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Watching the dramatic first-round series against the Vegas Golden Knights on TV, Gavartin relied on Hahn to transport the excitement unfolding in the arena back to him and his family on his living room couch. Years later, just thinking about Hahn calling that Game 7 overtime gave Gavartin goosebumps.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“We were so emotional,” he remembered. “With the Sharks and Randy Hahn, it was like we were all together on this. We were like buddies, watching the game together.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-18-KQED-bc7914c7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108421\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-18-KQED-bc7914c7.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-18-KQED-bc7914c7-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-18-KQED-bc7914c7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Play-by-play announcer Randy Hahn commentates during the San José Sharks game against the Vancouver Canucks at SAP Center in San José on Oct. 29, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But as the Sharks advanced through the playoffs, then to the conference final, Gavartin noticed something strange: his buddy, Randy Hahn, was no longer behind the microphone calling the games. The national network wanted one of their own announcers to make the postseason calls. It was a voice Gavartin didn’t know.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It was not the same as listening to Randy Hahn,” he said. “It’s some other guy who was ‘meh, okay.’ Like, he didn’t go through what we went through.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gavartin wondered what many fans across many teams have wondered over the years: why did his beloved announcer disappear from the airwaves right when the team hit the peak of success? The question is not unique to the NHL. The phenomenon occurs across all sports during the postseason. But to truly understand why national TV networks install their own announcers for the most high-profile games, it is important, first, to understand why that decision leaves so many fans feeling so bereft. The fans of Randy Hahn, and the generations-worth of love and loyalty they hold for him, offer the perfect case study to reveal the answer.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">‘A roller coaster ride wrapped up in a soap opera’\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On game days, the ice rink at San José’s SAP Center, aka the Shark Tank, is full of teal-clad fans. After the 2019 playoffs, the Sharks entered a drought and spectatorship dwindled amid the teams’ losses. But since acquiring the teenage phenom Macklin Celebrini in 2024, attendance at home games is again respectable; last year they filled the arena to 93% capacity on average and had 22 sellouts. For the Sharks home game against the Chicago Blackhawks last spring, every fan milling by the hot dog and beer stands, young or old, knew Hahn and had something to say about what made him a living legend.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“He’s a Sharks encyclopedia,” said Tristan Nickey, who grew up in San José, but now lives in Idaho where he watches Hahn call the games on ESPN+. “He’s got all these stats that he’s always giving out, and it makes the whole game enjoyable.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For 18-year-old Mia Dimmock, who started watching hockey a few years ago after seeing a clip on TikTok, Hahn explains things in a way that makes the game accessible to newbies. He shares details about players that bring them to life. He’s at every home game and every away game. He’s on the same buses and planes as the team, in the same hotels. He’s at the practice rink, in the weight room. He sees and hears a lot. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RandyHahn-NG-19_qed-c309dc03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108428\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RandyHahn-NG-19_qed-c309dc03.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RandyHahn-NG-19_qed-c309dc03-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RandyHahn-NG-19_qed-c309dc03-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A fan watches the San José Sharks play the Vancouver Canucks on a television in the concourse at SAP Center in San José on Oct. 29, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“He is that connection to the team that we need,” Dimmock said. “He is the team and the team is him.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hahn calls home games from an open-air broadcast booth inside the arena – a narrow perch at the front of section 215 overlooking the ice. I crammed into a chair behind him and watched over his shoulder as he called the Sharks’ game vs. the Blackhawks, and I noticed what Dimmock noticed: while Hahn is calling the play-by-play, he’s also telling a story. He gives each game a dramatic arc with historic context tucked in. He turns the players into characters who drive the plot. Currently, the leading man is Celebrini, now 20. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Macklin’s not the only child in the family,” Hahn told TV viewers during a lull in play. “His older brother Aiden is a Vancouver Canuck, and his youngest brother RJ, he’s 13 playing up in Vancouver and is starting to challenge some of Macklin’s records that Macklin established there when he was that age. Watch out for RJ Celebrini.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Equally interesting to what Hahn shares is what he doesn’t share. There are certain facts and details he holds back. If Hahn notices a player on the bus with a bag of ice on his ankle or his hand wrapped in a bandage, for example, he won’t say anything during a game.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-17-KQED-0fec1fc7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108420\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-17-KQED-0fec1fc7.