Ron Francis talks about how the NHL’s return and CBA may affect NHL Seattle
By Andy Eide The NHL was back on the ice this week as twenty-four teams opened training camps in preparation for the qualifying rounds of the Return to Play Plan set to kick off at the beginning of August. The seven teams that didn’t make the postseason are home,...
No Way Am I Cheering for Them – a 20-something Nerdy Girl’s Guide to NHL Seattle’s Potential Team Names
I don’t fit the bill for your average hockey fan. I’m a liberal arts graduate who spends most of my time re-watching Sherlock and reading YA novels. I didn’t like hockey, despite growing up in Minnesota, until a few years ago. With a job at a non-profit, I can’t...
Sound of Hockey Episode 94 – Crafting the Inaugural Crapweasels Squad
Hockey is *almost* back, as news has broken this week that a new collective bargaining agreement and return to play plan could be ratified in the coming days. Lots of... uh... exciting stuff to break down here, and John, Andy, and Darren do their best to accomplish...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
