Brown bears commonly feast on salmon in the Brooks River in Katmai National Park, gobbling them as they leap upstream over Brooks Falls to spawn. The park, nearly 300 miles southwest of Anchorage and inaccessible by road, is home to the annual “Fat Bear Week” contest celebrating the bears as they fatten up for the winter.

Seattle Kraken forward John Hayden and the team’s blue-haired troll mascot had a close call with a grizzly bear during a promotional video shoot in Alaska. Hayden and the mascot named Buoy were on a flyfishing outing in Katmai National Park on a trip promoting youth hockey.

SEATTLE — Seattle Kraken forward John Hayden and the team’s blue-haired troll mascot had a close call with a brown bear during a promotional video shoot in Alaska. Hayden and the mascot named Buoy wer