Kraken Close Out 2024 with Win over Utah Hockey Club
12/30/2024 (Seattle, WA) Jaden Schwartz tallied a goal and two assists while new addition Kappo Kakko chipped in with two helpers, to hand the Seattle Kraken a 5-2 win over…
Kraken Rally From the Depths of Defeat; Stun Canucks in OT
12/28/2024 (Vancouver, BC) The Seattle Kraken came into Vancouver on the verge of a six game losing streak. The indicators were plentiful, a 4-1 deficit with five minutes seemed to…
Kraken Head into Break on Five Game Skid
Written by Marcus Sledge Saturday: LAS VEGAS — The Vegas Golden Knights jumped out to an early lead and never looked back, defeating the Seattle Kraken 6-2 at T-Mobile Arena…
HS Boys Hoops: 2024 Curtis Winter Classic; Mount Spokane Takes Down Kentwood, Wins 2nd CWC
12/19/2024 (University Place, WA) This is the 7th Curtis Winter Classic and another great line-up of schools participating. Over the years there have now been teams from 6 states and…
Memorial Service announced for longtime Tumwater Wrestling & Football Coach Pat Alexander
12/24/2024 (Tumwater, WA) Pat Alexander passed away this week and the response from the thousands of athletes, students and others has been overwhelming to his family. Alexander spent 40+ years…
Kraken Stymied By Blackhawks, Drop 3rd Straight
Written By Marcus Sledge CHICAGO — Ilya Mikheyev continued his hot streak, scoring twice to lead the Chicago Blackhawks to a 3-1 win over the Seattle Kraken at the United…
Kraken Acquire Kappo Kakko from New York Rangers for Will Borgen and Draft Picks
12/18/2024 The Seattle Kraken acquired forward Kappo Kakko in a trade with the New York Rangers on Wednesday night. The Kraken sent defenseman Will Borgen and a third and sixth…
HS Girl’s Basketball: Olivia Collins’ 24 Points Highlight Sumner’s Major Win over Emerald Ridge
12/18/2024 (Sumner, WA) SPSL Powerhouses collided in Sumner Wednesday evening, where the Emerald Ridge Jaguars faced the Sumner Spartans in a battle of (4-0) teams in the SPSL North. Thanks…
Professor DW Football Pick ’em Challenge Winner for Week #15 Mark Westley!
12/18/24 For the first time this season we have a back-to-back winner as Mark Westley had a tremendous week for his second consecutive win in Professor DW’s Football Pick ’em…
HS Basketball: Puyallup Adds To Undefeated Season With Home Victory Over Curtis
12/18/24 Puyallup Vikings 19/20/18/16 – 73 Curtis Vikings 7/13/10/19 – 49 (Puyallup, WA) Even though it’s still early in the year, the action continues to heat up, especially with another…
Curtis Winter Classic 2024 Preview
12/17/24 (University Place, WA) One of our holiday traditions at ESN is going up to University Place and Curtis High School for the annual Curtis Winter Classic. Three days and…
HS Football: Longtime Tumwater Coach Pat Alexander Passes Away
12/17/2024 Pat Alexander stood next to Tumwater legendary Head Football Coach Sid Otton for 41 of Otton’s 43 years at Tumwater. Alexander was also the long time Head Wrestling Coach…
HS Football: Eli’s All-State Football Championship Team other Awards
12/13/2024 The Eli Sports Network crew has compiled our All-State Championship Football team based only on last week’s Championship games. Players from all 12 teams are eligible. Our picks are…
HS Boys Basketball: Curtis Holds Off Late Sumner Push In SPSL Battle
12/13/24 Curtis Vikings 57, Sumner Spartans 50 Sumner 10 15 10 15 – 50 Curtis 15 15 16 11 – 57 (University Place, WA) With only a handful of games…
Grubauer Shines; Bjorkstrand Pots Two as Kraken Rout Bruins
12/12/2024 Oliver Bjorkstrand scored two goals and Philipp Grubauer put on a show making 33 saves. In a full 60 minute effort, the Kraken defeated the Boston Bruins 5-1. The…
HS Football: 2024 Championships truly a one of a kind Year! A deeper look into all 6 Champions
12/12/2024 The 2024 State Football Championships wrapped up last Saturday and in each game there were these tremendous side stories like we’ve never seen before. Historic wins for 2 coaches,…
Seattle Kraken Founding Owner David Bonderman Passes Away
12/11/2024 The Seattle Kraken announced Wednesday their founding owner David Bonderman passed away at the age of 82. Those who knew him well referred to him as “Bondo”. Bonderman’s passion…
Kraken Scratch and Claw against Panthers; Lose in a Shootout
12/10/2024 Written by Marcus Sledge SEATTLE – Aleksander Barkov played a pivotal role in the Florida Panthers’ 2-1 shootout victory over the Seattle Kraken at Climate Pledge spoiling the Kraken’s…
HS Boys Basketball: Puyallup Dominates Emerald Ridge From the Start
12/10/2024 Puyallup 70, Emerald Ridge 44 Emerald Ridge 9 11 7 17 44 Puyallup 20 17 13 20 70 Early and often, the Puyallup Vikings put on a clinic of…
Professor DW Football Pick ’em Challenge Winner for Week #14 Mark Westley!
12/10/24 We had quite the nailbiter this week in Professor DW’s Football Pick ’em Challenge as a three-way tie atop the leaderboard took it to the tiebreaker. It looked like…