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-17-KQED-0fec1fc7-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-17-KQED-0fec1fc7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Play-by-play announcer Randy Hahn and color commentator Drew Remenda meet fans in between periods of the San José Sharks game against the Vancouver Canucks at SAP Center in San José on Oct. 29, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“There might be somebody on another team who knows that if that player has a sore left knee, ‘I’m gonna go after that knee,’” Hahn told me. “It’s pro sports; it’s cutthroat. People are playing for money.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So if a defensive player has a goal scored against him, Hahn won’t say he failed to make the right play because he’s injured, but he will shade his commentary differently; he’ll be less critical. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It’s our way of putting our arm around him, if you will,” Hahn said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There’s an inherent tension in this. Hahn works for NBC Sports Bay Area, the local TV station, not the Sharks. He’s first and foremost a broadcaster, and he’s supposed to maintain some level of professional distance from his subjects. But that boundary can get murky, especially in light of how much time he spends with the players. Sometimes he catches himself referring to the team as “we,” as in, “we won.” Then he corrects himself: “they won.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Technically, he’s not part of the team, but fans absolutely see him that way. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“He is the Sharks to me,” said Trevin Cholmondeley, a fan from Napa.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261104-RANDY-HAHN-AD-01-KQED-1-11c8b8bc.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108394\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261104-RANDY-HAHN-AD-01-KQED-1-11c8b8bc.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261104-RANDY-HAHN-AD-01-KQED-1-11c8b8bc-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261104-RANDY-HAHN-AD-01-KQED-1-11c8b8bc-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Trevin Cholmondeley (left) grew up watching the Sharks and listening to Randy Hahn call games with his dad, Randy Cholmondeley (right). They attended a home game together at the SAP Center on April 6, 2026. (April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This tension hit a high point last December when the Sharks played the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Sharks season had started off slow with a lot of losses. They were losing the game to Pittsburgh, 5 to 1. Then halfway through the third period, two Penguins were sent to the penalty box and the Sharks seized the moment.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hahn is fond of saying that every hockey season is a “roller coaster ride wrapped up in a soap opera,” and through the twists and turns of the third period in Pittsburgh, he seized the energy in the arena and transposed it back to fans watching at home. He built the suspense of each goal the Sharks scored in the next five minutes like a crescendo in a Beethoven symphony. When the Sharks tied the game 5-5, then scored the winning goal in overtime, Hahn rallied the metaphorical trumpet blasts and cymbal crashes to capture the finale on the ice.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“They scooooore!” he roared. “One of the most amazing comebacks in franchise history! Sharks win! I’m beside myself, and there’s tears in my eyes.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was an expert, nuanced performance, on the ice and off. Hahn modulated his cadence and pitch to up the drama of each play, then added a strong dose of vulnerability, all to create what he later called “the theater of the moment.” He shouted in ecstasy to punctuate the win, then swiftly confessed to his TV audience that he was crying.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Afterward, Hahn texted a colleague and admitted that he was worried he’d gone too far at that game; perhaps he’d veered beyond his professional broadcasting boundaries and allowed himself to become overly emotional?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RandyHahn-NG-16_qed-ec983e89.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108423\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RandyHahn-NG-16_qed-ec983e89.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RandyHahn-NG-16_qed-ec983e89-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RandyHahn-NG-16_qed-ec983e89-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Play-by-play announcer Randy Hahn writes notes during the San José Sharks game against the Vancouver Canucks at SAP Center in San José on Oct. 29, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But after players and coaches made a point of complimenting his calls, he decided ultimately that he’d struck the right balance. Coaches and players have to keep their heads in the game. They can’t lose their cool after every goal. Hahn seemed to surmise that part of his job is to express the emotions that the other men on the team can’t. Hahn does the feeling for them.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“When something like that happens, it’s emotional for all of us because we all have so much invested in the process,” Hahn told the Sharks’ in-house podcaster Brodie Brazil. “To me, it was them saying, ‘you captured the way we felt even though we couldn’t show it.’ A head coach can’t show that; it just wouldn’t look right. But inside, you feel it.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was the same with the fans. People who have to play it cool in the office, stay calm at home, Hahn does the feeling for them, too. When Hahn teared up watching the Sharks beat the Penguins, so did Tristan Nickey.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I felt what he was feeling,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Hahn got excited, so did Caleb Edwards.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Hearing his motivation and his excitement build just kind of pulsates through you as a fan,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Hahn screamed into his mic, Trevin Cholmondeley screamed back at the TV.