Kraken hire Lane Lambert as their third coach
<p><p>SEATTLE – The Kraken named Lane Lambert the third coach in franchise history on Thursday. Lambert guided the New York Islanders for a season and a half, his only prior NHL head...
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<p><p>Mike Rupp wishes he had a time machine.</p></p><p><p>The former NHL player and Stanley Cup champion would love to see how the Tampa Bay Lightning’s...
View ArticleConnor McDavid looks to join Wayne Gretzky, Sidney Crosby and others as...
<p><p>EDMONTON, Alberta – Connor McDavid doesn’t need any reminders about how important it is for him and the Edmonton Oilers to win the Stanley Cup, yet there they were in plain sight on...
View ArticleLeon Draisaitl scores OT winner as Oilers rally from down 3-1, beat Panthers...
<p><p>The Florida Panthers entered Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final with a dominant record when leading after two periods. When holding a lead after 40 minutes, Florida was 29-0 over the...
View ArticleKraken fire assistant coaches Dave Lowry, Steve Briere
<p><p>About a week after Lane Lambert became the Kraken’s third head coach in three seasons, the team let go of its longest-tenured assistant...
View ArticleBrad Marchand plays 2OT hero as Panthers defeat Oilers in Game 2 of Stanley...
<p><p>EDMONTON, Alberta – In another high-scoring classic, hard-hitting, sometimes nasty affair in the rematch between 2024 Stanley Cup finalists Florida and Edmonton, this time it was the...
View ArticleAfter excelling on road all playoffs, it’s time for Panthers to produce at...
<p><p>MIAMI – The Florida Panthers have found a way to thrive on the road during this Stanley Cup playoffs run. It’s a major reason why they’re back in the Stanley Cup Final against the...
View ArticleLane Lambert on taking over as Seattle Kraken coach: ‘It was a perfect fit’
<p><p>The Kraken formally introduced Lane Lambert as the third coach in their five-year existence Monday. The team hosted a similar event a year...
View ArticlePanthers score early and often in penalty-filled Game 3 rout of Oilers
<p><p>SUNRISE, Fla. – Brad Marchand and Sam Bennett, once bitter rivals, continued their tremendous postseason runs as new teammates by each scoring goals in the Florida Panthers’...
View ArticleCommentary: New Kraken coach Lane Lambert starts with a measured approach
<p><p>His résumé was displayed in the corner of the room, and though not awe-inspiring, it was adequate.</p></p><p><p>A Stanley Cup championship as an assistant with...
View ArticlePanthers’ ability to agitate is ‘part of their DNA.’ It’s on display in the...
<p><p>MIAMI – Jonah Gadjovich made a new fan on Monday.</p></p><p><p>After the Florida Panthers’ 6-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final,...
View ArticleOilers’ Leon Draisaitl scores in overtime to even Stanley Cup Final series
<p><p>SUNRISE, Fla. – The Edmonton Oilers survived what would have been a devastating loss Thursday night after Sam Reinhart initially ruined an epic comeback from three goals down by...
View ArticleWhy Panthers vs. Oilers II already stands as a historic Stanley Cup Final
<p><p>MIAMI – Early goals, historically late goals, once-in-a-century comebacks, overtime games that seemed about to end three, four, 17 times before they did, gorgeous goals and saves...
View ArticlePanthers push Oilers to brink of elimination in Stanley Cup Final with Game 5...
<p><p>EDMONTON, Alberta – The Stanley Cup will be inside Amerant Bank Arena on Tuesday night. The question is whether it’ll be paraded around the ice for a second year in a row by evening’s...
View ArticleOilers are unfazed in the face of defeat: ‘This was always going to be a long...
<p><p>EDMONTON – It wasn’t quite the famous Mark Messier guarantee, but Jake Walman’s words after a dreadful loss in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final had the same...
View ArticleIt’s time for Connor McDavid to dominate the moment in Game 6 and keep Oilers...
<p><p>EDMONTON – The Edmonton Oilers have never needed the best of Connor McDavid more than they do right now.</p></p><p><p>Their season is on the line after a...
View ArticleBack-to-back: Panthers defeat Oilers again, repeat as Stanley Cup champions
<p><p>SUNRISE, Fla. – The Florida Panthers are Stanley Cup champions – again.</p></p><p><p>Sam Reinhart had four goals and scored the first hat trick in Panthers...
View ArticleInside Panthers’ Stanley Cup celebration, and why this year felt different
<p><p>SUNRISE, Fla. – All you need to know about what makes the Florida Panthers special was revealed in the moments immediately after captain Aleksander Barkov got his hands back on the...
View ArticleKraken acquire winger Mason Marchment from Stars for draft picks
<p><p>SEATTLE – The Kraken picked up Dallas Stars left winger Mason Marchment at a discount on Thursday.</p></p><p><p>In his first trade as Kraken general manager,...
View ArticleHow Jason Botterill got early start on path to Kraken general manager job
<p><p>SEATTLE – Jason Botterill enrolled at Michigan at only 17, a rarity in the sport then and now.</p></p><p><p>As a freshman, Botterill was a 21-goal scorer and...
View ArticleAnalysis: Who Seattle Kraken might take with No. 8 pick in NHL draft
<p><p>SEATTLE – The Seattle Kraken have the same first-round pick in a new setting on Friday night. The NHL is trying out a decentralized entry draft, meaning league commissioner Gary...
View ArticleKraken draft center Jake O’Brien in first round of NHL draft
<p><p>SEATTLE – The Seattle Kraken used the No. 8 pick in the NHL entry draft Friday night to select another center, Jake O’Brien, an alternate captain for the Brantford Bulldogs of the...
View ArticleSeattle Kraken add five more prospects on Day 2 of NHL draft
<p><p>SEATTLE – There was no need for Kraken GM Jason Botterill to get so defensive.</p></p><p><p>Fine, there was some need. The Seattle system is well stocked with...
View ArticleKraken open free agency period by signing defenseman Ryan Lindgren
<p><p>The Seattle Kraken signed unrestricted free agent Ryan Lindgren, a defenseman, to a four-year contract with an average annual value of $4.5 million hours after the UFA window...
View ArticleCommentary: Why Kraken need homegrown prospects like Berkly Catton to hit to...
<p><p>SEATTLE – The muskie is affectionately referred to as “the fish of 10,000 casts.”</p></p><p><p>The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service attributes that moniker...
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