Seattle Hockey History In 10 Minutes (more or less)

[@Calebchristensenc]

I was gonna comment about the kraken and how it was left out until I realized this was 11 years ago

[@MarvelMTs]

Summer 2020: “I’m still searching for a favorite NHL team, I just love the sport in the meantime.” Fall 2021: “Gooooooo Kraken! Tur-Bo Tan-Nev!”

[@marcluu2433]

And know introducing THE KRAKEN in 2021

[@AllyStrikesBack]

Kraken Video. P.S what's the song at 5:56?

[@robertproctor1358]

Seattle is getting a NHL team starting in the fall of 2021. Don't know the team name yet, but they will be playing in the Seattle Coliseum, now called Key arena

[@recorderboi2232]

Aka the krakhouse

[@Tripleggg1959]

Thanks for a look back in time. I appreciate your efforts.

[@StellarYankee]

Granted I want the nordiques back, but it’s about damn time Seattle gets a team

[@CineRocco]

Nordiques never should have been taken from Quebec!

[@stevensherman4756]

Exceptionally done video. Thanks much for sharing this! I found it to be very educational and interesting. It really amazed me how similar the hockey history is between Seattle and Houston. If you take into consideration that Houston was a very small city (less than 50,000) until the advent of air conditioning in the 1940s), the history is similar. Unlike Seattle, Houston has never won a Stanley Cup but it did win two consecutive WHA Avco Cup trophies back in the Gordie/Mark/Marty Howe years. Years later, Houston won an IHL title, and followed that up with an AHL title after the IHL disbanded. But both cities were plagued with failed franchises (and leagues). Houston's professional hockey history goes back to the Skippers (later renamed Huskies) of the USHL in 1947. A Montreal (NHL) and Buffalo (AHL) affiliate, this team featured Hector "Toe" Blake as a player. Years later, the CPHL Houston Apollos team was a top Montreal Canadiens affiliate. Players like Guy Lapointe, Jacques Lemaire, and Claude Larose donned Apollos jerseys, along with a young goaltender named Tony Esposito (prior to his being traded to Chicago). The Apollos were plagued by ridiculously high travel costs and poor attendance but enjoyed on-ice success. In the early 1970s, Houston departed the CPHL when a new WHA franchise began its very successful tenure. (The WHA Aeros were actually going to reside in Dayton, OH but was relocated to Houston when no viable arena was found). The second coming of the CPHL Apollos (after the demise of the WHA) was an absolute disaster because of horrible teams and an equally horrible arena. (Games at the then very dated Sam Houston Coliseum, since torn down, were filled with light bulbs sending fireballs down to the ice and falling ceiling tiles, among frequent plumbing and other issues). In 1994, Houston was granted a franchise in the IHL. Called the Aeros once again, this team started as one of the highest drawing teams in all of minor league hockey, winning one Turner Cup title. When the IHL folded, several of its teams, including Houston, were moved to the AHL. They won a Calder Cup championship and went to the finals another time. But the greedy owner of the Houston Rockets wanted hockey out of his arena and tripled the lease cost after the initial Toyota Center lease expired. Houston's last professional team moved to Des Moines and became the Iowa Wild. Of particular note, when the WHA Aeros kept selling out the Coliseum in the 1970s, a new arena was in store for Houston. The Summit (later named Compaq Center) was built for hockey. The NBA Rockets was sort of an afterthought at the time, as Houston basketball attendance was typically never more than 5,000 - barely filling half of Hoffheinz Arena on the University of Houston campus. With the right ownership that is built with smart hockey people who have a history of successes, and drafting and other frameworks passed down from the NHL to enable success, it's clear to me that both Seattle and Houston can be very successful NHL cities.

[@CineRocco]

Thanks very much, Steven. I agree with you. Houston should be in the NHL.

[@sjdrifter72]

Seattle will have its expansion team playing in 2021. The Coyotes need to relocate out of Arizona and move to Houston. Problem solved.

[@aseltzer22]

I'm new to Seattle and huge hockey fan. This video was really educational and well paced. Great work.

[@jsliderc]

Greatest thing since sliced bread! Thanks Louis! Sharing when I can.

[@paulrogers9118]

Awesome video!!!

[@Debucked]

Awesome video. I grew up around Seattle and didn't know anything about this hockey heritage! Thanks for sharing!

[@nahpoli]

already a team that will have more and better history than half the established NHL! Good luck Seattle!

[@SmileyfaceMan80]

NHL finally makes its return in 2021!

[@FAITHandLOGIC]

Return? They've never been in the NHL! :)

[@lcreason1983]

Yes they have

[@FAITHandLOGIC]

@@lcreason1983 LOL. Oh yeah? When?

[@lcreason1983]

They were the first American team to win the stanley cup and the nhl came in 1917 and they played until 1920 so yeah

[@FAITHandLOGIC]

@@lcreason1983 LOL. They were not an NHL team. The Seattle Metropolitans played in the PCHA ... so yeah.

[@4040Fit]

And now we have the KRAKEN!!

[@santib9039]

Hope Seattle gets an NHL team. Coming from a Lightning fan, it's a crime that they haven't had an NHL team yet given the city's rich history.

