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Game 6 Essentials | Stars at Kraken (DAL leads series 3-2) | 4 p.m.

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2 years ago

May 13, 2023

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Game 6 Essentials | Stars at Kraken (DAL leads series 3-2) | 4 p.m.

Time: 4:00 p.m. PT | Watch: ESPN | Listen: 93.3 KJR

One: Keep the Faith – and Aggressiveness

Along with much noted Kraken scoring depth, one of the team’s pillars is to play aggressively in all zones, creating offense from forechecking, disrupting the rush in the neutral zone if not sooner, getting sticks and bodies in front of shots in the defensive zone, reducing Grade-A chances to “B” or “C” levels and winning puck battles along the full 200 feet of ice. Even in Saturday’s must-win game – and perhaps most importantly because it is the season-extender or breaker, Seattle needs to play the way that propelled the franchise to this magical season to date.

“You want to play aggressive, you want to play on your toes, you want to skate, that’s the way we want to play,” Jordan Eberle said in his most recent media scrum. “We want to be a quick team, but we have to be smart about it too. We can’t be diving in everywhere and giving them odd-man rushes and opportunities to score. It’s just having the smarts and veteran presence to know when to do that and when not to do it.”

“I think even if you’re 98 percent sure and two percent off, the two percent are the ones that end up in the back of your net … we have to try and find a way to continue to play aggressive without giving them grade-A chances.”

Dave Hakstol has preached staying with the Kraken’s style of play all season, with Colorado coach Jared Bednar crediting consistency of “winning pucks” as a big reason why the defending Cup champs were ousted in seven games by the second-season Seattle franchise. Hakstol said Friday he expects his squad to bounce back in front of a raucous home crowd at Climate Pledge Arena that has national broadcast media buzzing.

“We’re a confident group,” coach Dave Hakstol said before the Kraken departed their Dallas hotel Friday. “We haven’t ducked reality or ducked the truth at any point in time through this year, and we won’t now. … The reality is, to win the series we have to win two in a row, but you can’t really worry about two right now. We’ve got to go home and get one.”

Two: Looking for a Difference-Maker

When Jared McCann scored in Thursday’s Game 5 he became the 18^th Kraken player to score a goal this postseason. A 40-goal scorer in the regular season, McCann looked more himself pretty much with each new shift in Dallas. There is every reason to project McCann as a potential hero Saturday night. Yanni Gourde, who has two goals and four assists in his last six postseason games, is another differentiator pick and big-game performer.

Three: Talk Amongst Yourself, Take 2

Part of the fun of a playoff run is talking it over with fellow fans and friends. Some material for discussion Saturday:

Kraken goalie Philipp Grubauer was chased from the Game 5 loss, giving way to Martin Jones to start the third period. But Dave Hakstol is clearly sticking with Grubauer in the Game 6 later-afternoon matinee: “I don’t know that there’s a bad goal [in Game 5]. Grubi’s been rock solid for us, he’s been better than rock solid. I wanted to get Jonesy in there. The score was stretched out, good opportunity to get Jonesy some minutes. We have all the confidence in the world in Grubi.”
Kraken D-man and 2022 summer free agent Justin Schultz is tied for third among NHL defensemen in postseason scoring with nine points (three goals, six assists). His nine points make the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs the second-highest scoring postseason of his career, trailing only 2017 when he had 13 points (four goals, nine assists) in 21 games during Pittsburgh’s 2017 second of back-to-back Cups.
Schultz and his fellow Seattle defenseman have scored nine goals this postseason, tops in the NHL.
In the second round of the playoffs, Kraken rookie Tye Kartye leads the league in hits with 29, including eight in Game 5. The 21-year-old clearly offers more to Dave Hakstol than just his scoring prowess and elite shot.

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Seattle weather: Prepare for frigid, frosty week ahead

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7 hours ago

January 20, 2025

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Seattle weather: Prepare for frigid, frosty week ahead

FOX 13 Meteorologist Ilona McCauley has your 7-day forecast.

SEATTLE – Another night with frigid temperatures is forecast for much of Western Washington. Watch for icy and slick spots early in the morning. Widespread frost is expected well into the late morning hours until we can get the sun angle high enough to thaw us out.

Frigid temperatures are expected across Western Washington tonight.

A northerly breeze, 5-15 mph, is forecast into the morning, lowering wind chill values to between 20–25 degrees. A Cold Weather Advisory is in place till 8 am on Monday. Be sure to take care of your pets, check on sensitive people and cover your plants and pipes.

Dangerous cold settles in overnight with temperatures well below freezing.

