What to Know: Nate Brookreson joined the Seattle Kraken as the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach in November of 2020. In his role, Nate will be tasked with developing a strategic process for the performance training and monitoring processes implemented with the team. Prior to joining the Kraken, Nate was the Assistant AD of S&C for Olympic Sports at North Carolina State University, where he supervised the Strength and Conditioning and Sport Science delivery for over 500 student-athletes. Prior to NC State, Nate worked in a director role at the University of Memphis and Eastern Washington University. He graduated with an undergraduate degree in Exercise Science from Central Washington University, where he was a member of the football team and included on the 2000-10 All-Decade Team, and he received his Masters degree from Eastern Washington University. He is a certified strength and conditioning coach (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. He is married to Kelsey and has two boys, Brock and Blaise.

Fun Fact: Nate and Kelsey met while in high school and both attended Central Washington as student-athletes. Both Kelsey's parents and Nate's father live in the state of Washington, as well as all their siblings.

What to Know: Joins the Kraken from Eisbaren Hockey Club Berlin, where he served as head of strength and conditioning for four years. Designed programs for pro league players and U20 academy (the latter was challenging at first because younger players spoke no English). Recruited by the Los Angeles Kings from Germany in part because of his capability to learn new languages. He speaks fluent Russian, Ukrainian, English, and now German. Previous roles with Michigan Tech (football and basketball) and BYU (football).

Fun Facts: Learned to speak Ukrainian on his two-year Mormon mission. Looks forward to the steelhead run and hunting in the Pacific Northwest. He and his wife, Brooke, have three boys (8, 4 and 2).

What to Know: Worked his way up through three tiers of professional hockey, spending time in both the ECHL and AHL before finally arriving at the NHL. Spent three seasons as an assistant with the Capitals in D.C. before joining the Kraken for his first NHL head athletic trainer position. Also an experienced football athletic trainer in the B1G, SEC and NFL.

Fun Facts: Grew up playing hockey in Michigan. During his traditional summer day as a Cup winner in 2018, he chose to go to his hometown where he and his wife Laura took their 18-month old daughter for her first-ever dish of ice cream. The dish? The Stanley Cup. The ice cream? From the local Dairy Queen. The very same one where Booi worked his first-ever job. Laura is a Portland, OR, native.

What to Know: Becomes part of Mike Booi's staff following two seasons with AHL Iowa Wild. Previous positions include resident athletic trainer for the 2019 NCAA national champion University of Minnesota-Duluth men's hockey team. Also graduate assistant trainer with the University of Minnesota Big 10 baseball team. Earned master's degree in sport and exercise science while at Minnesota.

Fun Facts: Has served as an athletic trainer for USA Hockey development programs, plus a similar role with USA Baseball for the U18 team during preparation for their gold medal run at the 2018 Pan American Games.

What to Know: Pronounced "Cah-MEE-lee-oh." Camelio comes into his first head equipment manager position for an NHL team with 15 seasons and 1,700 professional games as an assistant trainer in Nashville. First trainer job with ECHL's South Carolina Stingrays at age 21, next stop Bridgeport of AHL. When expansion Nashville joined the NHL in 1998-99, Pete Rogers was named equipment manager and invited Camelio to the Predators' inaugural training camp as an assistant before starting his ECHL job, so it won't be the first time the Kraken trainer has been involved with the birth of an NHL team.

Fun Facts: His parents would take him to watch Rochester of the American Hockey League, and he'd hang over the rail, asking the equipment guys for sticks and tape. He got to know equipment manager Rogers and became a stick boy, then an assistant at age 14.

What to Know: Joins Jeff Camelio's staff after serving as head equipment trainer for AHL Milwaukee Admirals since 2014-15 and earlier seasons as assistant. Also worked in the now-defunct International Hockey League with the Flint, MI, franchise. Took on quite the change-of-pace year to be equipment manager for Medvescak Zagreb of Russia's Kontinental Hockey League.

Fun Facts: Got his start filling water bottles and then as a stick boy with the West Coast Hockey League team in Bakersfield, CA. He volunteered for his home single-A minor league baseball team too. Moving back to the West with his wife, Krysta, 2-year-old son, and two dogs.