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Mason Marchment scores in Seattle Kraken debut in 3-1 win over Ducks
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – OCTOBER 09: Brandon Montour #62 of the Seattle Kraken checks Olen Zellweger #51 of the Anaheim Ducks during the third period at Climate Pledge Arena on October 09, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. (Steph Chambers / Getty Images)
SEATTLE – Mason Marchment notched the game-winning tally in his Seattle debut, Joey Daccord had 35 saves, and the Kraken won their first home opener in franchise history, 3-1, over the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night.
Vince Dunn scored the first goal of the season and Jared McCann added an insurance goal early in the third period to carry Seattle to a win in their season opener.
The Kraken were 0-4 in home openers entering Thursday night, losing 4-2 to Vancouver in 2021, 5-2 to Vegas in 2022, 4-1 to Colorado in 2023, and 3-2 to St. Louis last season. But Seattle was able to weather a very rough first period effort to
Same as he did in Seattle’s first ever home game in 2021, it was Vince Dunn that scored the first goal of the season at Climate Pledge Arena,.
Dunn snapped a wrist shot into the top left corner of the goal with the aid of a screen of goaltender Lukáš Dostál by Eeli Tolvanen to give Seattle a 1-0 lead. Jaden Schwartz carved into the Anaheim zone, dropped a pass for Adam Larsson, who swung the puck to Dunn for the shot from atop the left circle.
But Dunn was also mostly responsible for the tying goal for the Ducks minutes later.
Dunn lost a puck to Mason McTavish that required Matty Beniers to clean up. However, the puck came back to Dunn, who then backhanded the puck from behind the net straight back to McTavish, A backhanded shot by McTavish fell directly to rookie Beckett Sennecke at the right post for a backhand finish by Joey Daccord for his first NHL goal in his debut with Anaheim.
The Ducks completely outplayed Seattle for the rest of the period, but were unable to find another goal.
Well, the puck did end up in the net a second time, but it was waved off as former Everett Silvertip Olen Zellweger pushed Daccord’s pad (and the puck with it) into the net.
Anaheim held a 16-5 advantage in shots through the first period.
An outstanding individual effort from Brandon Montour flipped the momentum in the second.
Montour won a puck off Troy Terry in the defensive zone to spark a rush up ice. Montour out-muscled Terry to turn the corner toward the net and found a charging Mason Marchment for a finish by Dostál for a 2-1 Kraken lead.
The goal deflated the Ducks as Seattle managed to blunt Anaheim’s attack.
The Kraken had a great chance to extend the lead on their first power play chance, but were unable to connect. A pass from Jordan Eberle looking for a wide open Jared McCann across the front of Dostál slid off McCann’s stick.
McCann did eventually find the third goal for Seattle less than five minutes into the final period. A regroup in the neutral zone quickly came back into the Anaheim end with Eberle firing a pass off the far wall to Beniers, who found McCann open driving to the net. A quick shot beat Dostál’s stick inside the left post for a 3-1 Kraken lead.
McCann nearly made it 4-1 minutes later, ringing a shot that beat Dostál off the left post.
Anaheim pulled Dostál with three minutes left to play, but Daccord and the Kraken defense held firm to close out the victory.
The Source: Information in this story is from original FOX 13 Seattle reporting.
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Kraken Extend Streak In Comeback OT Loss | Seattle Kraken
And while Dunn’s head coach insisted afterwards he doesn’t believe in “measuring stick games” the Kraken measured up fairly well in this one considering they played a pretty poor first period and needed half of the second frame to get any type of offense going against the league’s No. 2 defensive unit.
But they eventually got it going and the salvaged point, as Dunn mentioned, was huge in that it allowed the Kraken to remain in third place in the Pacific Division – just two points behind leaders Vegas and Edmonton – as they now embark on a five-city road trip. They extended their points streak to 10 games in the process, going 8-0-2 that stretch to transform a season hinging on the brink.
Mats Zuccarello got the overtime winner for Minnesota, converting a Kirill Kaprizov pass off a 2-on-1 break after the Kraken had been foiled just moments prior on their own odd-man rush. That foiled an outstanding night for Kraken goalie Philipp Grubauer, who’d made several huge stops in both overtime and the third period to keep things tied, as well as prior to that frame to give his team the shot at a comeback.
The Kraken had spent the past week filling opposition nets with pucks but waited until the final 17 minutes to score their first goal of this game. By that point, they’d been trailing 2-0 since a pair of 42-foot wrist shot goals by Ryan Hartman and Brock Faber in the first period silenced the home crowd.
