The Seattle Kraken are joining the NHL for the 2021-22 season and will play in the Pacific Division. The front office and coaching staff have taken shape, and Climate Pledge Arena is on track to be ready, but the team needs players. The Kraken will select one player each from 30 NHL teams, as the […]
Continue readingMangiapane has seven goals and four assists in six games since joining Canada midway through the preliminary round. Canada started the tournament with three straight losses, but has five wins and a shootout loss since Mangiapane was added to the mix. “It is crazy how we were able to battle back in this tournament,” said […]
Continue readingWith the victory, the U.S. clinched first in Group B and will play Slovakia in the single-elimination quarterfinals, which start Thursday. “Seventeen days ago, we came together some of us not knowing each other, and to now be sitting here in first place, we’re a proud group,” coach Jack Capuano said. Jake Oettinger made nine […]
Continue readingTeam Canada coach Gerrard Gallant, after his team fell to 0-3 to open the tournament, vowed he’d stick with the plan, saying, “We’ve played good hockey so far. We just haven’t gotten the results.” And it appears the free-agent coach, who has already interviewed with the New York Rangers and should receive consideration for other […]
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