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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
Due to COVID-related issues affecting the Ottawa @Senators, our home game on Jan. 6 has been postponed.
— Seattle Kraken (@SeattleKraken) January 3, 2022
A make-up date will be announced at a later time. pic.twitter.com/A7At7fUyOq
- 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]
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- 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
#SeaKraken forward Jaden Schwartz will have surgery on his hand. He is expected to be sidelined for four to six weeks.
— Seattle Kraken PR (@SeattleKrakenPR) January 6, 2022
- 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
No one does it quite like Wes McCauley. pic.twitter.com/ZVno8a99jf
— NHL (@NHL) January 5, 2022
- 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.
Cale Makar in overtime. Oh my god. pic.twitter.com/dbZgyMBVXF
— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) January 5, 2022