VANCOUVER, B.C. – Tod Leiweke and Jerry Bruckheimer spent the final morning of the NHL draft enjoying breakfast with their incoming Seattle franchise’s newest hockey operations hire.

SEATTLE (AP) — The arena for Seattle’s new NHL franchise won’t be completed until late spring or summer of 2021, but that shouldn’t have any impact on the expansion team’s first season.

SEATTLE — If the new Seattle XFL franchise was looking to making a splash with its first hire, it made a cannonball.

Two Seattle hoops legends will be involved in the 2019 All-Star celebrity game that kicks off the NBA All-Star weekend. The 2018 WNBA champion Seattle Storm’s Sue Bird will coach the away team, led by former Sonics star and fellow UConn Husky Ray Allen.

SEATTLE — A group fronted by entrepreneur Chris Hansen has written the Seattle City Council and Mayor Jenny Durkan reiterating its wish to create an alternative NBA arena option in Sodo.

SEA ISLAND, Ga. — It was impossible not to feel the ghosts of Lester and Frank Patrick present today as Seattle was awarded the National Hockey League’s 32nd franchise.

SEATTLE — Seattle will finally be awarded a National Hockey League expansion franchise next week, after which the owners can simply sit back and ring in the profits, right?

NEW YORK — NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said Tuesday the league’s executive committee voted 9-0 to forward Seattle’s expansion bid to a full board of governors vote in December, clearing the way for a 32nd franchise by October 2020.

SEATTLE — This week marks the start of a new National Hockey League season and very likely a new era for the circuit in Seattle.

SEATTLE — The Seattle City Council unanimously approved plans for a privately funded $700 million renovation of KeyArena on Monday, clearing one of the last major hurdles in the city’s bid to land an expansion NHL franchise.

SEATTLE — The NBA is officially returning to Seattle … for a game, at least.

SEATTLE — Lonnie Shelton, the starting power forward and defensive enforcer for the Sonics team that won the city’s only NBA title in 1979, has died at the age of 62. Shelton passed away Sunday night in Westminster, Calif. after battling health issues since suffering a heart attack on May 5,…

SEATTLE — Would-be Seattle hockey owners David Bonderman and Jerry Bruckheimer say the NHL assured them that any expansion team here could be built under the same draft rules as a highly successful first-year Las Vegas franchise.

By EVAN WEBECK

Seattle University had no idea what it was getting.

SEATTLE — A group led by billionaire David Bonderman and Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer on Tuesday filed an application for an NHL expansion team to play at a revamped KeyArena.

SEATTLE — During this 100th anniversary year of the Seattle Metropolitans winning the Stanley Cup, the NHL announced an expansion process Thursday that likely will lead to the city gaining the league’s 32nd franchise.

SEATTLE — In swift, workmanlike fashion, the Seattle City Council on Monday approved a deal for a $600?million renovation of KeyArena that could soon attract an NHL team and possibly an NBA franchise down the road.

SEATTLE — A group proposing to build an arena for NBA and NHL use in the Seattle’s Sodo District offered Thursday to renovate KeyArena into a mid-sized concert venue.

SEATTLE — KeyArena and its iconic roof have officially been designated for local historical landmark status, meaning any renovation of it must take specific steps to leave certain elements intact.

SEATTLE — In a surprising move Sunday, the Seattle Partners group withdrew its $521 million offer to renovate KeyArena for NBA and NHL use.

SEATTLE — Legendary former Sonics coach Lenny Wilkens is one of 11 community leaders named Thursday as part of a new advisory panel to explore the viability of renovating KeyArena for NBA and NHL use.

SEATTLE — Ron Jones Sr. once estimated he built more than 500 boats in many different classes of racing.

SEATTLE — This unfolding Seattle arena situation is more of a family affair than you might think. For evidence, just scout the attendees at certain holiday dinner tables.