Piper Shaw is the ice-level reporter on Seattle Kraken television broadcasts and a host of the club’s weekly podcast. Piper Shaw has been on Kraken broadcasts since the franchise’s first season in 2021-22, first on ROOT Sports and then on the club’s own Kraken Hockey Network. She came to the NHL from three seasons covering college hockey in Wisconsin.
| Fast facts: Piper Shaw | |
|---|---|
| Known for | Ice-level reporter on Kraken broadcasts since the club’s first season |
| Current role | Ice-level reporter and studio host, Kraken Hockey Network; co-host, Signals From The Deep |
| Employer | Seattle Kraken |
| Hometown | St. Cloud, Minnesota |
| Education | St. Cloud State University, broadcast journalism and interpersonal communication, 2017 |
| Previous roles | Wisconsin Badger hockey on Fox Sports Wisconsin; WMTV Madison; Seattle Storm sideline reporter |
| Hockey connection | Covered Wisconsin college hockey for three seasons before Seattle |
What does Piper Shaw do for the Seattle Kraken?
Piper Shaw reports from ice level on Kraken games, hosts from the studio on selected broadcasts and co-hosts the club’s weekly podcast, Signals From The Deep, with former NHL player JT Brown. When the Kraken introduced their own production arm in September 2024, the club’s announcement named her as one of four voices continuing on air during gameplay, alongside play-by-play announcer John Forslund and analysts Eddie Olczyk and Brown.
Kraken Hockey Network produces every non-national game for KING 5, KONG and a group of regional stations, with streaming on Prime Video, and a small number of Kraken games go out on national television instead. The channels and streams for every Kraken game are in our guide to how to watch the Seattle Kraken, and the national picture is in our guide to how to watch NHL hockey. The Kraken had not published their 2026-27 on-air roster as of mid-September 2026.
How long has Piper Shaw been with the Kraken?
Since before they played a game. Piper Shaw joined the broadcast in the summer of 2021, ahead of the franchise’s inaugural 2021-22 season, and she has been on every Kraken broadcast season since. Her first three came on ROOT Sports, where she also produced and hosted the club show Inside Kraken Hockey, and the last two have come on Kraken Hockey Network.
“They weren’t even named the Kraken at the time,” she told Offside News about joining the Kraken broadcast. “Just the potential opportunity of getting to be part of building something from the ground up was really exciting.”
Through 2025-26 Piper Shaw has done five seasons on Kraken broadcasts, three on ROOT Sports and two on the club’s own network, and 2026-27 would be her sixth.
What did Piper Shaw do before the Kraken?
Piper Shaw ran the news desk at her university’s television station before she ever worked a professional game. She graduated from St. Cloud State University in December 2017 with a double major in broadcast journalism and interpersonal communication, and she started as a night-time news reporter at WMTV in Madison, Wisconsin.
Hockey came next. She spent three seasons as a reporter, host and content producer on Wisconsin Badger hockey broadcasts for Fox Sports Wisconsin, a beat our guide to how to watch college hockey also covers, with national work on Big East basketball and championship volleyball alongside it. She has also worked as a sideline reporter for the WNBA’s Seattle Storm, and she releases her own music.
| Year | Role | Outlet |
|---|---|---|
| To December 2017 | Marketing director, then news director, campus television | St. Cloud State University |
| 2017 to 2018 | Night-time news reporter | WMTV, Madison, Wisconsin |
| 2018 to 2021 | Reporter, host and producer, Badger hockey | Fox Sports Wisconsin |
| 2018 to 2021 | Sideline reporter; national college coverage | Rush Media; FS1 and BEDN |
| 2021 to 2024 | Ice-level reporter; producer and host of Inside Kraken Hockey | ROOT Sports Northwest |
| From 2024-25 | Ice-level reporter, studio host, podcast host | Kraken Hockey Network |
Did Piper Shaw play hockey?
There is no public record of Piper Shaw playing hockey. Her route into the sport was journalism, and it ran through college hockey: she grew up in St. Cloud, Minnesota, a Division I college hockey town, and her first hockey beat was a college one. At the Kraken she interviews players at ice level during games, which is how most of the audience knows her.
Has Piper Shaw won an Emmy?
Yes, more than one. Piper Shaw has won multiple Northwest Regional Emmy Awards, the regional awards run by the Northwest chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The Kraken put her total at three in a March 2025 profile, and a post on her own account that June suggested a fourth.
The nominations are easier to pin down than the wins. The earliest one we could document came in 2022, as producer and host of Inside Kraken Hockey on ROOT Sports. At the 63rd Northwest Regional Emmy Awards, on 30 May 2026, she was credited as reporter on two nominated Kraken entries, the pregame show and the game broadcast itself.
Is Piper Shaw the character from Scream?
No. Piper Shaw is also the name of a character in the Scream television series, which is why searches for the name return so much fiction. The Piper Shaw on this page is a broadcaster, and the search that finds her is “Piper Shaw Kraken”.
How old is Piper Shaw?
She was 21 when she began reporting at WMTV in Madison, straight after graduating in December 2017, which points to a birth year around 1996.
Is Piper Shaw married?
Piper Shaw has not publicly discussed her relationship status, and no reliable source has reported it. It is one of the most searched questions about her, and the public record is empty.
