The Climate Pledge Arena crowd in attendance for the Seattle Kraken's first two Stanley Cup Playoff games in franchise history will have a much more academic feel to it.
Kraken forward Joonas Donskoi stopped by some Seattle-area schools to give out some free tickets to some dedicated teachers -- who are also dedicated Kraken fans. The Kraken shared a video of Donskoi, joined by mascot Buoy, on social media.
Schools out for PLAYOFFS 🦑
Joonas Donskoi visited local schools around Seattle & surprised teachers & staff with #SeaKraken playoff tickets! Their reactions are everything 🥹 pic.twitter.com/h89vE3eaPr
Reaction of the educators ranged from shock to jubilation as Donskoi and Buoy told them what was happening. The end of the video showed one group of teachers all together as they shouted "Let's go Kraken!" The team overlayed a sentence for the teachers that said "Thank you for ALL that you do."