A brief history of professional hockey in puget sound. Lavishly illustrated, beautifully designed, impeccably researched, and wonderfully written, hockey. Seattles tragic stanley cup past is reawakened during. But its interesting to dive into the history of seattle ice hockey teams because winning hockey isnt new to this region. National hockey league approves expansion team in seattle. Ron francis has big hopes as gm of seattles new nhl club. Founded in 2009, the hockey writers is a premier destination for news and information on everything hockey. Ice hockey is a contact team sport played on ice, usually in a rink, in which two teams of skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponents net to score points. Inappropriate the list including its title or description facilitates illegal activity, or contains hate speech or ad hominem attacks on a fellow goodreads member or author.
Nhl announces expansion to seattle, following success in las vegas the national hockey league has announced its latest expansion team. Nickname seahawks the nickname seahawks was the result of a fan contest and there were 1,700 unique names among the more than 20,000 submitted in a nametheteam contest in 1975, including skippers, pioneers, lumberjacks. The seattle nhl team is a professional ice hockey expansion team that will be based in seattle, and will begin play in the 202122 national hockey league nhl season. Nhl announces expansion to seattle, following success in. B and cforms, which was the system used by teams to acquire players before the entry. Seattle ap the nhl will make the emerald city the home for its 32nd franchise after seattles expansion bid was approved by the leagues board of governors. The seattle metropolitans pacific coast hockey association won the stanley cup in 1917, becoming the first american hockey team to do so. Please note that players may not be in the uniform of the correct team in these images. Seattle totems beat the soviets seattle sports, hockey. Updated daily with news and features from over writers worldwide. Seattle s rich yet niche hockey history is finally ready for the nhl originally published december 4, 2018 at 8.
The seattle metropolitans were the citys first professional hockey team and the first american team to win the stanley cup, hockeys biggest prize, a feat accomplished in their second season when they defeated the montreal canadiens in the 1917 stanley cup final. The 1919 stanley cup final between the seattle metropolitans and montreal canadiens was called off hours before the decisive sixth game was to be played when several players fell victim to the. The history of the national hockey league begins with the end of its predecessor league, the national hockey association nha, in 1917. The thunderbirds official game day digital program is the goto place for established fans tbirds drop close game to tips. The seattle sockeyes hockey team already exists in books by washington state worker pamela bowerman, whose jami davenport romances include skating on thin ice, penalty play, and crashing the net. A quickpaced video on seattles rich hockey history. And we are thrilled that seattle, a city with a proud hockey history that includes being the home for the first american team ever to win the. The nhl confirmed the news tuesday after the board of governors voted unanimously in favour of the decision in sea island, ga.
Spam or selfpromotional the list is spam or selfpromotional. The thunderbirds recently won the whl championship in the 20162017 season. Ron francis, center, is presented with a hockey jersey by seattle mayor jenny durkan, left, as seattle hockey partners ceo tod leiweke looks on thursday, july 18, 2019, in seattle, as francis is introduced as the first general manager for seattles yettobenamed nhl expansion team. Its official seattle will be home to the nhls 32nd team. Seattle nhl expansion team gets unique vision with leiweke. Under several names prior to 1958, the franchise was a member of the pacific coast hockey league renamed the western hockey league in 1952 between 1944 and 1974. Interested in learning more about the history of seattle hockey. Below youll find lists of records set over the years, along with the archived stats from all the teams and players. History of the national hockey league19171942early years. The everett silvertips defeated the seattle thunderbirds 21 friday night at angel of the winds arena. Rebranded and renamed by the new ownership group for the start of the 195859 season, the franchise was a continuation of the isaacson ironmen team of 194344, going through numerous name changes and surviving a oneyear hiatus due to financial difficulties. Seattle becomes nhls 32nd team after league unanimously. Each major team is profiled, along with a chapter devoted exclusively the seattle s alltime greatest player, guyle fielder. We believe in fully disclosing the methods to which we collect and use your personal information.
A peoples history is the altogether irresistible companion book to the cbctelevision series of the same name, airing in fall 06. Seattle, vying for nhl team, has rich hockey history. We will be providing a free downloadable official game day digital program during the 201920 season. From the downtown arena on 5th and university in 1915 to possibly a new arena in. All books offer optional personalization on the cover.
Several players from both teams became ill, prompting health officials in seattle to cancel the sixth, and deciding, game. Hockey romance writer seeks to trademark seattle sockeyes. The teams name was derived from the metropolitan building company, the entity who built the seattle ice arena on the university of washingtons metropolitan tract property. Seattle nhl expansion team latest chapter in citys rich. The seattle metropolitans, founded by frank and lester patrick, played in. The team was founded in 1971 as the vancouver nats of the western canada hockey league wchl but moved to kamloops, british columbia, to become the kamloops chiefs in 1973 in 1977 the team moved to seattle and was renamed the seattle breakers.
