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...
Weekly One-Timers: Dustin Wolf dominates, Tim Peel curses, NCAA starts
It’s been a roller coaster of a week in the hockey world with several high points matched by equally low points. We at Sound Of Hockey are here to fill you in on anything you may have missed on this wild ride. Please ensure your safety belt is fastened, keep your arms...
Sound Of Hockey Seattle Kraken Mock Expansion Draft #4
Here we go with Sound Of Hockey’s fourth mock Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft. Queue the blaring horns and confetti cannons. Like the previous three that were written by colleagues John Barr, Josh Horton, and Darren Brown, I found the exercise fun and harder than it...
An oral history of the Seattle Thunderbirds 2017 WHL Championship season: Part one
It happened on Mother’s Day 2017. In Regina, Saskatchewan, Game 6 of the Western Hockey League’s Championship went to overtime. At 12:46 in the extra frame, Seattle’s Alexander True knocked his own rebound into the Regina Pats goal to give the Thunderbirds their first...
