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Leadership Feature: Denise Stiffarm
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Leadership Feature: Denise Stiffarm

By Alison Lukan / @AlisonL / nhl.com/kraken Denise Stiffarm, managing partner at Pacifica Law Group, understands the power of opportunity. Even though no one else in her immediate family had an advanced degree, as a child growing up on the Fort Belknap Reservation in Montana Gros as members of the Ventre (Aaniiih/White Clay) Tribe, Stiffarm’s parents…

December 9, 2024
Giving Hockey To The Community
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Giving Hockey To The Community

A One Roof Foundation initiative this season will see Kraken players heading to 30 local Title 1 schools to make Ball Hockey Kit donations and test out the gear by playing with students ByGeoff Baker / @GeoffBakerNHL/ nhl.com/kraken November 27, 2024 Kraken centerman Shane Wright can only imagine what it would have been like if an…

November 27, 2024
Running Into Ball Hockey  
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Running Into Ball Hockey  

A One Roof Foundation initiative used the recent partnership between the Kraken and Brooks Running to stage a free ball hockey and running clinic to 100 children at the Tukwila Community Center By Geoff Baker / @GeoffBakerNHL/ nhl.com/kraken November 26, 2024 Josi Laufman stared out at the lines of children taking their turn stickhandling a ball…

November 26, 2024
Viewing The Earth, Ocean And Climate As Family
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Viewing The Earth, Ocean And Climate As Family

Featured local artist Toka Valu brings a taste of Tonga roots and sports fandom to Climate Pledge Arena with ‘Our Eco Kin’ collection ByGeoff Baker /@GeoffBakerNHL/ nhl.com/kraken November 04, 2024 Each hockey season, one Pacific Northwest artist is selected to design a merchandise collection that’s net proceeds benefit **One Roof Foundation’s** Environmental Justice Pillar—helping to ensure all youth…

November 4, 2024
Mixing Ambition, Inclusion in Youth Hockey
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Mixing Ambition, Inclusion in Youth Hockey

Kraken youth hockey volunteer coaches explore findings of UW Center for Leadership in Athletics during session aimed at stronger connections to all players By Bob Condor / @ByBobCondor nhl.com/kraken September 10, 2024 Every coach in the NHL no doubt has the ambition to win the Stanley Cup, whether this fast-approaching season or building out a…

September 10, 2024
Familiar, Fun and Fulfilling a Mission
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Familiar, Fun and Fulfilling a Mission

Along with other pro teams, Kraken/One Roof host a session for 90 campers in Burien. Most kids were in the know about hockey. The week itself scored big for play equity By Bob Condor/@ByBobCondor  nhl.com/kraken September 03, 2024 A week ago Thursday, Andrew Bloom and colleagues were among 90 schoolchildren in Burien’s Moshier Memorial Park,…

September 3, 2024
Shooting It ‘Street’ in Downtown Seattle
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Shooting It ‘Street’ in Downtown Seattle

One Roof Foundation and Kraken join local pro sports teams in youth street sports fair, attracting newbie ball hockey players plus those familiar from PE classes ByBob Condor / @ByBobCondor nhl.com/kraken August 16, 2024 While the Kraken compete on ice, the sport has a long tradition of street hockey across big and small towns across the…

August 16, 2024
Going ‘Deep’ Into ‘Hero’ Stories 
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Going ‘Deep’ Into ‘Hero’ Stories 

Past season’s Kraken Unity Fund ‘Hero of the Deep’ honorees gathered at Iceplex to celebrate their nonprofit works, tour the locker room and, for some, skate on Kraken’s rink By Bob Condor @ByBobCondor nhl.com/kraken August 13, 2024 A year ago, Nick Davalos walked into a doctor’s office wearing his Kraken hat. He was seeing a breast…

August 13, 2024