SOH Liveblog: Seattle Kraken lose 5-2 to Arizona Coyotes
The Kraken are FINALLY back at Climate Pledge Arena on Wednesday, as they welcome the Arizona Coyotes for the first time. It is not the first time these two squads have faced one another, as Seattle fell to these lowly Coyotes 5-4 on Nov. 6 in Glendale. That was...
Seattle Kraken Enemy Report: The Arizona Coyotes
After a long road trip and an All-Star break, the Seattle Kraken welcome the Arizona Coyotes to Climate Pledge Arena Wednesday. This won’t go down as a marquee matchup on the NHL schedule, as it features the two clubs holding down the bottom of the Western Conference...
Seattle Kraken mid-season roundtable
With the NHL All-Star break in the rearview mirror, we thought it would be a good time for a roundtable discussion to get the staff’s takes on the biggest surprises and disappointments and the favorite on- and off-ice moments of this inaugural Seattle Kraken season. ...
A familiar name for Kraken fans, draft prospect Conor Geekie has size and skill
The town of Strathclair, located in southwestern Manitoba, has an average high temperature in January of eight degrees Fahrenheit, and it’s where Winnipeg ICE center Conor Geekie grew up. The cold didn’t assuage Geekie’s passion for hockey, and he was lucky to have a...
Progress report – what the Seattle Kraken have versus what they need
Maybe it hasn’t quite gone as well as we hoped it would for the Seattle Kraken in their first year. They are not the 2017-18 Vegas Golden Knights—not even close, in fact—and it does look like there is at least a couple-year process that will need to be endured before...
Mid-season NHL attendance report
With the All-Star break upon us, we thought it would be a good time to check in on NHL attendance numbers across the league. There are a few preconditions we need to call out before we start digging in. The 2020-21 NHL season started with no fans, as it began in the...
Sound Of Hockey Podcast Ep. 173 – The One Where Joonas Donskoi Scores a Goal
The boys are back in BarrDown Studios for Episode 173 of the Sound Of Hockey Podcast, recording fresh off Philipp Grubauer pitching the first shutout in the history of the Kraken. Seattle had a decent road trip in general, and John, Andy, and Darren have full analysis...
Grubauer gets shutout, Dunn dazzles for Kraken against Islanders
He did it! Philipp Grubauer accomplished what once seemed even more impossible than Joonas Donskoi scoring a goal for the Kraken by shutting out the New York Islanders on Wednesday for the first clean sheet in franchise history. And so, the Kraken proved on this...
Power play fails Kraken in 3-2 loss to the Boston Bruins
The Seattle Kraken fell 3-2 to the Boston Bruins Tuesday at TD Garden in a game that was the tale of two power play units. One was Seattle’s that ended the game 0-for-6 while the Bruins cashed in twice giving them the edge in a one-goal game. David Pastrnak scored...
SOH Liveblog: Kraken come back from 2-0 but lose to Bruins 3-2
Say this five times fast: “The Kraken are back in Back Bay.” How did it go? Ok, technically, TD Garden isn’t quite in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, but it is pretty close. And technically, the Kraken have never played in Boston before, so we aren't sure if that...
