Maplewood Heights Elementary School in Renton has taken its Little Kraken Floor Hockey league championship to another level, with spectator seating, an anthem singer, a simulated Zamboni machine, a scoreboard ‘Fan Cam’ and a replica Stanley Cup presented by a white gloved keeper who safeguards the trophy year-round in her classroom
ByGeoff Baker / @GeoffBakerNHL / nhl.com/kraken
12:47 PM
Tears of victory and defeat in the eyes of exhausted fourth and fifth graders were a testament to what physical education teacher Jason Keniston has spent five years building.
Keniston, after receiving a One Roof Foundation donation of sticks and jerseys, has transformed the co-ed floor hockey program at Maplewood Heights Elementary in Renton into a part of the school’s very fabric and culture. This week, in a gymnasium packed with roughly 200 parents and students looking on, the two best teams from that program battled it out in the championship game for a replica Stanley Cup and all the emotion that comes with it.