Seattle Pride Leader Emerges as NHL Award Finalist

Seattle’s pride hockey league has a name in the NHL award conversation, and that alone says something about how far this story has traveled. The Seattle Times frames the recognition around a league leader who has pushed the operation into a bigger spotlight, even if the full backstory is still tucked behind the curtain. These awards usually reward more than just box-score impact, and this one has the kind of local-rooted angle that can tell you a lot about where the game is growing.