![[USA Hockey] Seattle Kraken’s Iceplex is Truly for the Community](https://onerooffoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/022123-Kraken-Program_large.png)
“For one group of the youngest prospective skaters, the opportunity to get on the ice brings not just skating skills, but also a sense of community, a broadening of horizons, and access to something that might otherwise be out of reach. Once a week for 32 weeks, the Kraken Community Iceplex welcomes around 50 children…
![[Seattle Times] Kraken’s Chris Driedger mentors fellow goalie during injury recovery](https://onerooffoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Driedger-Article.jpg)
“In Driedger’s quest to keep busy during a seven- to nine-month expected recovery time after tearing his ACL last summer, he decided to pay it forward. That’s how he met Jude, and the two hit it off right away… …He launched Driedger’s Keepers, a program that allows Seattle’s aspiring young goaltenders to try the position without…
![[Speak Your Mind Podcast] Chris Driedger: Overcoming Adversity in the NHL](https://onerooffoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2023-03-03-13_04_48-Chris-Driedger_-Overcoming-Adversity-in-the-NHL-Speak-Your-Mind-33-YouTube-1024x507.jpg)
Chris Driedger speaks with past teammate and plane seat-buddy Riley Sheahan about his recent injury, the start of Driedger’s Keepers, and experience coming up in the NHL. You can also watch this podcast on YouTube here….
Bellingham resident and Kraken season ticket member donates 50-50 raffle winnings to increase access to hockey in his community — by Bob Condor When Bellingham resident Parker Sutton and a friend attended the Oct. 15 Kraken home opener, Sutton noticed the team was launching the Seattle Kraken 50/50 Raffle, presented by Washington’s Lottery. The raffle…
![[Tacoma Weekly] Kraken Brings Free Hockey Clinic To Eastside Youth](https://onerooffoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/07-12-2022-08-25-12-pm-3527225-cropped.jpg)
“Metro Parks Tacoma and Virginia Mason Franciscan Health to host a free floor hockey clinic for youth with the Seattle Kraken 1-3 p.m. Dec. 11 at Eastside Community Center. Hundreds will gather at Eastside Community Center to hear the tap-tap-tap of sticks, and watch their young hockey hopefuls make a slapshot, a wicked wrister or…
![[South Seattle Emerald] Revitalized Skyway Park Reopens!](https://onerooffoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/image-2-1024x768.png)
“On Sunday, Oct. 9, Skyway community members joined King County Executive Dow Constantine and County Councilmember Girmay Zahilay at a community event to celebrate the completion of the $3.9 million improvement project. Representatives from the Seattle Kraken hosted a hockey workshop, gear giveaway, and offered tickets to a regular season game.” — Read more here….
![[Sound Of Hockey] Smiles abound as Kraken partner with ReWA to make ice sports more accessible](https://onerooffoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/PEG01125-1024x684.jpg)
“A quiet Wednesday morning at the Kraken Community Iceplex is given noisy life as 60 children bound through the front door with squeals of joy, anticipation, and excitement. The children sit on benches patiently as their teachers and chaperones lace skates to their feet. They are escorted out to the ice where they grip orange…
![[KING 5] Kraken training facility continues to serve community in 2nd year of operations](https://onerooffoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/image-16.png)
“This $90 million, 172,000-square foot facility opened in Seattle’s Northgate neighborhood on Sept. 9, 2021. Not only is it a facility for the Seattle Kraken to practice, officials with the team said it’s also meant to be an ice sports haven for the community…The facility has its own community store on the second floor of…
Chris Driedger’s new initiative will make it easier to learn how to be a goaltender by providing loaner equipment for young hockey players — by Alison Lukan If you’re a goaltender, you need a lot of gear. But, as Chris Driedger began his journey towards becoming an NHL netminder, he spent his first three years playing the…
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“For Monroe Griffin, who turns 5 next week, the second-most memorable part of trips to the Kraken Community Iceplex this past year was getting though her weekly skating lessons without falling. But she’ll remember most that the Iceplex was where she met her “best friend from forever” Ruby, who recently immigrated with her family from…