This episode features Everett Fitzhugh, the voice of the NHL’s Seattle Kraken. Topics of discussion include:
- The official pronunciation for the plural form of Kraken.
- Offseason prep and preseason rituals.
- Why he doesn’t take a break from hockey after the season is over.
- What he worked on to improve in
- What it means to be the first and only African American play-by-play broadcaster in the NHL.
- The added pressure of being the only African American broadcaster.
- How he decides what to describe an what to let go in a fast moving hockey broadcast on the radio.
- Developing the economy of words to be descriptive in hockey.
- The value of listening to non-hockey broadcasters to improve his hockey call.
- Describing and identifying action in front of the net.
- Creating windows in a broadcast for a hockey analyst on the radio.
- Getting hired during the Covid 19 pandemic and waiting over a year to actually do a game.
- Covering a team in their inaugural season with no history to draw from.
- Balancing the need to educate new fans vs annoying hard core hockey fans in a new hockey market.
- The most memorable milestones he’s been on the call for.
- Living the minor league hockey grind.
- The importance of being more than just a broadcaster early in your career.
- He shares some of his favorite broadcast horror stories.
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