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“The dude lost his voice halfway through,” he said. “I think he understands the energy that’s in the clubhouse that we, as a fan, don’t get to experience. We can live, sort of, through him.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why do local announcers get sidelined during the playoffs?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sociologists say that sports are like religion. Arenas, like churches. Fans are a kind of congregation worshipping the players and coaches and TV announcers like idols. To Sharks fans, Randy Hahn is an emotional conduit, a medium, channeling the euphoria and grief back and forth between players and fans. So when the playoffs come, and the local TV announcer gets deposed, replaced by a national announcer, it can feel like blasphemy.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It will suck,” said Edwards, echoing a chorus of complaints from fans who wish Hahn could announce those games, should they come to pass.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It is not just a hockey question. There are baseball fans who are always wondering, ‘Why, if my team makes the playoffs, can’t I get my local announcers? Why am I getting the national announcers?’” said Richard Deitsch, a sports journalist who has worked for Sports Illustrated, The Athletic, and now CBC Radio in Canada. “By and large, the answer to these questions is the eternal answer to most questions. And the answer is money.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-13-KQED-0b225393.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108418\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-13-KQED-0b225393.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-13-KQED-0b225393-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-13-KQED-0b225393-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Play-by-play announcer Randy Hahn (right) commentates with color commentator Drew Remenda during the San José Sharks game against the Vancouver Canucks at SAP Center in San José on Oct. 29, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the Sharks first made the playoffs in 1994, local television announcers called every playoff game, through four rounds. But as national networks like ESPN and Fox got into the business of airing the Stanley Cup finals, and paid high rights fees for the privilege, they wanted exclusivity in return. While NBC Sports Bay Area, Hahn’s employer, aired the regular season games and early rounds of the playoffs, they no longer had the right to air the final series. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When networks negotiated the next contract, they wanted exclusivity of the final two rounds of the playoffs. And when ESPN and TNT signed their latest contract with the NHL – a seven-year deal for $600 million – they won exclusivity of the final three rounds of the playoffs. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These final games of the season always attract the biggest audiences. And the more people there are watching, the more national TV networks can charge advertisers to air their commercials. Close to one million fans tune in for the Stanley Cup hockey finals; 20 million for the World Series; 120 million for the Super Bowl.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“These are massive numbers, and that’s very, very rare in society today. It’s a very, very divisive and polarized time,” Deitsch said. “It is very hard to get Americans to agree on anything, but sports is one thing.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Americans may not agree on who should win, but they agree the game is worth watching. Across racial backgrounds, political affiliations, and religious beliefs, people can sit together in the same arena, or in front of one TV at a bar, and share the experience.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“That’s the power of sports still. And it’s also the reason why it’s such an economic force and a multi-billion dollar business,” said Deitsh, “because the people who are in charge of these leagues and the people who are in charge of the networks that put on these games, they know that it’s one of few, if not the only thing, left where you can get communal experiences of that many people.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because so many different audiences are tuning in, including fans from both teams, the national networks are looking for neutrality and impartiality in their broadcasts. Hahn’s passion for the Sharks, or even simply his affiliation with the team, is seen as a liability, so the networks steer clear.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It’s a brutal reality for local announcers. To follow a team to the climax of the season, then be forced to turn the mic over to someone else. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It’s like you go to this great movie, it’s unbelievably dramatic, you’re there, and literally seven minutes before the movie’s over, an usher asks you to leave,” Deitsch said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the Sharks last made the playoffs in 2019, Hahn was in the stands at the Shark Tank, watching the game with all the other fans. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But fans at home wished he was in the broadcast booth, not realizing that what they most loved about Hahn was precisely what disqualified him from calling the finals. They want his partiality. They prefer his bias. And they’re not shy about it.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-15-KQED-43b5add7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108419\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-15-KQED-43b5add7.