While the Seattle Kraken had the night off Wednesday, general manager Ron Francis was in Kingston, Ont., taking in the CHL Top Prospects Game. The game is an annual event that features the Canadian Hockey League’s best NHL Draft-eligible players. Seattle should end up...
Logan Cooley was living out a dream this past winter. The 17-year-old from Pittsburgh made the United States World Junior Championship team and was in Alberta looking to help the Americans win a second straight gold medal. He played in one game before a COVID outbreak...
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...
Inspired by a family history of fighting for social justice, San Jose Sharks draft pick Jasper Weatherby of Ashland, Ore., uses his stature as a member of the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks to push for equity, diversity and inclusion.
9:42AM - The Seattle Kraken did exactly what we expected them to do on the first day of the NHL Entry Draft, selecting Matty Beniers with their first-ever selection. Beniers was the guy that virtually every pundit thought would land in Seattle, and the Kraken agreed...
There it is! The Seattle Kraken officially selected Matthew Beniers as their first-ever pick in the NHL Entry Draft on Friday. Since Seattle was awarded the No. 2 overall spot in the Draft Lottery back on June 2, scouts and pundits have been zeroing in on defenseman...
Last summer, Matt Beniers was preparing to play hockey for his freshman NCAA season with Harvard University. It was his first year of NHL Draft eligibility and one loaded with high expectations for the center. Then Covid-19 became an issue as hockey leagues around the...
On Wednesday, during the NHL Draft Lottery, the Seattle Kraken learned that they will have the No. 2 overall pick in the NHL Entry Draft on July 23. The fledgling franchise was the only team to move up at least one spot compared to where it stood in the odds entering...
Are you starting an NHL franchise from scratch? If so, one of the top priorities you’ll need is a defenseman who can move the puck, man the power play, and create offense. The 2021 NHL Draft is littered with such defensemen which is good for the Seattle Kraken, who it...
Now that the trade deadline has come and gone, NHL rosters are relatively stable heading into the playoffs. This is as good a time as any to look at how NHL teams' rosters are built, or more precisely, how NHL players are acquired on NHL teams' rosters. I pulled all...
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...
Here are some milestones Seattle fans should have on their radar as we turn the page on 2020, and the Kraken look to make their official debut in the fall of 2021. Head Coach There has been a lot of anticipation on the hiring of the Seattle Kraken’s first head coach....
