The Kraken and their One Roof Foundation last week staged a ball hockey skills clinic and games at the fifth annual Pro Sports Sampling Camp, run by the King County Play Equity Coalition and the city’s pro teams to expose youngsters to a broad variety of sports. By Geoff Baker /@geoffbakernhl / nhl.com/kraken July 29, 2025 Tyler…
A hockey and skating demonstration highlighted end-of-year festivities capping a 32-week Learn to Skate program for preschoolers at the Kraken Community Iceplex created by a partnership between the Refugee Women’s Alliance and One Roof Foundation ByGeoff Baker / @geoffbakernhl / nhl.com/kraken June 25, 2025 There was a time when Buted Tsenguun could not have imagined any…
Students at Lowell Elementary School got a boost to end-of-year festivities with a Kraken Community Iceplex skate and a gymnasium assembly visit from mascot Buoy courtesy of the NHL team and its One Roof Foundation ByGeoff Baker /@geoffbakernhl / nhl.com/kraken June 12, 2025 First-time skater Maëlle Lowe smiled as she navigated her way off the Kraken…
The One Roof Foundation last weekend officially launched the Verlo Sport Court in Tacoma, a refurbished 5,000-square-foot, fenced-in concrete playing surface for street hockey, basketball and other activities. ByGeoff Baker / @geoffbakernhl / nhl.com/kraken 11:20 AM Pete Reyes smiled while glancing at dozens of local youths playing ball hockey on a freshly laid and painted concrete…
A One Roof Foundation initiative helped students at Olympic View Elementary gain initial access to skating lessons they might not have ordinarily had ByGeoff Baker /@GeoffBakerNHL/ nhl.com/kraken April 04, 2025 Robert Trowbridge knew he’d made the right call as he watched his son, Oscar, 6, skating around happily with Kraken mascot Buoy and a bunch of…
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 /…
For Brock McGillis, the first openly gay former pro hockey player, an ongoing “Culture Shift Tour” that made its U.S. debut last week in Seattle highlights the need for players to become “Shiftmakers” in locker rooms by standing up to wrongdoing By Geoff Baker / @GeoffBakerNHL / nhl.com/kraken February 11, 2025 Brock McGillis remembers the moment…
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…
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…
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The Seattle Kraken and One Roof foundation teamed up with The Refugee Women’s Alliance to bring free skating lessons to 80 preschoolers all year long. Read more here…