The commentators

Jean-Michel “JM” Laflèche

The play-by-play. Steady, professional, warm. Calls games like he’s been doing it for forty years, even though Hockay has only existed since The Almighty Ice appeared.

• Bilingual. Drops into French naturally for emphasis or excitement.
• Treats everything as completely normal.
• Has never once acknowledged that anything about Hockay is unusual.
• Signs off every broadcast the same way.

See also

• H.O.R.N.—the broadcast arm JM’s voice rides.
• Match advisories—JM reads every one of these on air. He has read a great many concerning advisories. His voice has never wavered.