Alex Faust, who filled in for Jack Edwards on NESN’s broadcast of the Bruins’ preseason opener against the Rangers last Sunday, probably sounded familiar, even if perhaps it took a moment to recall from where.
The 34-year-old Northeastern graduate has called all sorts of sports in New England before and since establishing himself as a top-notch NHL play-by-play voice. Among his assignments: He called college basketball and served as the lead Hockey East announcer on NESN, and in 2019 he filled in occasionally for Dave O’Brien on Red Sox broadcasts.
But Faust is best known on the opposite coast, where he spent six seasons as the television play-by-play voice of the Los Angeles Kings before his position, absurdly, was eliminated in June when the Kings’ radio and TV broadcasts were condensed into one production.