Seattle, WA
Kraken clinch first playoff berth, beat Coyotes 4-2
SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Kraken clinched the primary playoff berth in franchise historical past and set an NHL file for victories in an enlargement group’s second season by beating the Arizona Coyotes 4-2 on Thursday night time.
Jared McCann, Jordan Eberle, Matty Beniers and Vince Dunn scored for the Kraken, who earned their forty fourth win — essentially the most by a second-year NHL group for the reason that Authentic Six period, which led to 1968. It’s a giant turnaround for Seattle, which was 27-49-6 in its first season and completed final within the Pacific Division.
“It feels nice,” Seattle coach Dave Hakstol mentioned of his group’s playoff berth. “Day One, that’s the place you need to work towards and be a part of. The group within the room there earned it, they earned it from Day One.”
Philipp Grubauer had 27 saves for Seattle, which received its third straight recreation.
“We’ve bought a particular group right here,” Eberle mentioned. “From Day One, I feel lots of people have written us off. To get up to now is clearly an accomplishment, however I feel this group feels we’re not carried out.”
Barrett Hayton and Laurent Dauphin scored for Arizona, which has dropped 9 in a row. Karel Vejmelka stopped 29 pictures.
“We made a step in the appropriate route right this moment, and we need to end sturdy,” coach André Tourigny mentioned. “We’ve got three video games in entrance of our followers.”
McCann, who additionally had two assists, scored his team-high thirty eighth purpose at 19:36 within the first interval to place the Kraken forward. Dunn adopted that up with a purpose 28 seconds into the second interval. Eberle sneaked one previous Vejmelka at 5:52 to make it 3-0.
Hayton scored Arizona’s first purpose on the 12-minute mark of the second, and Dauphin scored his purpose at 19:21 within the third. Beniers made it 4-1 at 16:09 of the third interval along with his twenty third purpose of the season.
Eberle had the second of his two assists on the purpose, making it an eight-point night time for the road of McCann, Beniers, and Eberle.
Beniers, a rookie, shall be making his first playoff look, however doesn’t appear to be too nervous about what is bound to be an intense environment.
“I do know it’s going to be more durable, quicker, extra bodily,” Beniers mentioned. “However I feel we’ve bought a group that performs the appropriate means on a regular basis. That’s how we bought to this place. I feel if we maintain doing much more of the identical, we’ll be simply nice within the playoffs.”
Hakstol gave Seattle followers who’ve but to expertise playoff hockey an thought of what to anticipate.
“I can’t describe it, it’s an entire totally different degree,” Hakstol mentioned. “I seen that our followers tonight have been unbelievable as soon as once more. Proper from the drop of the puck, you possibly can really feel that pleasure, and you possibly can really feel among the depth as the sport went on. They’ll comprehend it after they stroll within the constructing for that first recreation.
“They’ll really feel it when the puck drops after which all people will know what it appears like.”
NOTES: Eberle’s purpose gave him scores in three straight video games, his longest scoring streak since November 2021. … Seattle’s win was its second dwelling victory over the Coyotes in 4 days. The Kraken additionally defeated Arizona 8-1 on Monday. … The Kraken and Coyotes will play once more Monday in Arizona — their third assembly within the span of every week.
UP NEXT
Coyotes: Host Anaheim on Saturday.
Kraken: Host Chicago on Saturday night time.
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Seattle, WA
Seattle weather: Prepare for frigid, frosty week ahead
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.
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.
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.
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.
An unseasonably cool week ahead for the Seattle area.
DRAFT
Seattle, WA
Overnight emergency shelters open across western Washington
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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Seattle, WA
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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