Note: This is the fourth and final video with Seattle Kraken TV voice John Forslund.
High above the rink at NHL arenas, Kraken play-by-play man John Forslund also uses ICE.
No, Forslund and broadcast partners Eddie Olczyk and J.T. Brown don’t have to lace up their skates inside the booth. Putting out a quality live sports broadcast already has a high enough degree of difficulty. And even though they shuttle between the U.S. and Canada, the acronym has nothing to do with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, either.
For Forslund, I.C.E. is a fans-first philosophy of broadcasting, which he’s honed over four decades of calling hockey games. He explains it in this Kraken Reaction.