They are a member of the United States Premier Hockey League and play their home games at Olympic View Arena in Mountlake Terrace, Washington.

The franchise was founded in 2005 as the Kent Crusaders in the Northern Pacific Hockey League (NorPac).

Seattle finished the 2007–08 regular season first place overall in the NorPac and are three time Pacific Division Champions- 2007–08, 2008–09, and 2009–10.

[4] After the rest of the WSHL ceased operations during the 2021–22 season, the Totems franchise joined the Premier Division of the United States Premier Hockey League (USPHL), another independent junior league.

The Jr. Totems have had a number of alumni move on to NCAA Division I, NCAA Division III, and higher levels of junior ice hockey and the NHL.