He was 83. Mavroudis was a mathematics major at San Francisco State University. What to know: Joins the Kraken from Carolina, where he was head amateur scout for North America. Laura is a Portland, OR, native. On October 11, the Kraken named Mark Giordano the team's first captain. In Asian trading Monday, Tokyos Nikkei 225 index added 0.7% to 29,056.25 and the S&P/ASX 200 in Sydney advanced 0.6% to 7,352.20. [24] Their first shutout win at home was a 30 victory over the San Jose Sharks on April 29, 2022, the final home game of the inaugural season. He served as an Islanders assistant for nine seasons over two stints, plus took over as head coach for parts of three NYI seasons. Joins Jeff Camelio's staff after serving as head equipment trainer for AHL Milwaukee Admirals since 2014-15 and What to know: Well-connected throughout Russia's Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and juniors leagues, plus several other leagues in Europe (Finland, Slovakia, Ukraine). He's done some good line shuffling, including for Game 6. Enter Search Term. What to Know: Played 21 NHL seasons for six teams, including two with GM Ron Francis in Carolina. [53] As their home arena did not open until mid-December 2022, the Firebirds played the first two months of their 202223 season in the Seattle metropolitan area at Climate Pledge Arena before playing their first game at Acrisure Arena on December 18, 2022. Wyshynski: 3-2 Seattle (OT). Dave Baseggio joins the Kraken supremely qualified for the pivotal Director of Professional Scouting role for an expansion team. Penguins fans know the value of players such as Jake Guentzel, Conor Sheary and Bryan Rust during those Cup years in 2016 and 2017; Botterill was a leader in supplying those young contributors among others on the Pittsburgh playoff rosters. The NHL Shield, word mark and image of the Stanley Cup and NHL Conference logos are registered trademarks of the National Hockey League. Not giving the Bruins much space, being tough and competing in front of the net, especially Matthew Tkachuk, who has been terrific in his office. He saw a posting Mandrycky tweeted and thought it would be an interesting opportunity. "We have a spectrum of experience in our scouting group. NHL.com/kraken is the official web site of the Seattle Hockey Partners, LLC d/b/a Seattle Kraken, and cannot be used or reproduced without the prior written consent of Seattle Kraken. Mavroudis said moving forward, their attention will turn toward assisting Chu and Nandakumar with systems that run their models. Botterill worked for the Pittsburgh Penguins during a 10-year stretch in which the team won Stanley Cups in 2009, 2016 and 2017. The Kraken had intended to introduce Buoy around Christmas during the 202122 season, but due to game postponements related to the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, the team decided to wait until prior to the 202223 season instead. ST. LOUIS (AP) Mike Shannon, a two-time World Series winner and longtime St. Louis Cardinals broadcaster, has died. The player with the most mentions in the three stars of each Kraken home game, computed using a points system, wins the Three Stars of the Year Award. Updated series odds, Cup futures Chu and Nandakumars each spent time in professional leagues outside of the NHL. Starred in the 1987 playoffs and Stanley Cup Final for the Flyers. Mathiasen is a hockey operations developer, while Mavroudis is a data engineer. WebVisit ESPN to view the latest Seattle Kraken news, scores, stats, standings, rumors, and more ESPN staff; Ed Mulholland-USA TODAY Sports. Party on PNC Plaza is open to the public and will feature sponsor activations by PNC Bank, Celsius, Bud Light and more, along with games and promotional items from the Dallas Stars Street Squad. It is working with scouts to help make their quality of life easier when they are evaluating prospects. Involved as director of hockey development centers in Finland and Slovakia. OVG employees working with the Kraken must be based in Seattle, WA. Bednar also had to be the one to field questions about Nichushkin's absence after an incident in a Seattle hotel room, because team management has declined to do so. The Cardinals said he Chu was a graduate intern with the NBAs basketball strategy and analytics department. Fun Facts: His parents would take him to watch Rochester of the American Hockey League, and he'd hang over the rail, asking the equipment guys for sticks and tape. So it led to questions. Fitzhugh had previously done play-by-play for the ECHL's Cincinnati Cyclones. ", "I am excited about the prospect of building something from the ground up," said Maciver. We knew the layout of the office. Kraken add ex-Sabres GM Botterill to front office - ESPN But with their seasons on the line, I'm betting on Boston's experience over Florida's gumption. Kraken Signs Forward Carsen Twarynski Seattle Kraken "I know him from our playing days and am pleased to reunite with him. Both Kelsey's parents and Nate's father live in the state of Washington, as well as all their siblings. Recruited by