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-15-KQED-43b5add7-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-15-KQED-43b5add7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Play-by-play announcer Randy Hahn (left) commentates with color commentator Drew Remenda during the San José Sharks game against the Vancouver Canucks at SAP Center in San José on Oct. 29, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I tend to actually turn the volume down during the playoffs,” said Trevin Cholmondeley. He wants an announcer who’s been through what he’s been through, all the ups and downs of the soap opera-infused roller coaster. “Every season’s a little microcosm of life, and not having someone like Hahn, or any team’s local announcer, on the big stage just brings the quality down for me.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last winter, after the Sharks’ stunning win over Pittsburgh, Hahn predicted the Sharks would make the playoffs, if not last season, when they just missed qualifying, then this season for sure.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>Fans will be tuning in, ready for Randy Hahn to be their prophet, their guide, their buddy, through every twist and turn.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"episode-transcript\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode transcript\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>Sounds of ice skating\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> The NHL season officially opened at the end of September and ice hockey fans around the country are hoping \u003cem>their\u003c/em> team will make it to the playoffs next spring. Fans are prone to believing \u003cem>their\u003c/em> players, their coaches, even their announcers are the best. For San Jose Sharks fans, that announcer is Randy Hahn. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn announcing\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>:\u003c/strong>The building’s come alive! Here’s Kane, Knight push, back for Burns, save, rebound!\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> Fans still talk about Randy’s calls from the last time the Sharks made it to the playoffs – in 2019. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn announcing\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>:\u003c/strong> He’ll drop it back for Burns. Over to Couture. Scooore! They’ve done it. (Fade under earlier, starting here: They’ve come all the way back with a tie!\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> Longtime Sharks fan and Bay Curious listener Mark Gavartin remembers this game really well. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mark Gavartin:\u003c/strong> I listened to it many, many times.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> He says just talking about it now, years later, still gives him goose bumps. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mark Gavartin:\u003c/strong> And then the Sharks won that game on overtime. And it was just like crazy. (laughs)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> Mark had four-year old twins at the time. So it was really hard to make it out to any of the games. He couldn’t sit in an arena with thousands of other fans riding the same emotional roller coaster together. Instead, he watched the games on TV and he relied on Randy to transport that excitement to his living room. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mark Gavartin:\u003c/strong> And we were so like emotional with the, you know the Sharks and the, and Randy Hahn. And we just like, you know, like we’re all like together on this. It’s like having buddies watching the game together.\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> But then something strange happened. As the Sharks advanced through the playoffs then to the conference final, fans no longer heard Randy Hahn behind the mic. The national network wanted one of \u003cem>their\u003c/em> announcers to call the games instead. A guy that Mark didn’t know.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mark Gavartin:\u003c/strong> It was like not the same listening to Randy Hahn. It was just different. It was like like they didn’t go through what we went through. And now it’s like some other guy is like, eh, you know, like, okay. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> And that made Mark wonder: \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mark Gavartin:\u003c/strong> Why doesn’t Randy Hahn call the final rounds of the playoffs? \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> And that made us wonder, why do fans care so much that he doesn’t?\u003cbr>\u003cbr>I’m Olivia Allen-Price. This is Bay Curious, the show that answers listener questions about the San Francisco Bay Area. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We asked KQED’s April Dembosky to introduce us to Randy Hahn and the fans who love him. Then explain why Randy disappears from the airwaves at the most critical moment in the season. Here’s April…\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> There are a lot of things about Randy Hahn that make him stand out in the world of hockey announcers. But there’s one thing in particular. He’s been calling games for the same team for 35 years, ever since San Jose first established its team in 1991. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a lot of fans, Randy’s been the voice of the Sharks for their entire lives. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Trevin:\u003c/strong> He IS the Sharks to me. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Kenneth:\u003c/strong> Just living legend. I’ve been listening to him since I was a kid. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mark:\u003c/strong> I’ve been watching since I was a kid with my dad. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Trevin:\u003c/strong> Randy’s a part of my life since I was a baby.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Randy is so iconic, Pixar filmmakers asked him to do a cameo in the movie Inside Out. Riley’s dad is caught daydreaming about a hockey game when his wife is trying to talk to him.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Inside Out\u003c/em>\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>clip: Sound of hockey game announcing. