In my 21, almost 22 years of life I’ve never watched a single NHL Game (I’m a heavy NFL & NBA guy. Go Seahawks 💚💙 & Go Warriors 💛💙). Hockey has always been lower down my radar than the other two aforementioned sports. Earlier today, I came across a post with the Kraken’s extremely badass logo and decided to look into the matter and this more. I learned that they’re a relatively new NHL Team/Franchise founded in 2021 which fascinated me even more.

Coincidentally enough, they were scheduled to play against The Bruins today so I thought; “What The Hell? Why not give a sport I had long neglected my entire life a shot.” And sure enough, I have no regrets. In the last hour or so leading into the start of the game, I began to self educate myself on the basics and general rules of Hockey (which was surprisingly pretty easy since some, if not, all of the rules and terms are practically the same as the NBA’s rules and terms). To make things even more sweeter and intriguing, I realized The Kraken also plays in The old *Key Arena*, Now known as the *Climate Pledge Arena* , the former home as Seattle’s beloved *Seattle SuperSonics.*

The Kraken were awesome and dominated most of the game against the Bruins, and I enjoyed hearing the Seattle Fans cheering and having a good time (which i eventually did via TV). They even played three prominent WWE Themes during the game; Nickelback’s *Burn It To The Ground* (Monday Night Raw’s theme from 2009-2012), Motor Head’s (RIP) *The Game* (The Iconic theme of Triple H* and finally Saliva’s *Ladies & Gentlemen* (The theme of WrestleMania 23).

Learning more and more about the team’s players, staff, etc as we speak. Also getting tickets to The Kraken’s game against the Islanders later this month since I live in New York City and overall about an hour away from the Islanders Arena.

I’m looking forward to progressing as a Seattle Krakens fan & interacting more on this Subreddit!

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  3. What a great first game!!! Welcome to the deep, we’re glad to have you!! Feel free to join us in our game day threads and ask any questions that come to mind! This is the best community 🩵🦑

  5. Aww this is nice! Welcome from another NYC area fan! They play the Rangers at MSG and the Devils at Prudential Center next week if you’re interested in seeing them play sooner.

  8. welcome to the deep!! we’re always happy to introduce new fans to the sport 🩵

  11. WELCOME TO THE SQUID CULT

    (Also as a life long die hard wrestling fan, I also frequently point out the wrestling references our DJ seems to favor lol)

  12. Welcome! I started as a hockey fan with the Kraken, too, and I feel like I was missing out for most of my life. I’m still learning new, awesome, unique things about the sport (hint: look up EBUG’s, you won’t be sorry!).

    One important thing to know is that our announcing team is hands down the best in the league. In the middle of the game John and JT or Eddie will start debating about sandwiches or something, but somehow manage not to drop the play-by-play. It’s wildly entertaining. THAT’S KRAKEN HOCKEY, BABY!

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