Los Angeles Kings from Germany in part because of his capability to learn new languages. (0:52). Coaching Staff; Seattle Kraken; Front Office; Schedule. Maciver starred for the 1999 International Hockey League champion Houston Aeros in his final professional season and earlier notched four impressive seasons for college hockey powerhouse Minnesota-Duluth, participating in a historic four-overtime NCAA Final in which Bowling Green prevailed. [8] On April 30, 2021, the franchise paid the final installment of the $650 million expansion fee, making the Seattle Kraken the 32nd team of the NHL. The company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Moved to scouting role with Carolina, where he last served as Director of European Scouting. Fun Facts: Known as hockey's most prominent sports performance expert, he trains and develops players and prospects at "Gary Roberts High Performance Centre" in Toronto. All NHL logos and marks and NHL team logos and marks as well as all other proprietary materials depicted herein are the property of the NHL and the respective NHL teams and may not be reproduced without the prior written consent of NHL Enterprises, L.P. "I'm looking forward to working with the diverse and talented group that Ron has assembled. They will take the place of the Arizona Coyotes, moving to the Central. In Asian trading Monday, Tokyos Nikkei 225 index added 0.7% to 29,056.25 and the S&P/ASX 200 in Sydney advanced 0.6% to 7,352.20. [22], The Kraken played their first home game at Climate Pledge Arena on October 23, 2021, a 42 loss to the Vancouver Canucks. Michigan won the NCAA title with Botterill on the roster in 1996. Our joint foundation, One Roof Foundation aims to advance equity and sustainability by increasing opportunities to thrive for our most vulnerable young people and communities. The Second Round of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs at American Airlines Center is presented by Celsius with supporting partner Bud Light. That mentality is clearly helping Florida handle the emotional swings of this series better than the Bruins. His teams won league titles in 2002 and 2009, plus a University Cup title in 2010. FRISCO, Texas -- The National Hockey League announced today the Dallas Stars' schedule for Games 1 and 2 of their 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs Second Round series against the Seattle Kraken, which begins Tuesday, May 2 at American Airlines Center. SEATTLE -- The Seattle Kraken made two more additions to their front office Tuesday, bringing in former Buffalo general manager Jason Botterill as an Yet all five of them have still never been in the same physical space at once. Camelio comes into his first head equipment manager position for an NHL team with 15 seasons and 1,700 professional games as assistant trainer in Nashville. Also coached at Division I Niagara University and Division III Utica. WebOcal: The committee of Kraken scorers: 14 different skaters have goals for Seattle. How has Florida frustrated Boston? DallasStars.com is the official Web site of DSE Hockey Club, L.P. After playing career in Sweden, returned to his first juniors club, HV71, to serve as scout for four seasons. All NHL logos and marks and NHL team logos and marks as well as all other proprietary materials depicted herein are the property of the NHL and the respective NHL teams and may not be reproduced without the prior written consent of NHL Enterprises, L.P. Analytics are not about telling the whole story. Florida has simply stayed in the fight knowing it doesn't have to be perfect; it just has to get it done. Same thing with amateur scouts. The NHL Shield, word mark and image of the Stanley Cup and NHL Conference logos are registered trademarks of the National Hockey League. Kraken Fortify Scouting Staff | NHL.com Use arrows to navigate between autocomplete results. [28], Rod Masters, the organist from the 1977 film Slap Shot, became the organist for the Kraken starting with the team's January 1, 2022 home game. If no results appear, use Enter to do a full site search. WebFront Office . How they each reached this point is another representation of how both hockey is changing and how the Kraken want to embrace that landscape. Designed programs for pro league players and U20 academy (the latter was challenging at first because younger players spoke no English). NHL.com/kraken is the official web site of the Seattle Hockey Partners, LLC d/b/a Seattle Kraken, and cannot be used or reproduced without the prior written consent of Seattle Kraken. We really like them and for the most part, I think they like us! The application of analytics has existed for several years. Seattle wasn't a team of stars this season, but Gourde has emerged for me as one in this series. Seattle Seahawks Staff, Management and Front Office I would say we are involved with more things than a traditional analytics department is at other teams.. Nandakumar was a statistics major who studied economics while minoring in mathematics at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Mavroudis was