Seattle Kraken
National Hockey League team in Seattle
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2025 | Ron Francis becomes president of hockey operations for the Seattle Kraken, continuing his leadership role with the NHL team. |
2025 | Jason Botterill succeeded Ron Francis as the General Manager of the Seattle Kraken. |
2025 | Dan Bylsma is fired from his position as head coach of the Seattle Kraken after the 2024-25 season. |
2025 | KJR-FM continues as the flagship station for Seattle Kraken broadcasts for the 2025-26 season. |
2025 | Mike Benton becomes primary studio host, with Anderson Hirst covering select games. |
2025 | Al Kinisky serves as color commentator for the Seattle Kraken broadcasting team. |
2025 | The Seattle Kraken Hockey Network establishes its broadcasting lineup for the 2025-26 season, featuring John Forslund and Everett Fitzhugh as play-by-play announcers, J. T. Brown and Eddie Olczyk as color commentators, Piper Shaw as ice level reporter, and Ian Furness and Linda Cohn as studio hosts. |
2025 | By the end of the 2024-25 season, the Kraken had established key franchise records, with Adam Larsson leading in games played (327), Jared McCann leading in goals (118) and points (243), and Vince Dunn leading in assists (141). |
2024 | Niklas Kokko and Ales Stezka added to the Kraken goaltender roster, expanding the team's goaltending depth. |
2024 | Seattle selected Berkly Catton, a Canadian center, with the 8th overall pick in the first round. |
2024 | Continuing their struggle, the Kraken finished 7th in the Pacific Division with 76 points and did not qualify for the playoffs. |
2024 | A proposal was made to construct a second community ice rink on a former park-and-ride lot in Kirkland. |
2024 | Dave Hakstol was fired as head coach and replaced by Dan Bylsma, who had previously coached the Kraken's AHL affiliate, the Coachella Valley Firebirds. |
2024 | The Kraken struggled offensively, ranking 29th in the league with only 217 goals. |
October 2024 | Jordan Eberle was named the second captain in franchise history. |
July 2024 | The team made history by hiring Jessica Campbell as the NHL's first female assistant coach. |
April 25 2024 | The Kraken sign a broadcast deal with Tegna (owners of KING-TV and KONG), with game streaming to be handled by Prime Video. |
2023 | The Kraken drafted Eduard Šalé, a left wing from the Czech Republic, with the 20th overall pick in the first round. |
2023 | Jaden Schwartz won the Guyle Fielder Award for the 2023-24 season. |
2023 | Jared McCann won the Pete Muldoon Award as the team's most valuable player for the 2023-24 season. |
2023 | Joey Daccord won both the Three Stars of the Year Award and the Fan Favorite Award for the 2023-24 season. |
2023 | The team experienced a decline, finishing 6th in the Pacific Division with 81 points and failing to qualify for the playoffs. |
2023 | The Kraken upset the Colorado Avalanche in seven games during the playoffs, becoming the first team to win their inaugural playoff series against the defending Stanley Cup champions. |
2023 | The Kraken were eliminated in the second round of the playoffs by the Dallas Stars. |
November 22 2023 | The Kraken officially unveiled their 2024 Winter Classic uniform, inspired by the historic Seattle Metropolitans, featuring a deep sea blue design with a red 'S' logo and vintage white and blue stripes. |
August 2023 | Dave Tomlinson resigns as radio color analyst to take a new broadcasting job in Canada, and Al Kinisky is hired as his replacement. |
June 27 2023 | At the NHL Awards ceremony, it was announced that Jim Montgomery (head coach of the Boston Bruins) won the Jack Adams Trophy. |
June 26 2023 | Matty Beniers won the Calder Memorial Trophy as NHL rookie of the year at the NHL Awards ceremony. |
April 6 2023 | The Kraken clinched their first playoff berth, qualifying for the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs with a record of 46-28-8 and 100 points. |
2022 | Jordan Eberle becomes team captain, continuing through 2024. |
2022 | The Kraken drafted Jani Nyman, a Finnish right winger, who has played 12 games with 3 goals and 3 assists. |
2022 | Mark Giordano serves as the team's first captain during the 2021-2022 season. |
2022 | Seattle selected Shane Wright, a Canadian center, with the 14th overall pick in the first round, who has since played 165 games and scored 27 points. |
2022 | Philipp Grubauer won the Three Stars of the Year Award for the 2021-22 season. |
2022 | Matty Beniers won the Fan Favorite Award for the 2022-23 season. |
2022 | Matty Beniers won the Calder Memorial Trophy for leading all rookies with 57 points and tying for the lead in rookie goals with 24. |
2022 | Vince Dunn won the Pete Muldoon Award as the team's most valuable player for the 2022-23 season. |
2022 | Jared McCann won the Three Stars of the Year Award for the 2022-23 season. |
2022 | Jaden Schwartz won the Guyle Fielder Award for the 2022-23 season. |
2022 | Marshawn Lynch and rapper Macklemore joined the Seattle Kraken ownership partnership as minority owners, expanding the team's local celebrity ownership group. |
2022 | Coachella Valley Firebirds began play in the AHL during the 2022-23 season. |
2022 | Kansas City Mavericks replaced the Allen Americans as the Kraken's ECHL affiliate for the 2022-23 season. |
2022 | Charlotte Checkers clinched their division and advanced to the division finals of the Calder Cup playoffs. |
2022 | Rod Masters retired as the team's organist after the 2021-22 season. |
2022 | Comcast moved Root Sports Northwest to a higher-priced service tier shortly before the 2022–23 season, citing high cost and low demand for the channel. |
2022 | The Kraken launched a new over-the-air television show called 'What's Kraken?' on KCPQ to broaden fan support during the 2022–23 season. |
2022 | Nick Olczyk joins Alison Lukan as a TV, radio, and mobile app contributor for the Kraken. |
2022 | During the 2022-23 season, the Kraken achieved a record of 46-28-8 and 100 points, securing fourth place in the Pacific Division and the first playoff wild card spot in the Western Conference. |
October 20 2022 | The Kraken unveiled their 'Reverse Retro' uniform for the 2022–23 season, featuring an ice blue base with deep sea blue striping as a callback to the historic Seattle Ironmen hockey team. |
October 1 2022 | Buoy, the team's official mascot (a sea troll and nephew of the Fremont Troll), was introduced prior to a preseason home game against the Vancouver Canucks. |
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