The expansion Seattle Kraken have hired Dave Hakstol as the franchise's first coach. Hakstol takes over the team that will play its first NHL season beginning in the fall.
“I had conversations with multiple coaches and different coaches,” said Dan Bylsma Tuesday night. “That led to Bob and Jessica.” Hired as Kraken head coach during American Hockey League Coachella Valley’s deep playoff run to a second straight Western Conference final, Bylsma’s ensuing sear...
The Kraken‘s major roster upgrades, from big-name free-agent signings to contract extensions for star players to a new Stanley Cup-winning head coach, represent just the start for fans this season. The team introduced the groundbreaking Kraken Hockey Network (KHN) Monday with the promise that...
The inaugural season of the Kraken last year will perhaps be one of the most unique experiences ever for a new professional sports franchise in the four major sports. Not only did the Kraken have to get used to a new city, new coaches, new teammates, new arena and a whole new hockey e...
At the start of the season, head coach Rick Tocchet said thathe would be heading up the power play himself, with help from Sergei Gonchar and the Sedins, who are not full-time assistant coaches. Of those three, Gonchar is only occasionally behind the bench, joining the Canucks...
He went 35-17 as head coach of the University of Houston before moving on to Texas A&M where he went 51-26. "A new league like the USFL provides opportunities for coaches as well as players, and I’m very excited to have this opportunity to be a head coach at the professional ...
Montlake Futures also received a major boost on March 13, when Gov. Jay Inslee signed Senate Bill 5913 to amend the state’s ethics laws, which prohibited student-athletes from seeking advice or guidance from coaches or university...
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Carroll worked under two head coaches during his five seasons in Minnesota – Grant, who returned for one season in ’85 after having coached the Vikings from 1967-83; and Jerry Burns, from 1986-89. Carroll also worked with several other coaches who also influenced him – Paul Wiggins, Bob...
The three-rink Kraken Community Iceplex opened on September 10, having turned the middle third of Northgate Mall into a multipurpose frozen playground. The Kraken will use it for practice. Junior hockey leagues will play games. Small children will take skating lessons. Canadian ex-p...