The group behind the renovation of seattles keyarena has registered more than three dozen internet domain names related to possible names for an expansion nhl franchise. Seattle s sports history began at the start of the 20th century with the pacific coast hockey association pchas seattle metropolitans, which in 1917 became the first american hockey team to win the stanley cup. The amateur hockey association of canada is formed, with four teams in montreal, one in. A peoples history, like the tenpart cbc series it accompanies, tells the story of this breathtakingly fast game from its hotly contested origins, and the surge in its popularity after 1875, when it was first taken inside, through the rise and fall and rise again of womens hockey, the sagas of longlost leagues, such as the. Professional, semipro, and junior league hockey teams have skated on seattle ice for nearly a century. Hockey in seattle, washington images of sports series by. In their last season of existence, the totems played in the central hockey league in the 197475 season. Seattle, as a strong hockey town and notable for being the first city outside of canada to host a stanley cup champion the 1917 seattle metropolitans, was granted a franchise. Books by scott surgent the world hockey association burst onto the hockey scene in 1972, icing 12 teams and aiming to be the first true competitive major hockey league to challenge the national hockey league since the 1920s. In 191617, the seattle metropolitans of the pacific coast hockey association became the first americanbased team to win the stanley cup, defeating the montreal canadiens in the final series.
History of hockey retraces the history and legacy of select national hockey league teams through the perspective of the new york times. Hockey is not just canadas national game, it is part of every canadians psyche, whether we like it or not. In a quirk of history, the first american team to win the stanley cup came from seattle. Hockey in seattle 128 pages, published in 2004, is the history of seattle hockey in photographs, from 1915 to 2004. The world hockey association, books by scott surgent. Seattle ron francis has all kinds of eyepopping statistics attached to his hall of fame career. Despite the current lack of an nhl team, seattle has a rich history of hockey dating back to the 1917 seattle metropolitans becoming the first american team to win the stanley cup. With the recently announced expansion to seattle, the national hockey league will grow to 32 teams for the 202021 season, a 533 percent increase over the days of the original six.
A seattle expansion team will play in the nhl starting in 202122. The breakers played in the seattle center ice arena, which had a seating capacity of 4,141 for ice hockey. The seattle totems were a professional ice hockey franchise in seattle, washington. History of the national hockey league19171942early. Thank you for your interest in our network of websites, newsletters, and other services. Seattle s team name in the span between the awarding of the nhls 32nd franchise on dec. Great players like frank foyston, bill macfarland, guyle fielder, and glen goodall have thrilled fans and led their teams to championships. Setting the pace mekai sanders shows the way for local youth hockey players with big hockey hopes 1 week ago the seattle thunderbirds forward jumps over the boards from his spot on the bench, starting his next shift hunting for the puck in the opponents defensive zone. Seattle s sports history continues today with the citys eight major professional teams.
When seattle hockey fans reminisce about the good old days, the team they talk about is the totems. The team will compete in the nhl as a member club of the league s pacific division in the western conference. Hockey in seattle is the story of these men and their teams. Seattle s rich yet niche hockey history is finally ready. View all player numbers on the franchise uniform history page hold mouse over number to view name.
The canadian hockey league chl cares about your privacy. We also invite you to ask us about our policies or feel free to let us know how we can better serve. Seattle hockey history in 10 minutes more or less youtube. Each major team is profiled, along with a chapter devoted exclusively the. Once home to the erstwhile metropolitans, the city was the first ever in the u. These stories are all herethe birth of hockey in seattle, the 1917 stanley cup champions, the glory years of the totems in the 1960s, and the thunderbirds of today.
Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book. One doesnt need to look far in the past for seattle hockey champions. Along the way youll meet the players, owners, and fans that make up seattle s colorful history as a hockey town. You might not know it, but seattle has a long history of hockey. For seven seasons, the wha managed to survive, by hook and by crook, often on the verge of. Franchise history seattle ironmen 194452 after world war ii, the pacific coast hockey league pchl, a major professional league on the west coast in the teens and 1920s, was resurrected as a semiprofessional loop. The move gives seattle the major winter sports franchise it currently lacks and puts hockey in a. The seattle sockeyes updated odds on seattles nhl team name. From having the first americanbased team to win the stanley cup to the seattle thunderbirds, hockey is a tradition that goes back almost a century. The first known rules are published by the montreal gazette. After unsuccessfully attempting to resolve disputes with eddie livingstone, owner of the toronto blueshirts, executives of the three other nha franchises suspended the nha, and formed the national hockey league nhl, replacing the livingstone team with a. Along the way youll meet the players, owners, and fans that make up seattles colorful history as a hockey town. The metropolitans were formed in 1915 as an expansion team by frank and lester patrick, the owners of the pacific coast hockey association.