Puck Love

Not a Hockey Fan? The Kraken Want to Change Your Mind

And if you already root for another NHL team, well, they want your love too.

10/01/2021 By Angela Cabotaje

Before the Kraken

When Was the Last Time Seattle Had a Hockey Team?

A tape-to-tape history of hockey in Seattle, before the Kraken.

09/30/2021 By Angela Cabotaje

LOGOMANIA

How Did the Kraken Get Its Eye?

Deciphering the jerseys, logos, and other branding of Seattle’s NHL team during the 2021 inaugural season.

09/30/2021 By Zoe Sayler

Kraken Week

Where to Watch Hockey If You Didn't Score Kraken Tickets

From Kraken practices to WHL games to a good ole hockey bar, this town has options aplenty for watching hockey.

09/29/2021 By Angela Cabotaje

COLD AS ICE

Release the Seattle Kraken Merch!

From custom jerseys to cute tanks to cozy knit hats, we've got you covered for the inaugural season of Seattle's new NHL team.

09/28/2021 By Zoe Sayler

Growing Up Hockey

What Hockey's Diversity Problem Means for Fans Like Me

The NHL says hockey is for everyone. But can the Seattle Kraken actually make good on its diversity and inclusion promises?

09/28/2021 By Angela Cabotaje Photography by David Jaewon Oh

Kraken Week

The Inaugural Seattle Kraken Season Is Almost Upon Us

Where to buy a Seattle Kraken jersey, all you need to know about skating at the Kraken Community Iceplex, and more.

09/23/2021 By Angela Cabotaje

Pick Drop

The Kraken's Expansion Draft Was Fittingly Weird

Lots of tentacles.

07/22/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

Finally Released

Here's What Seattle's NHL Team Should Have Been Named

Our takes.

07/23/2020 By Seattle Met Staff

Puck Drop

NHL Seattle Will Offer Fans Free Public Transit Rides to Its New Arena

The news arrives mere days after new renderings of its future arena hit the internet.

02/27/2020 By Marisa Comeau-Kerege

Puck Yes

Seattle’s Fledgling NHL Franchise Hires the League’s First Female Professional Scout

Hockey Hall of Famer Cammi Granato brings championship bona fides to the forthcoming team.

09/26/2019 By Ryan Phelan

The Sporting Life

Seattle Has Always Been a Hockey Town

Seattle fans and soon-to-be-diehards have a team to call their own...again.

09/24/2019 By Jason Cohen

One-Sentence Stories

Schultz's Voting Record, E-Bikes, and Krakens

Your weekly dose of city news in short.

02/22/2019 By Anne Dennon

This Week in Politics

Seattle Is Getting a Hockey Team

It's official.

12/04/2018 By Hayat Norimine

Last Week in Politics

10 Reasons Why Our New NHL Team Should Be Called the Seattle Roasters

A possible shortlist of Seattle hockey team names dropped today, but missing among them is the one obvious choice.

01/19/2018 By Darren Davis

The Sporting Life

Who Makes the Playoffs First: the Mariners or a Seattle NBA or NHL Team?

Pondering an unfortunately very legitimate question.

04/13/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

The Sporting Life

As the NHL Takes Expansion Bids, We Look at Seattle’s Competition

The puck stops...where?

07/31/2015 By Seth Sommerfeld

Morning Fizz

Morning Fizz: The Latest Battlefield

Caffeinated News & Gossip featuring library funding, hockey, and employment.

07/07/2014 By Morning Fizz

Hockey

Not a Hockey Fan? The Kraken Want to Change Your Mind

When Was the Last Time Seattle Had a Hockey Team?

How Did the Kraken Get Its Eye?

Where to Watch Hockey If You Didn't Score Kraken Tickets

Release the Seattle Kraken Merch!

What Hockey's Diversity Problem Means for Fans Like Me

The Inaugural Seattle Kraken Season Is Almost Upon Us

The Kraken's Expansion Draft Was Fittingly Weird

Here's What Seattle's NHL Team Should Have Been Named

NHL Seattle Will Offer Fans Free Public Transit Rides to Its New Arena

Seattle’s Fledgling NHL Franchise Hires the League’s First Female Professional Scout

Seattle Has Always Been a Hockey Town

Schultz's Voting Record, E-Bikes, and Krakens

Top 10 Stories: Safe Injection Sites, Police Accountability, and Seattle Hockey

Seattle Is Getting a Hockey Team

Top 10 Stories: Hockey, Seattle City Light, and King County Inquest Process

10 Reasons Why Our New NHL Team Should Be Called the Seattle Roasters

Who Makes the Playoffs First: the Mariners or a Seattle NBA or NHL Team?

As the NHL Takes Expansion Bids, We Look at Seattle’s Competition

Morning Fizz: The Latest Battlefield