What’s Kraken

• Kraken fan Nadia Popovici helped save the Canucks’ equipment manager Brian Hamilton’s life from her seats behind the bench [Seattle Times]
• All Kraken games for the week were postponed, though none of them due to the Kraken specifically

• The organist from 1977’s Slap Shot has been hired to play the organ during Kraken home games [DJLR]
• Brandon Tanev had successful knee surgery and is expected to be back in time for the 2022-23 season [Seattle Kraken]
• Alex Wennberg has entered the NHL Covid protocol [Seattle Kraken]
• Seattle can’t stop allowing answer goals [DJLR]

• The Chandler’s Cove team store has officially closed for good [My Northwest]
• Jaden Schwartz is having hand surgery and will be out at least a month

• Matty Beniers may be going to the Olympics [DJLR]

Around the hockey world

• Tuukka Rask might be back with the Boston Bruins sooner rather than later after signing a tryout contract with the Providence Bruins [CBS]
• The Premier Hockey Federation announced this year’s All-Stars for the showcase taking place January 29th in Toronto [The Ice Garden]
• Wes McCauley went viral again

• Two Chicago Blackhawks players got their cars stolen while out to dinner [Yahoo! Sports]
• Minnesota Wild star Kirill Kaprizov suffered an injury in an awkward collision on Thursday [Hockey Wilderness]
• The St. Louis Blues defeated the Minnesota Wild in the Winter Classic, which turned out to be the coldest game in NHL history [CNN]
• During the second intermission of said Winter Classic, USA Hockey announced the roster for the Women’s Olympic team [The Ice Garden]
• The list of postponed NHL games is up to 99 [NHL]
• Cale Makar. That’s it, just Cale Makar.