For me, the No. 1 criterion upon which to judge a team name is a sense of place. And the Kraken (there it is; my first official mention of the Seattle hockey team’s name as a functioning entity ...

Seattle Kraken CEO Tod Leiweke, speaking to a crowd of construction workers, said 100,000 fans with 1,000 unique team names weighed in on a previous survey. “We listened in coffee shops and in ...

Release the Kraken. CEO and Seattle team president Tod Leiweke opened up a special press conference Thursday by revealing the name of the NHL’s 32nd franchise: The Seattle Kraken. In a live b… ...

Introducing the Seattle Kraken, the expansion franchise that will push the NHL to 32 teams. The Seattle Kraken also shared their logo and team colors on Thursday. Seattle Kraken is the name for NHL ...

SEATTLE — After a nearly two year wait, NHL Seattle on Thursday announced its new franchise team name is the Seattle Kraken. Officials unveiled the new monicker during an online announcement ...

Choosing the name. Seattle considered the Metropolitans -- the name of the city's original pro hockey team, which won a Stanley Cup in 1917 -- though there was some pushback from the league.

The Athletic’s NHL Seattle fan poll revealed that 42.7 percent of fans wanted Sockeyes with the Kraken in second at 20.5 percent. Finalizing the name is the latest step in the team’s evolution.

Seattle's new hockey team will have a catchy, mythic name The fearsome Scandinavian sea monster is set to rise out of Puget Sound in late 2021. The Seattle Kraken team flag flies above the Space ...

The dispute wasn’t resolved until July 2018, when both sides agreed to keep using the name and colors. Of all the team names debated in public by NHL Seattle fans, Kraken has appeared to be the ...

Sports; Pro; Larry Stone: Kraken? NHL Seattle’s team name is bold and distinctive, but that doesn’t mean I have to like it July 25, 2020 Updated Sat., July 25, 2020 at 10:08 p.m. This artists ...

NHL Seattle released a statement Wednesday saying “no announcement is imminent” on a team nickname after a hockey blogger told Sirius XM radio that “Kraken” appears to be the choice.