A cold weather advisory is in effect till Monday morning. Make sure you protect yourself and your home from the cold.

A hard freeze is forecast through at least Wednesday morning. With a slight chance of showers on Thursday night and Friday, there will be a bit more cloud cover bumping overnight lows by a couple degrees.

Freezing temperatures and dry weather remain through at least Thursday in Seattle.

A hard freeze is expected in Seattle through Wednesday morning.

A weak disturbance nearby to our north will increase our cloud cover a bit. However, it will remain dry.

A few more clouds are forecast for Monday.

High and mid level clouds are forecast to move into Western Washington. However, it will remain dry.

A cold and quiet week ahead with little change in the extended forecast till late Thursday into Friday when we see a slight chance of showers.

Chilly temperatures remain around Western Washington this week.

An unseasonably cool week ahead for the Seattle area.

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Overnight emergency shelters open across western Washington

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15 hours ago

January 19, 2025

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Overnight emergency shelters open across western Washington

Finding refuge as western WA temperatures tumble

The first stretch of prolonged cold winter weather has arrived in western Washington, and it’s expected to stick around into next week. With overnight lows in the 30s over the weekend, many overnight emergency shelters welcomed their firsts guests at 8 p.m. Saturday. At St. Anthony’s Rec Hall in Renton, 40 beds are available to those in need.

RENTON, Wash. – The first stretch of prolonged cold winter weather has arrived in western Washington, and it’s expected to stick around into next week.

With overnight lows in the 30s Saturday night, many overnight emergency shelters welcomed their first guests at 8 p.m.

At St. Anthony’s Rec Hall in Renton, 40 beds are available to those in need.

What they’re saying:

“We’re providing them with food, a pair of shoes, a pair of socks, and, of course, a warm place to sleep,” said Fenice Fregoso, program director of REACH Renton.

The organization oversees the shelter.

“We’re setting people up for success for the next day,” said Fregoso. “This way, they don’t have to stress on how they’re going to be able to get A, B, and C.”

Local perspective:

Among the individuals taking advantage of the cold weather services is Brandon Lakey. He’s trading the outdoors for a warm, safe cot.

“When it’s cold like this at night, places like this mean life,” said Lakey. “It’s everything, it’s survival. It means that someone cares, that someone’s reaching out to us.”

The Renton overnight shelter will run from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m. Saturday to Tuesday night.

For those seeking information on shelters and navigating to shelter locations, people are encouraged to call the Severe Weather Shelter Navigation Hotline: (206) 245-1026.

For a complete list of daytime and overnight shelters in Seattle and throughout King County visit the King County Regional Homelessness Authority.

The Source: Information for this article comes from FOX 13 reporter Dave Detling who visited the Renton site.

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Seahawks have two members of their coaching staff in the SB

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23 hours ago

January 19, 2025

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Seahawks have two members of their coaching staff in the SB

Two members of the Seattle Seahawks coaching staff will be a part of the SB.

No, not the Super Bowl, but the Shrine Bowl, which will be played on Jan. 30. It is an All-Star Game, a little less known than the Senior Bowl (Feb 01). However, Eric Galko has done an incredible job in recent years getting several elite prospects for the event.

Later on, we will bring you names to keep an eye on in these two games, which are the main All-Star Games of the Draft season. In these games, it is customary to give opportunities to lesser-known members of the coaching staffs of the time, or allow them to have “bigger” loads than they actually have. For example, Mike Kafka, who was targeted by Seattle last year for OC and HC, and is currently the Giants’ OC, was HC in the Shrine Bowl.

The times are divided into East and West. The two members who were chosen for the Shrine Bowl were Josh Bynes and Quinshon Odom. Bynes will be the West team’s LBs coach, while Odom will be the OL Coach.

Bynes was playing in the NFL as a linebacker until 2022, including with the Ravens. He was coached by Mike Macdonald while in Baltimore. In 2024 he was announced to the new Seattle staff, with the role of Assistant LBs coach.

Odom also joined the Seattle coaching staff with the arrival of Macdonald. However, he has a longer career as a coach. He started in 2015 as an intern at Eastern Kentucky. After that he spent four years at Vanderbilt as an offensive assistant and offensive quality control. In 2021 he coached the Buffalo Bills’ RBs during training camp as part of the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship. Odom was then hired by the Texas Longhorns as an offensive line assistant. In 2022 and 2023 he was an offensive assistant, more focused on the offensive line for the Green Bay Packers as part of the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship.

To be quite honest, the players at these positions (LB and OL) are the best on the East team. In any case, their presence at the event can help with scouting, as well as developing them for their future coaching careers.

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