[@evanarnold975]

Santi B we are applying and have a almost 100% chance of getting by 2020 due to the sellout of our season ticket drive in 90 seconds something Vegas took a month to do

[@stevensherman4756]

@@evanarnold975 Very interesting about the season ticket drive. As the WHA was folding in the 1970s, those behind the Houston Aeros held a similar drive, stating that Houston would be awarded an NHL team if so many ticket packages were sold. Unfortunately, nobody asked the NHL about that and the city was promptly rejected from consideration. To make things worse, deposits taken from prospective ticket holders were not ever returned.

[@downix]

I grew up in Bruins territory. I have been learning about my adopted homes hockey history and I am crossing my fingers for an NHL team to grace our ice soon. But, Metros or Totems.... Both solid names with deep history attached.

[@ilyazhitomirskiy9218]

C'mon, NHL and NBA, make this happen! If there can be a new or renovated arena in Seattle for the SuperSonics to come back, then the NHL can send an expansion franchise there as well. Seattle deserves an NHL team, and would have a lot of fun adding trophies to its case. Look at the Kraken logoes drawn by SparkyChewbarky, and the merchandise concepts around it from HFBoards if you need ideas. I'm a Bruins fan, but I'll have a soft spot in my heart for the new Seattle NHL franchise. Think about the PA system going; "Release the Kraken! Ladies and Gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to YOUR SEATTLE KRAKEN!" with a cool underwater-type horn to boot, that will also blare after goals. It would be fun to see in real life.

[@duskrpg119]

Ilya Zhitomirskiy 3 yrs later

[@aaronmoyer4722]

Now the Kraken are a team that have played actual games in an actual arena. Pretty surreal

[@tednugent-hopkis]

You guys just got an NHL team

[@BlackDynomight]

Kraken bringing the cup back home boys!

[@aaronmoyer4722]

In a few years….

[@MultiPetercool]

And the longest time between Stanley cups since the New York Rangers. I really hate the name Kraken. It’s racist. A Nordic mythical creature displaced the native culture. They should’ve taken the name of the local farm team Thunderbirds.

[@DanielTaibleson]

Thank you for this

[@CineRocco]

Thank you very much.

[@CineRocco]

Welcome to Seattle and thank you!

[@CineRocco]

Thank you.

[@CineRocco]

thank you!

[@CineRocco]

Thanks! Cheers

[@guesswho737]

has to be the thunderbirds? no? been around the longest

[@CineRocco]

Yeah, Breakers/Thunderbirds since 1977.

[@guesswho737]

@@CineRocco very true!.. hope it's something good not cheesy

[@AllyStrikesBack]

Yes I agree, I’d love to see the Thunderbirds play in the NHL, plus the name would appeal to U.K Hockey fans given the name of the Thunderbirds TV show.

[@wiovelli]

Release the kraken

[@kandi303]

Seattle, Quebec, West, East, 32 teams. NHL lack of Green!

[@kingchrisepoo]

Good chit

[@CineRocco]

thanks, glad you liked it!

[@CineRocco]

I didn't know how to cover those hockey-less years any other way... :-)

[@aaronmoyer4722]

You did well. Thoughts on the Seattle Kraken?

[@aminurrrr0621]

Sure hope that hockey returns to the Emerald City and the Pacific Northwest. I would love to go to a game some day to see my Chicago Blackhawks play the Seattle team.

[@CineRocco]

I hope so too. Would love to see the Hawks! Today just happens to be the 100th anniversary of the Seattle Metropolitans 1917 Stanley Cup championship. Cheers.

[@sjdrifter72]

Hopefully Seattle will have that arena built and have an NHL team. I am hoping they'll be named the Metropolitans (the original Mets) because it's a classy name and it honors the first american Stanley Cup winning team.

[@Liggie55821]

If Seattle gets into the NHL, I move they immediately retire three numbers: 7, for Guyle Fielder; 10, for Glen Goodall; 17, for the Mets' championship team.

[@FernandPRO]

Who’s watching this after The Seattle Mayor confirmed we are getting an NHL team back

[@ryanbranigan231]

Just move the Coyotes to Seattle, call them something more fitting to Seattle and there ya go!

[@recorderboi2232]

0:11 Sadly it’s now a Gucci store

[@kakashihatake3077]

lol ikr it’s sad

[@JPS47]

Seattle Metropolitan Coyotes!

[@daboys1215]

All that hockey history but they never had an NHL team. They have a Stanley Cup championship though. First American based team to do so. They can't ever take that away. One day, Seattle. One day.

[@CineRocco]

That day has come!

[@wesleyhamilton8004]

Do you play hockey in Seattle?

[@Gravelgratious]

Theyre coming back in 2017 right?

[@CineRocco]

here's hoping!

[@Hennickssy]

What will be their official team name? You guys know or any rumors?

[@orangetub8889]

+Obtainable they would be the metropolitans again. Your welcome

[@Hennickssy]

Ilovepurpledinos How do you know that?

[@Gravelgratious]

aw lame

[@913KCED]

Nice video, Louie.

[@CineRocco]

+Bruce Baskin Thank you, Bruce.

[@scottwilks]

Seattle Coyotes!!