Ryan Winterton and Tye Kartye helped the team’s One Roof Foundation stage a Power Play PE Takeover visit to Rainier Prep Middle School, donating time and equipment for the launch of what will now become a two-month after school ball hockey program. By Geoff Baker / @geoffbakernhl / nhl.com/kraken October 30, 2025 Kraken forward Ryan Winterton…
A newly launched fifth year of the ‘Learn to Skate’ partnership between the Refugee Women’s Alliance and the Kraken’s One Roof Foundation philanthropic arm continues to provide wide ranging lessons for preschoolers and their families. ByGeoff Baker / @geoffbakernhl / nhl.com/kraken October 15, 2025 South Seattle resident Ellen Lackermann is now watching her second grandchild learn…
A third annual Kraken Youth Hockey Coaches Training Clinic for all Jr Kraken staffers brought in the nonprofit Positive Coaching Alliance to reinforce the ability to change kids’ lives through the power of sport. By Geoff Baker / @geoffbakernhl / nhl.com/kraken September 17, 2025 Youth hockey coach Paul Breon has been around long enough to realize…
One Roof Foundation, Kraken and official team partner Brooks join for ball hockey and running clinics with goalie Joey Daccord, pro runner Valery Tobias. Big bonus: Girls and boys issued new Brooks shoes. By Bob Condor /@bybobcondor /nhl.com/kraken 12:55 PM When Kraken colleague Andrew Bloom asked kids attending Saturday’s combined ball hockey and Brooks running clinics…
The Kraken attending the annual Back-to-School Celebration at the Family First Community Center in Renton was mainly about showing up for the surrounding South King County neighborhood; with the bonus of perhaps winning some young hockey converts one child at a time. By Geoff Baker /@geoffbakernhl /nhl.com/kraken 9:00 AM Nhu Nguyen watched somewhat astonished as her…
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…
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Was drawn to position by ‘vision of what could be accomplished through the sport’ By William Douglas / @WDouglasNHL / NHL.com Staff Writer May 25, 2025 William Douglas has been writing The Color of Hockey blog since 2012. Douglas joined NHL.com in 2019 and writes about people of color in the sport. Today, as part of…
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…