Seattle is unleashing the Kraken.
Nearly 20 months after the NHL announced it had approved a Seattle expansion team, the new franchise announced its new name and unveiled a logo on Thursday.
"We met deposit day with 32,000 passionate fans and scores of prospective team names," the team announced on its website. "One in particular emerged quickly as the frontrunner. Two years later, and that same name still carries the conversation. 215,000 fan votes, 50+ fan forums & speaking engagements and over 12 months of social media listening have supported this phenomenon—Seattle is the Kraken.