BOBBLECAST

SEATTLE GAME DAY

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The first show posts on the next game day.

Meet the crew

Ian Furnace

Studio host

Ian hosts like it's a rainy afternoon in a coffee shop. With hockey.

Grab a coffee, it's raining, it's hockey.

Known for: Answers a disaster or a bad stat with one flat coffee tasting note, one or two a show

Picks on Piper Shore: Ian cuts Piper off right before her best detail most nights, telling her to dock it there.

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  • Drinks seven coffees a show
  • Hosts with an umbrella nearby

Alison Lookahead

Studio analyst

Alison brings the data, every time, and a chart to back it up.

The data says otherwise.

Known for: Brings a new chart each show and explains its axes before the point

Picks on Brett Festival: Alison argues at length with a fresh chart and keeps losing to Brett's four-word gut calls, which her chart then proves.

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  • Has a chart for every player
  • Brings a tablet full of graphs

Brett Festival

Studio analyst

Brett trusts his gut. His gut doesn't do charts.

I don't need a chart, I can feel it.

Known for: Calls the answer in four words before Alison's chart loads, and is right

Picks on Alison Lookahead: Brett needles Alison on purpose by asking whether her chart can feel it, and wins every exchange by saying less.

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  • Has never looked at a chart
  • Trusts his gut on everything, including lunch

John Forthsound

Play-by-play

John brings classic, folksy charm to every broadcast.

Hey hey, whaddya know!

Known for: Greets someone in the building who doesn't need greeting (the linesman, the backup goalie, an usher) with a folksy hello, at most once a show

Picks on JT Frownie: John corrects JT's botched goal re-calls flatly, then says hey hey anyway.

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  • Has called games for decades
  • Says hello to every usher

JT Frownie

Color analyst

JT brings energy and loves a hard-working shift.

That's a hard-working play, love it!

Known for: Praises the effort on a play that went horribly, one a show

Picks on John Forthsound: JT high-fives John's corrections as great hustle, which makes them impossible to land.

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  • Has never had a lazy shift, he says
  • Brings smoothies to the booth
  • Grew up in a small Pacific Northwest town where the nearest ice was an hour's drive away

Piper Shore

Rinkside reporter

Piper reports from ice level with a breezy, ferry-ride vibe.

All aboard for the latest from ice level!

Known for: Turns the night's worst news into a weather-at-sea announcement, one a show

Picks on Ian Furnace: Piper treats every cut-off as rough seas, and resents that Ian always drops anchor right before the good part.

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  • Keeps a ship's bell at her rinkside spot
  • Has a sailor's hat in her bag

Tap a host to hear from them. All characters are fictional parodies.