Geoff Baker

The team’s No. 8 overall selection in last summer’s NHL Draft is one of five finalists for the Ontario Hockey League’s outstanding player award as voted on by the league’s writers and broadcasters

For prospective and current Kraken Season Ticket Members, an open house alongside the team’s annual “Paint the Ice” event Sunday was a great way to scout out Climate Pledge Arena locations ahead of buying or upgrading plans for future seasons

Though they'll enter Tuesday's NHL Draft Lottery with only the eighth best odds at the No. 1 overall pick, the Kraken hope some recent history can repeat and help them bounce up into a higher positioning as well to select from what's expected to be a strong pool of talent

Students at Hazel Wolf K-8 ESTEM School found out this week they'd prevailed in a statewide Kraken Book Club Challenge to win a pizza party grand prize, a personalized classroom visit from mascot Buoy and the pride of knowing they'd won an event put on by their favorite NHL team

Making memories that last a lifetime is what the NHL has done for scores of hockey fans throughout the generations and something Kraken supporters can look forward to in a sport uniquely crafted to create some of the most loyal fanbases in North America

The South Park Sport Court, officially opened last Saturday, is the third of five such facilities spearheaded by the Kraken’s One Roof Foundation, with two more planned by summer’s end

The One Roof Foundation philanthropic arm of the Kraken and the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe partnered last Saturday to open two sport courts and a running track at the Southwind Park, located behind the Muckleshoot tribal community center, the latest of four such ventures already completed in parks throughout the Puget Sound region with a fifth planned for later this summer

Despite prevailing wisdom about building a championship team, this year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs have demonstrated the unpredictable nature of “contention windows” and that making the postseason is sometimes as good a goal as any when it comes to the long shot of winning it all

With two first round picks this season and two more next, the Kraken have an abundance of options from which to select or trade for more players as the NHL Draft begins a month from now in Buffalo

The routes taken by Kraken draft picks Matty Beniers, Shane Wright, Ryan Winterton and Berkly Catton in becoming NHL regulars have all been quite different, but share the same traits of perseverance other selections will need as they continue to stick with the NHL team in greater numbers