When forward Jacob Melanson debuted in a Kraken uniform on March 6, 2025, in Nashville, he became the franchise’s first draft choice to make his NHL debut while picked lower than in the third round. Fans will not be surprised to know the home-crowd favorite dished out four hits in

Kraken alternate captain Matty Beniers couldn’t even get the congratulatory phone call part right five years ago when the franchise made him its first ever pick in an NHL Draft anything but typical. The COVID-19 pandemic was still raging in July 2021, and the draft being held remotely when Kraken

For Julius Miettinen and his Everett teammates, the score of Sunday’s Memorial Cup final will resonate for a while. Yet there is no denying the season that 2024 Kraken second-rounder just put together. Same for the Memorial Cup runner-up Silvertips, who were crowned Western Hockey League champions this season. “Julius

SEATTLE (June 1, 2026) – One Roof Sports and Entertainment, the parent brand of the Seattle Kraken and Climate Pledge Arena, today announced Melinda French Gates, philanthropist and businesswoman, as the organization’s newest minority investor, pending NHL approval. One Roof’s majority owner and managing partner Samantha Holloway, and French Gates

This time last weekend, Kraken prospects Julius Miettinen and Alexis Bernier were dreaming about making the 2026 final of the esteemed Memorial Cup, the top trophy in major juniors hockey. Friday night in Kelowna, BC, one of the two 19-year-olds will advance to Sunday’s final against Ontario Hockey League champ

Five years of Kraken drafting has gotten the team to where eight of 19 players playing in last month’s final home game were homegrown selections. And one month from now, the Kraken’s sixth Upper Deck NHL Draft takes place June 26 and 27 in Buffalo with the team hoping to

Watching the Stanley Cup Playoffs has again proved eye-opening and raised additional questions for me about what team goals should be as opposed to what prevailing wisdom says. I’ve never loved prevailing wisdom in sports, largely because it doesn’t “prevail” as often as we pretend. Everybody says the true goal

There is no downgrading the Coachella Valley Firebirds season because they couldn’t win Wednesday night in Colorado. This is a season to remember and respect as Kraken fans consider the prospects who anchored yet another strong American Hockey League postseason. The AHL Colorado Eagles clinched the third-round series three games