working at HelloSign, a DropBox company, when he decided to look for a new challenge. Played two seasons with Ron Francis as a teammate, worked closely with Kraken GM on 2014 to 2017 NHL Drafts. It employs 21-50 people and has $5M-$10M of revenue. [72], Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game. Sportsradio 96.7 FM/1310 AM The Ticket is broadcasting all Dallas Stars playoff games featuring the duo of Josh Bogorad and Daryl "Razor" Reaugh. He volunteered for his home single-A minor league baseball team too. He works with a wide range of NHL stars and prospects. Looks forward to the steelhead run and hunting in Pacific Northwest. He won a Stanley Cup with Calgary in this third NHL season. Baseggio steps into the role with formidable and The facility has three rinks and is open to the public. The complete Second Round schedule, including start times and broadcast information, will be announced on Monday, May 1. They've played three straight solid defensive games against a high-octane offense. John will serve as the hockey operations data engineer and was most recently a technical program manager, data engineering at Hellosign a Dropbox Company. What to know: Arrived from Arizona, where he was director of European amateur scouting for Coyotes during the 2019-20 season. I think theres a level of respect. Fun Facts: Grew up in Burien, south of Seattle. All content 2000-2023 RealGM, L.L.C. In the Western Conference, the defending champion Colorado Avalanche are trying to keep their repeat hopes alive against the upstart Seattle Kraken, who are looking to advance in the franchise's second season. We dont have organizational baggage. Youre working on developing on them for three-to-five years down the road for being a significant contributor.. What to Know: This is a feel-good story. Do I put my faith in the best regular-season team (from a standings perspective) in NHL history or the unwavering voodoo of the Presidents' Trophy curse? All Rights Reserved. Prior to joining the Kraken, Nate was the Assistant AD of S&C for Olympic Sports at North Carolina State University, where he supervised the Strength and Conditioning and Sport Science delivery for over 500 student-athletes. Both are wholly impressed with their new Kraken colleagues across the organization. NHL.com/kraken is the official web site of the Seattle Hockey Partners, LLC d/b/a Seattle Kraken, and cannot be used or reproduced without the prior written consent of Seattle Kraken. [5], The NHL Board of Governors voted unanimously to approve Seattle's expansion team on December 4, 2018, to begin play in the 202122 season as a member of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference. Seattle Kraken: Employee Directory | ZoomInfo.com How the Seattle Kraken built a scouting staff virtually [6], On July 23, 2020, the franchise announced their team name, the Seattle Kraken, as well as their team colors, branding, and home jersey. Earned master's degree in sport and exercise science while at Minnesota. The Hall of Fame center was explaining the importance of spacing. The 23-year-old was the team's expansion choice from the Philadelphia Flyers. Giordano played his 1,000th career NHL game for the Kraken on March 5, 2022, becoming the first player to reach 1,000 career games as a member of the team. It was an expansive process that finished with the hiring of Dani Chu, Eric Mathiasen, John Mavroudis and Namita Nandakumar. Fun fact: Worked for University of Minnesota men's hockey team as a student to create a new analytics and in-game statistics for player analysis. He was at Microsoft, working on the cloud and artificial intelligence organization along with business analytics when he applied to work at the Kraken. Seattle Man charged with murder in death of woman last seen at Not to be outdone by the opening of NHL training camps this week, the Seattle Kraken announced two more additions to their front office with the hirings of former What to Know: Joins Jeff Camelio's staff after serving as head equipment trainer for AHL Milwaukee Admirals since 2014-15 and earlier seasons as assistant. Those Carolina seasons were during Roberts' comeback from a severe neck injury that nearly forced him to retire at age 30. "People are drawn to the Seattle organization because of Ron's professionalism, how articulate he is and how much he cares. He was 83. Kraken William Whitecaught the attention of Kraken assistant general manager Ricky Olczyk when given the opportunity to scout some NHL games last season. Kraken The team honored him at the Kraken's next home game, shortly before trading him to the Toronto Maple Leafs. GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, The team is owned by Seattle Hockey Partners, an organization consisting of David Bonderman, Jerry Bruckheimer and Tod Leiweke. Kraken Fun Facts: He assisted on New York Islanders teammate Bob Nystrom's famed May 24, 1980 goal that won the first of four straight Stanley Cups for the Islanders dynasty of the 1980s. Can the Presidents' Trophy winners avoid becoming the latest NHL team with the