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>Sounds of Sharks arena\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Last spring I went to see the Sharks play the Chicago Blackhawks at the SAP center, aka, the Shark tank. And every fan I talked to … \u003cem>knew\u003c/em> Randy and had something to say about why they loved him.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Tristan Nickey:\u003c/strong> He’s a Sharks encyclopedia.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Tristan Nickey is from San Jose but lives in Idaho now. He watches all the Sharks games on ESPN plus where he has the choice to select Randy as his announcer. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Tristan Nickey:\u003c/strong> He’s got all these stats that he’s always giving out and it makes the whole game enjoyable. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mia Dimmock:\u003c/strong> I feel like he’s a through on through Sharks man.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Eighteen year old Mia Dimmock started watching hockey a few years ago, after she saw a clip on TikTok. She says Randy has a way of explaining things that makes the game accessible to newbies like her.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mia Dimmock:\u003c/strong> He has a way of introducing the fans to the players more and giving them an experience where then we feel more connected to the players as a whole. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Randy is at every home game and every away game. He’s on the same buses and planes as the team, in the same hotels. He’s at the practice rink, in the weight room. He sees and hears a lot. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mia Dimmock:\u003c/strong> He is the team and the team is him. He is that connection to the team that we need. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn announcing:\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>\u003cem>\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>Let’s see if the Sharks can get some mojo going here in the second period. Will Smith with the puck, drops it for Macklin… \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> I got to see Randy in action when he called the game against the Blackhawks. I sat behind him, crammed into his open-air broadcast booth in the arena. It’s at the front of section 215. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I noticed what Mia noticed: while Randy is calling the play by play of the games, he’s also telling a story. He gives each game a dramatic arc. He turns the players into characters who drive the plot. Right now, the leading man is 20-year old phenom Macklin Celebrini. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn announcing:\u003c/strong> Macklin’s not the only child in the family. His older brother Aiden is a Vancouver Canuck and his youngest brother RJ, he’s 13 playing up in northshore winter club up in Vancouver is started to challenge some of Macklin’s records that Macklin established there when he was that age. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> When I talked to Randy outside the Shark tank, he explained that there are also certain details he holds back. The guys often play through injuries, but don’t want their opponents to know.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> There might be somebody on another team who knows that if that player has a sore left knee, I’m gonna go after that knee. It’s pro sports, it’s cutthroat. People are playing for money. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> If Randy notices a player on the bus with a bag of ice on his ankle or his hand wrapped in a bandage, he won’t say anything during a game, but he’ll shade his commentary differently; he’ll be less critical.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> He might have a goal scored against him and be unable to make a defensive play but I know, you know what? That guy’s toughing it out. And \u003cem>the fans don’t know it and he’s not saying anything about it and we aren’t either, but\u003c/em> it’s our way of putting our arm around him, if you will.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> There’s an inherent tension in this. Randy works for NBC Bay Area, the local TV station, not the Sharks. He’s first and foremost a broadcaster and he’s supposed to maintain some level of professional distance. But that boundary can get murky. Especially in light of how much time he spends with the players. Sometimes he catches himself referring to the team as “we,” as in, “we won.” Then he corrects himself: “they won.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>Arena sounds\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Technically, he’s not part of the team, but Sharks fans absolutely see him that way.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Emma Daniels:\u003c/strong> Oh my god! That was so cool. Oh my God.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> I caught up with Emma Daniels right after she visited Randy in his broadcast booth and fans line up here in between periods to meet him.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Emma Daniels:\u003c/strong> I’m such a big fan of him and he’s been so welcoming toward new fans. Oh my gosh. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> She got to take a picture with him. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Emma Daniels:\u003c/strong> I’m shaking. That was more exciting than the players. I met Randy Hahn!\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> What Emma loves most about Randy is the feeling that he’s on her side. For her, and a bunch of fans, there was one game last season where Randy was \u003cem>so in it.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Emma Daniels:\u003c/strong> There was that game against the Penguins, the clips of him yelling in that game are so amazing. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Caleb Edwards:\u003c/strong> With every goal, the energy in his voice built \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Trevin:\u003c/strong> The dude lost his voice halfway through, I don’t think he could believe what he was seeing on the ice. