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Ovechkin on COVID list, Caps fined $100K; Canes games off

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin and three other Washington Capitals players were added to the NHL's COVID-19 list Wednesday and the team was fined $100,000 by the league for violating coronavirus protocols, including a gathering in a hotel room. In addition to three-time MVP Ovechkin — one of just eight players in NHL history with...

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FILE – Former Boston Bruins’ Willie O’Ree tips his hat as he is honored prior to the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Montreal Canadiens in Boston, in this Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, file photo. The Boston Bruins say they will retire the jersey of Willie Oâ€™Ree, who broke the NHLâ€™s color barrier. Oâ€™Ree will have his No. 22 jersey honored prior to the Bruinsâ€™ Feb. 18 game against the New Jersey Devils. He became the leagueâ€™s first Black player when he suited up for Boston on Jan. 18, 1958 against the Montreal Canadiens, despite being legally blind in one eye. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File) NY162 NY162

January 19, 2021 at 6:00 am

NHL on Martin Luther King Jr. Day: A long road traveled, but much further still to go

Inside the NHL Martin Luther King Jr. Day featured a matchup between the Edmonton Oilers and Montreal Canadiens, which seems fitting given those NHL franchises...

National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman, left, speaks to members of the media , Saturday, March 7, 2020, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) FLWL110

January 12, 2021 at 6:00 am

NHL attempts to launch season amid spiking pandemic, COVID-19 outbreaks and slowdowns among teams

The NHL is facing questions about its decision to fly teams around to play an indoor sport in local arenas at a time COVID-19 infections,...

The back of the Kraken practice facility, seen at left from from the air, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021 in Seattle, has been damaged in a freak adjacent construction mishap. The team is hopeful it won’t impact the completion date. 216103

January 11, 2021 at 7:51 pm

Kraken practice facility damaged in adjacent construction mishap; team hopeful it won’t impact completion date

The team is expressing confidence the player training facilities will open by mid-July and that the remainder of the building’s public features will be completed...

FILE – In this June 25, 2018, file photo, Buffalo Sabres general manager Jason Botterill addresses the media during an NHL news conference in Buffalo N.Y. The Buffalo Sabres fired general manager Jason Botterill on Tuesday, June 16, 2020, in a dramatic change-of-course three weeks after co-owner Kim Pegula said his job was secure. In announcing the decision, the Sabres promoted senior vice president of business administration Kevyn Adams as Botterillâ€™s successor. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes, File)

January 5, 2021 at 10:26 am

Kraken hires former Sabres GM Jason Botterill as assistant GM; Norm Maciver hired as director of player personnel

Botterill and Maciver have six Stanley Cups between them in prior front office postings. Botterill, most recently a GM in Buffalo, won three Cups with...

U.S. players celebrate the team’s win over Sweden in an IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship game on Dec. 31, 2020, in Edmonton, Alberta. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP) EDM167

January 5, 2021 at 7:00 am

Kraken scout reflects on personal World Junior Hockey Championship memories and Team USA’s emergence as a tournament power

Stu Barnes was once a star in the the tournament, which has featured some of the game's greatest players over the years.

Cammi Granato made history last winter when hired by the Seattle Kraken as the NHL’s first full-time professional scout.

December 29, 2020 at 7:00 am

Kraken scout Cammi Granato launches girls’ hockey grant program, and applicants’ stories ‘really resonated’ with her

When it came time for Granato to sift through roughly 270 nationwide applications and pick the players who’d receive $500 apiece, the tales she read...

Some of the thousands of cardboard fan cutouts put out for what the Mariners are calling “Seat Fleet” at T-Mobile Park, Monday, July 27, 2020 ahead of Friday’s Mariners home opener. Fans can take their own photo and send in any time during the season for $30, and according to the Mariners website: “…the Mariners will donate a portion of every purchase to non-profit organizations supporting COVID-related relief efforts in our communities. What’s more? If your cutout ‘catches’ a foul ball during a game, we’ll mail you the baseball!” According to Rebecca Hale, Sr Director of Public Information with the Mariners, 6,300 fans have already participated in the program.

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December 26, 2020 at 6:00 am

How do you summarize the strangest year in Seattle sports? Well, we gave it a try. VIEW

As we (finally) leave 2020, let's attempt to summarize a year when Seattle sports stopped, then restarted, but were never quite the same.

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The new neon sign on top of Climate Pledge Arena is lit up for the first time on Tuesday evening.

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December 22, 2020 at 6:03 pm

Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena will be ready if NBA announces expansion plans, Tim Leiweke says

The CEO of Oak View Group, which is in the middle of renovating the former KeyArena, now called Climate Pledge Arena, says the venue will...

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Wed. August 19, 2020 Kelly Bridgeman from Sign Pros installs the Seattle Kraken sign on the official team store in Chandler’s Cove. 214838

December 22, 2020 at 7:00 am

Kraken debut just nine-plus months away after NHL announces plans for this coming season and beyond

The league had contemplated pushing back the start of the Kraken’s inaugural 2021-22 campaign until next November or December, but instead opted for a shorter...

Seattleites Andy Glass, a Pittsburgh Penguins fan, left, and Leif O’Leary, a Boston Bruins fan, right, catch up over hockey coverage on all television screens at Greenwood’s The Angry Beaver bar, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018 in Seattle, ahead of the pre-sale for NHL tickets.

December 8, 2020 at 6:00 am

Community helping keep 'Seattle's Original Hockey Bar' stay afloat

A GoFundMe page has raised just under $27,000 to help The Angry Beaver -- shuttered for a second time this year by COVID-19 -- stay...

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