best regular-season record to flop in the postseason? Eric joins as the hockey operations developer and was most recently a senior technical designer at Microsoft. Chu concentrates on professional players already in the AHL or the NHL. He will work in collaboration with the team's medical staff to implement the organization's injury prevention, maintenance and recovery programs for all Kraken players and will oversee the athletic training staff. Hundreds applied for the opportunity. Exclusive team agreement with Kraken to work with NHLers and young players, plus consult on building the Kraken training facilities and nutrition programs. What's more, Botterill is the only Canadian to ever win a gold medal in three straight World Junior Hockey Championships. Also graduate assistant trainer with University of Minnesota Big 10 baseball team. Try a week on us. In most cases, an analytics team is tasked with adjusting a pro evaluating or pro scouting process that has been in place for decades. The Seattle Kraken will begin their inaugural season in 2021 at Climate Pledge Arena. What to Know: Moves to Seattle from Penn State NCAA Division I hockey program, where he serve as head trainer since June 2012. The Kraken are in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference and began play during the league's 202122 season. Fun Facts: Looks forward to kayaking in the Pacific Northwest. Father Eddie Olczyk played 16 seasons in NHL (top analyst for Turner Sports) and nephew of Kraken assistant GM Ricky Olczyk. The National Hockey League announced today the Dallas Stars' schedule for Games 1 and 2 of their 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs Second Round series against the Just look at some Kraken hockey operations personnel, for example. [56], For their inaugural season, the Kraken's ECHL affiliate was the Texas-based Allen Americans;[57] they were replaced by the Kansas City Mavericks in that capacity for the 2022-23 season.[58]. Mathiasen spent his career at marketing agencies designing and developing websites. Playing at Climate Pledge Arena, the most sustainable arena in the world, we want to provide a memorable experience every night and make fans for life. Our reporters and analysts are here to answer those very questions: Clark: Philipp Grubauer. As head coach at MIT for four seasons, he won two championships in the Northeast Collegiate Hockey Association. I don't know if it's injuries or the weight of the Presidents' Trophy or what, but the Bruins have done a remarkable number of un-Bruins-like things to push this to seven games. In July 2020, the Kraken's name and branding were revealed. Captained Western Michigan for three seasons, including a Central Collegiate Hockey Association championship year (1986) when MacDonald scored 38 goals in 42 games as a senior. World-Class PerformanceThe Seattle Kraken will be supported by an off-ice team of professionals that will oversee everything from player equipment to strength and conditioning to video analysis. [25], The Kraken use the horn from the MV Hyak ferry boat as their goal horn. Instead of the honored players tossing conventional souvenir pucks or sticks to the fans, they threw a plush stuffed toy sockeye salmon into the crowd to mimic Seattle's Pike Place Market fish toss and what the Northwest wild-caught salmon represents to the state of Washington. Its moving toward that one percent improvement, that two percent improvement over whatever competition you are facing or whatever product change you are trying to make. Kraken All led by a rising NHL front-office star. Contests & Promotions He additionally played five seasons in the American Hockey League (282 points in 315 games). Seattle Hockey Partners, LLC are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Mathiasen initially read the job description as something in marketing. Panthers' empty net goal seals win and forces Game 7 (0:52), Who wins Avalanche-Kraken? Front office executives always have some sort of plan for the future. The company is headquartered in Seattle, Everyone is coming into this with the idea of: We want to do the best we can. It was cool when our first pro scouts meeting in person and I was there in January. All Rights Reserved. Fun fact: This is Robert's third NHL expansion or relocation experience. We're thrilled they are joining us on this journey.". Many of these Panthers remember how it feels to be under pressure as Presidents' Trophy winners. The Kraken forward does it all: game-winning goals, blocked shots, takeaways, stick checks, forechecks, backchecks. Also worked in now defunct International Hockey League with Flint, MI, franchise. "Jason brings a great deal of experience and has worked with some of the best in the business," said Francis, referring to NHL GMs such as Jim Rutherford (also a Francis mentor), Cliff Fletcher and Ray Shero (who hired Botterill in Pittsburgh). Its amazing to see the buy-in that we are getting and going from there and were starting to look at these interesting analytical pieces and how they fit into the bigger picture.. I