“The first period was awful, and our execution was probably the biggest part of that,” Dunn said. “It’s just tough when you’re chasing the game a little bit to start the game. So, we kind of set ourselves up for the second period to come out and play the right way and I thought as the game went on, we got a lot better.
“And I thought it was a pretty competitive game both ways. A lot of chances both ways.”
Grubauer kept things close from there, stopping 31 of 34 shots on the night to give his team a chance to get back in it.
Adam Larsson then got the Kraken on the board three minutes into the final period with a slap shot goal from the right circle after Dunn had rung one off the post on a prior blast seconds earlier. And the Kraken weren’t done yet.
The Wild ran into penalty trouble not long after and the Kraken capitalized on the power play with Matty Beniers banging home a net front rebound off a Jared McCann shot that lifted the home side into a 2-2 tie and sent the Climate Pledge Arena crowd into a frenzy.
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Valter Walker vs. Marcin Tybura booked for UFC Seattle
Heavyweights will collide in “Rain City.”
MMAmania.com confirmed with multiple sources today (Thurs., Jan. 8, 2026) that No. 10-ranked Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Heavyweight Marcin Tybura will take on surging Brazilian prospect Valter Walker at UFC Seattle on Sat., March 28, 2026, inside Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington.
Walker (15-1) stumbled out of the gate in his UFC debut, suffering a loss to Lukasz Brzeski in 2024. Since then, however, “Clean Monster” has completely rewritten the narrative — and the UFC record books.
Walker opened 2025 by submitting Don’Tale Mayes with a heel hook (watch highlights), his second straight victory via the technique. Five months later, he followed it up with another first-round heel hook against Kennedy Nzechukwu (watch highlights), setting a new UFC record for most consecutive heel hook submission wins with three.
But he wasn’t finished.
At UFC 321 in Oct. 2025, Walker once again locked in a first-round heel hook — this time against Louie Sutherland — tying Rousimar Palhares for the most heel hook submissions (four) in UFC history while extending his own record for consecutive heel hook finishes (watch it).
A win in Seattle would almost certainly vault Walker into the Top 10 of the Heavyweight rankings.
Tybura (27-10), meanwhile, will be defending his No. 10 spot when he steps into the cage. The Polish veteran went 1-1 in 2025, handing highly touted U.K. prospect Mick Parkin his first professional loss at UFC London before suffering a quick knockout loss to debuting Ante Delija at UFC Paris (watch highlights), snapping a two-fight win streak.
Now 40 years old, Tybura is 5-3 over his last eight appearances.
Here are some other bouts currently scheduled for UFC Seattle:
Casey O’Neill vs. Gabriella Fernandes
Alexa Grasso vs. Maycee Barber
Nicolle Caliari vs. Carol Fiori
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Around 200 protest fatal ICE shooting in front of Seattle’s federal building
SEATTLE, Wash. – There were at least 200 protesters that showed up in Seattle Wednesday night in what speakers called an “emergency protest” in response to the fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis Wednesday.
“We want justice, we want peace, we want justice, we want peace, we want ICE off our streets, we want ice off our streets…” they chanted.
Seattle protesters outside the Federal Building following a fatal shooting by ICE agents in Minneapolis. (FOX 13 Seattle)
After listening to speakers, protesters went on the march and circled the blocks near the Federal Building in Seattle.
Though the protest was organized on short notice, some protesters say they were compelled to come out Wednesday with urgency because they felt what happened in Minneapolis was a bridge too far.
What they’re saying:
“ICE has gone too far. We’ve felt this, we’ve known this for a long time. There have been people protesting,” said Raleigh Watts, protesting the ICE shooting. “We’ve been hearing the news. Today I came out because when I heard, it was my sign that a line has been crossed that I can’t stand anymore. So, I’ve come to say, ‘No ICE, you’ve gone too far’.”
“A lot of people out here are really, really angry, confused and sad, but I think we have what it takes to fight back,” said Sophia Van Beek, protesting the MN ICE shooting. “I’m certain there are going to be actions.”
Sophia says in order to make a difference, protesters need to create an actionable political program.
Seattle protest on fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis
Members of law enforcement were in the area and helped to block off the streets during the protest and march. There were no clashes during this protest and it wrapped up at around 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
“I am proud of all the hundreds of people who have turned out tonight at the federal building in Seattle. I’m proud of the people who are in Tacoma that are protesting at the ice detention center and in Minneapolis and in cities across the country. This is not okay for ICE to kill somebody,” said Watts.
What’s next:
Some people at Wednesday’s demonstration said they were planning to organize more protests in the coming weeks.
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