The Seattle Kraken named Everett Fitzhugh as the team's broadcaster on Friday, the team announced.
Fitzhugh will become the NHL's first Black full-time team play-by-play broadcaster, according to NHL.com.
The 31-year-old Fitzhugh most recently spent the past five seasons with the ECHL’s Cincinnati Cyclones, an affiliate of the Buffalo Sabres. In addition to providing radio play-by-play, he handled all matters related to broadcasting as well as media-relations duties for the club..
“As someone who’s worked in hockey for over a decade and who has a long-held passion for broadcasting hockey, to be named a part of the broadcast and content team for a brand-new NHL franchise — particularly one with an organization as strong as the Kraken — is a dream come true,” Fitzhugh said in a release.