don't want to take anything away from what the Panthers have done here -- especially the part where Tkachuk basically took over the series. [27], After their first win at home against the Montreal Canadiens on October 26, the Kraken featured a new postgame tradition during the "Three Stars of the Game" ceremony. Were also looking at player development as well.. Ron Francis and Rick Olczyk had one, too. All NHL logos and marks and NHL team logos and marks as well as all other proprietary materials depicted herein are the property of the NHL and the respective NHL teams and may not be reproduced without the prior written consent of NHL Enterprises, L.P. Spent three seasons scouting for the Sioux City Musketeers in the USHL. Mandrycky said a front office that uses analytics to assist in evaluating a trade differs from the Krakens philosophy of having analytics be involved in every facet of hockey operations. Started his hockey odyssey as a stick boy for the Seattle Thunderbirds in the late 1980s and worked as a game day assistant for the Tacoma Rockets. There's little reason to think there won't be tons of goals, given the Bruins and Panthers have averaged a combined 8.4 per game since Game 1. You have five people kind of doing a little bit of everything and just trying to get what we used to call our minimum viable product out into the world, Mavroudis said. That means a ton of work building models and from the scouts perspective, watching games and bringing up all of this information and analysis to figure out what is our plan for the expansion draft and what is our plan for the amateur draft?. Oak View Group, LLC (OVG) is the partnerships sales and services provider of the Seattle Kraken and Climate Pledge Arena, and an affiliated entity. The Stanley Cup. His Michigan teammates included future NHLers such as forwards Brendan Morrison and John Madden and goalie Marty Turco. Fun Fact: Nate and Kelsey met while in high school and both attended Central Washington as student-athletes. Greg Wyshynski, NHL reporter: Capitalizing on mistakes. Use arrows to navigate between autocomplete results. Arda Ocal, NHL analyst: Being physical -- every Panthers player had at least one hit in Game 1, and that's been a theme. One of the reasons why Mandrycky and her staff have so much work goes back to the fact they are laying the original framework. But there are still those opposed to using it. [34] On his Spittin' Chiclets podcast, Paul Bissonnette called Buoy "the ugliest mascot of all time". DeSantis has this advantage over Trump in 2024. Few are talking Youre building intelligence across the organization, understanding the problem you are tackling and then coming up with solutions, Mavroudis said. With the Eagles, it was looking for a possession receiver playing in a Power 5 conference like the SEC or a FCS conference such as the Southland. I'd be delighted to be proved wrong here, though. He and wife, Brooke, have three boys (8, 4 and 2). Also an experienced football athletic trainer in the B1G, SEC and NFL. We are building a championship organization that serves our fans, community and business partners through world class sports and entertainment. As details become available on the playoff schedule, tickets, home games, watch parties and events, they will be posted on DallasStars.com. His experience includes scouting for the AHL Manitoba Moose and serving as a hockey program administrator developing adult and youth leagues internationally. "You're only as good as your mentors," said Botterill, who has received a lot of credit from those mentors about finding and developing young players who push a team toward championship caliber while staying under the league's salary cap. front office WHEN IS THIS HAPPENING? Use arrows to navigate between autocomplete results. Copyright 2020. We have to do a lot of research from the scouting side and the R&D side to even decide who our first-ever roster is going to be. What to know: Entering his 22nd season as an NHL scout, including four for Calgary, 13 for Anaheim (including four years as head scout), last four with Buffalo as assistant director of amateur scouting. Seattle Times staff reporter Mike Lindblom contributed to this report. They each had a statistics background but were also hockey fans whose respective works were displayed on Twitter and widely respected within the analytics community. After leaving Buffalo, Botterill, now 46, found safe harbor with the expansion Seattle Kraken as assistant general manager on the staff of general manager Ron Francis. In this case our minimum viable product is our intelligence around these players.. He started doing that on the business side where he was doing analytics and engineering for predicting projected revenue and figuring out ways to improve certain products. [17] The Kraken finished their inaugural season in last place in the Pacific Division with a 27496 record and 60 points. Ocal: 3-2 Seattle. John Goodwin comes with extensive coaching experience in OHL juniors, including four seasons as assistant coach and three seasons as head coach