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. National hockey league approves expansion team in seattle. For seven seasons, the wha managed to survive, by hook and by crook, often on the verge of. Spam or selfpromotional the list is spam or selfpromotional. The history of the national hockey league begins with the end of its predecessor league, the national hockey association nha, in 1917. Seattle s sports history continues today with the citys eight major professional teams. The move gives seattle the major winter sports franchise it currently lacks and puts hockey in a. View all player numbers on the franchise uniform history page hold mouse over number to view name. Along the way youll meet the players, owners, and fans that make up seattles colorful history as a hockey town. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book. The thunderbirds official game day digital program is the goto place for established fans tbirds drop close game to tips. 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.
You might not know it, but seattle has a long history of hockey. 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. The seattle totems were a professional ice hockey franchise in seattle, washington. The breakers played in the seattle center ice arena, which had a seating capacity of 4,141 for ice hockey. We also invite you to ask us about our policies or feel free to let us know how we can better serve. Seattle s rich yet niche hockey history is finally ready. 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.
Interested in learning more about the history of seattle hockey. Seattle nhl expansion team gets unique vision with leiweke. The seattle sockeyes updated odds on seattles nhl team name. A peoples history is the altogether irresistible companion book to the cbctelevision series of the same name, airing in fall 06. 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. Along the way youll meet the players, owners, and fans that make up seattle s 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. 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. Believe it or not, seattle already has its place etched in ice hockey history. The canadian hockey league chl cares about your privacy. Its official seattle will be home to the nhls 32nd team.
The seattle metropolitans pacific coast hockey association won the stanley cup in 1917, becoming the first american hockey team to do so. B and cforms, which was the system used by teams to acquire players before the entry. 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. 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. Hockey is not just canadas national game, it is part of every canadians psyche, whether we like it or not. History of the national hockey league19171942early years.
Founded in 2009, the hockey writers is a premier destination for news and information on everything hockey. All books offer optional personalization on the cover. We believe in fully disclosing the methods to which we collect and use your personal information. Several players from both teams became ill, prompting health officials in seattle to cancel the sixth, and deciding, game. 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. Seattle totems beat the soviets seattle sports, hockey. History of the national hockey league19171942early. Please note that players may not be in the uniform of the correct team in these images. Canadiens defenceman joe hall died as a result of the flu on april 5, 1919. 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. In their last season of existence, the totems played in the central hockey league in the 197475 season. Ron francis has big hopes as gm of seattles new nhl club.
Each major team is profiled, along with a chapter devoted exclusively the. 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. Nhl announces expansion to seattle, following success in las vegas the national hockey league has announced its latest expansion team. Seattles tragic stanley cup past is reawakened during. 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. Great players like frank foyston, bill macfarland, guyle fielder, and glen goodall have thrilled fans and led their teams to championships.
The first known rules are published by the montreal gazette. 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 a quirk of history, the first american team to win the stanley cup came from seattle. 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. 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. Hockey in seattle 128 pages, published in 2004, is the history of seattle hockey in photographs, from 1915 to 2004. Seattle s rich yet niche hockey history is finally ready for the nhl originally published december 4, 2018 at 8. When seattle hockey fans reminisce about the good old days, the team they talk about is the totems. A seattle expansion team will play in the nhl starting in 202122. Nhl announces expansion to seattle, following success in. 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. Seattle nhl expansion team latest chapter in citys rich. 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.
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. Thank you for your interest in our network of websites, newsletters, and other services. Each major team is profiled, along with a chapter devoted exclusively the seattle s alltime greatest player, guyle fielder. The team will compete in the nhl as a member club of the league s pacific division in the western conference. Seattle, vying for nhl team, has rich hockey history. Lavishly illustrated, beautifully designed, impeccably researched, and wonderfully written, hockey. The seattle rainiers were a baseball team in the area in the 20th century that got their name from the local rainier brewing company, so theres some history here. The nhl confirmed the news tuesday after the board of governors voted unanimously in favour of the decision in sea island, ga. History of hockey retraces the history and legacy of select national hockey league teams through the perspective of the new york times. Seattle hockey history in 10 minutes more or less youtube.
League history 1976 present national football league. The world hockey association, books by scott surgent. Seattle s team name in the span between the awarding of the nhls 32nd franchise on dec. A brief history of professional hockey in puget sound. The thunderbirds recently won the whl championship in the 20162017 season. 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. 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.
The everett silvertips defeated the seattle thunderbirds 21 friday night at angel of the winds arena. Once home to the erstwhile metropolitans, the city was the first ever in the u. Seattle ron francis has all kinds of eyepopping statistics attached to his hall of fame career. Seattle becomes nhls 32nd team after league unanimously. 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. 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.
But its interesting to dive into the history of seattle ice hockey teams because winning hockey isnt new to this region. Below youll find lists of records set over the years, along with the archived stats from all the teams and players. 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. Hockey in seattle is the story of these men and their teams. We will be providing a free downloadable official game day digital program during the 201920 season. One doesnt need to look far in the past for seattle hockey champions. 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. 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.