isn’t always the easiest thing to follow...
Five Expansion Draft Dark Horse Candidates
After running through several forecasted protection lists and countless mock expansion drafts, I found that there are a few NHL teams that do not have much to offer the Kraken this July. Part of the task of Ron Francis and company is to identify any expansion...
Data Dump: How usage of 16-year-old players has shifted in WHL
We knew this Western Hockey League season was going to be different. There were several target start dates that came and went without a single puck being dropped. Slowly but surely the WHL worked with local government entities in each province and state to come up...
Weekly One-Timers: Seattle Kraken wheeling and dealing? NCAA mayhem
If hockey is what you seek, then the past week should have been quite fulfilling for you, because there was a LOT of it to be found. What’s more, much of the hockey that was played was quite entertaining, with each game across the various elite leagues seemingly more...
Sound Of Hockey Podcast Ep. 131 – Peelgate, You Got Daved
After a different type of show for Episode 130, the Sound Of Hockey Podcast is back to its regular format, with bits, segments, and plenty of good times along the way. On this week's episode, Re: Torts makes a triumphant return to open the proceedings. Then, the guys...
From Kansas City to the Wheeling Nailers, Taran Kozun has seen it all
Taran Kozun led the Wheeling Nailers onto the ice at Hertz Arena in Estero, Florida, last weekend and took his familiar place in net. That's where a goalie feels most at home. The Nailers were battling the Florida Everblades, and Kozun kicked away 26 of the 28 shots...
The Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft goalie carousel keeps spinning
What the people need and what they want are two very different things. At Sound Of Hockey, we typically focus on producing the content that we believe hockey fans in the Pacific Northwest and beyond need in preparation for the inaugural Seattle Kraken season. But...
Get to know local NHL prospect Olen Zellweger of the Everett Silvertips
Halfway through the first period of the Everett Silvertips’ game against the Tri-City Americans on Wednesday, Olen Zellweger walked the offensive blue line, dragging the puck with him. With power play traffic gathered in front of Tri’s goal crease, he snapped a low...
Analyzing when penalties are called in the NHL
A big story earlier this week was the comment caught on a hot microphone by now former NHL referee, Tim Peel. The quote was, "It wasn't much, but I wanted to get a #$&%*! penalty against Nashville early in the…". An unfortunate comment but it confirms what a lot...