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> It was December 2025. The Sharks season had started off slow with a lot of losses. They were losing the game to Pittsburgh, 5 to 1. Then halfway through the third period TWO Penguins were sent to the penalty box. The Sharks seized the moment.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Listen to the way Randy builds the tension. It’s like a crescendo in a Beethoven symphony.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn announcing condensed:\u003c/strong> The Sharks with a power play goal, and it’s 5-2. Off the scramble, and it’s 5-3! The Sharks clawing their way back into this game. It’s 5-4! Save, rebound. They score! They score! The Sharks have tied it up! Unbelievable. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> The TV cameras pan the crowd, Penguins fans suddenly looking very tired and very nervous, biting their nails, folding their hands in prayer. The game goes into sudden death overtime. And soon enough Randy is rallying the metaphorical trumpet blasts and cymbal crashes to capture the finale on the ice.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn annoucing:\u003c/strong> They score! One of the most amazing comebacks in franchise history! Sharks win! I’m beside myself and there’s tears in my eyes, my friend. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Randy is doing something complex here. He’s surveying the feeling in the building and delivering it back to fans watching at home. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He later told the Sharks’ in-house podcaster Brodie Brazil that he’s creating “the theater of the moment.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> If it sounded like I was getting a little more excited with every goal, that was happening organically, yes, but it’s also part of years of doing this job. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Randy shouts in ecstasy in one moment then confesses to his TV audience that he’s crying.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Brodie Brazil:\u003c/strong> And you said afterwards, ‘I was a little worried, I got very emotional, I don’t know what happened.’ And that got me thinking, why did you get emotional? \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> I, I don’t. I still am not sure.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Randy wondered if he’d veered too far beyond his professional boundaries at that game…if he got \u003cem>too\u003c/em> emotional. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But after players and coaches made a point of complimenting his calls, he decided ultimately that he got it right. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> When something like that happens it is it’s emotional for all of us because we all have so much invested in the process and to me it was them saying you captured the way we felt even though we maybe couldn’t show it like a head coach can’t show that, it just wouldn’t look right, right? But inside you feel it.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Coaches and players have to keep their heads in the game. They can’t lose their cool after every goal. Randy seems to understand that part of his job is to express the emotions that the other men on the team can’t. Randy does the feeling for them.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> I go into every season with the same expectation, no matter what the roster, the season from start to finish will be a roller coaster ride wrapped up in a soap opera. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> It’s the same with the fans. People who have to play it cool in the office, stay calm at home, Randy does the feeling for them, too. When Randy teared up watching the Sharks beat the Penguins, so did Tristan Nickey.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Tristan Nickey:\u003c/strong> Like I felt it, I was watching the game. And it was absolutely incredible and I felt what he was feeling. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> When Randy got excited, so did Caleb Edwards.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Caleb Edwards:\u003c/strong> Hearing his motivation and his excitement build just kind of pulsates through you as a fan. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> When Randy screamed into his mic, Trevin Cholmondeley screamed back at the TV.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Trevin Cholmondeley:\u003c/strong> I think he understands the energy that’s in the clubhouse that we as fans don’t get to experience and I think we can live sort of through him. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> So you can see why Randy’s fans are so \u003cem>attached\u003c/em> to him. He’s an emotional conduit. An emotional medium. Funneling the euphoria and grief back and forth between players and the fans. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe now it makes sense why fans get so upset at the prospect of their beloved local announcer getting replaced when the team advances through the playoffs. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> We’ve got to take a quick break, but when we come back we’ll find out why that happens. Stay with us.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>Sponsor messages\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> Okay, so it’s clear that Sharks fans love Randy Hahn. But if the team makes it into the later rounds of the playoffs this season, we won’t be hearing him on air anymore. April Dembosky explains why… \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Sociologists say that sports are like religion. Arenas, like churches. Fans are a kind of congregation worshipping the players and coaches and TV announcers like idols. So when the playoffs come and the TV announcer gets deposed, it can feel like blasphemy.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Caleb Edwards:\u003c/strong> It will suck. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy C:\u003c/strong> That’s what’s a bummer. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Trevin Cholmondeley:\u003c/strong> That’s a disappointment. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Emma Daniels:\u003c/strong> I wish it was a local announcer. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mia Dimmock:\u003c/strong> I think we should petition to get Randy on that board. We need him calling the games.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> So why do local announcers get sidelined right when their team hits the peak of success? Randy Hahn has been around long enough to see how this evolved.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> Way back in the early days of the Sharks, in 1994 when they first made the playoffs, local television was allowed to do every playoff game through four rounds. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> But as national networks like ESPN and Fox got into the business of airing the finals, they didn’t want to share the stage with the local stations.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> As network television contracts were negotiated and high rights fees were paid by those networks, they started to claw back and said we want exclusivity of the Stanley Cup finals. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> But it didn’t stop there. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> Then when the next contract rolled around, we want exclusivity of the final two rounds and then eventually the final three rounds, which is where we sit now. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> The NHL signed its latest national TV contract in 2021 – a seven year-deal with ESPN and TNT for $600 million.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Deitsch has been a sports reporter and editor for two decades, at Sports Illustrated, The Athletic, and now CBC radio in Canada. He says these exclusive contracts exist for all sports.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Richard Deitsch:\u003c/strong> It is not just a hockey question. There are baseball fans who are always wondering why, if my team makes the playoffs, can I get my local announcers and why am I getting the national announcers? And by and large, the answer to these questions are the eternal answer to most questions. And the answer is money. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> The final games of the season always attract the biggest audiences. And the more people there are watching, the more networks can charge advertisers to air their commercials. Close to one million fans tune in for the hockey finals. 20 million for the World Series. 120 million for the Super Bowl.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Richard Deitsch:\u003c/strong> These are massive numbers and that’s very, very rare in society today. It’s a very, very divisive and polarized time. It is very hard to get Americans to agree on anything, but sports is one thing. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> They may not agree on who should win, but they agree the game is worth watching. Across racial backgrounds, political affiliations, and religious beliefs, people can sit together in the same arena, or in front of one TV at a bar, and share the experience.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Richard Deitsch:\u003c/strong> That’s the power of sports still. And it’s also the reason why it’s such an economic force and a multi-billion dollar business, is because the people who are in charge of these leagues and the people who are in charge of the networks that put on these games, they know that it’s one of few, if not only things left where you can get communal experiences of that many people.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Deitsch says, on a national broadcast, Randy Hahn’s passion for the Sharks could be a liability, so the networks steer clear.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Richard Deitsch:\u003c/strong> They want to at least come off as impartial as possible. There’s got to be neutrality here because they know that there’s different fans tuning in.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> So what the fans love most about Randy is precisely what disqualifies him from calling the playoffs. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It’s a brutal reality for local announcers. To follow a team to the climax of the season, then be forced to turn the mic over to someone else. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Richard Deitsch:\u003c/strong> It’s like you go to this great movie, it’s unbelievably dramatic, you’re there, and literally seven minutes before the movie’s over, an usher asks you to leave. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> Well obviously I don’t like it. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Randy Hahn thinks there should be a middle ground. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> I would prefer to be doing games, and I think fans would love the option of being able to have a choice. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> When the Sharks last made the playoffs in 2019, Randy was in the stands at the Shark tank, watching the game with all the other fans. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But fans at home wished he was in the broadcast booth. 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And because of that, they have higher self-esteem and lower levels of loneliness.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Research shows sports provide structure and routine and meaning. They fulfill our need to belong. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even when it comes to commiserating over Randy not calling the playoffs – there’s community in that.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mark Gavartin:\u003c/strong> I was very pleasantly surprised I’m not the only one who’s feeling that way. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> That’s what our question-asker Mark Gavartin took away from all this. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mark Gavartin:\u003c/strong> This is \u003cem>our\u003c/em> team. We live here. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Last winter, Randy Hahn predicted the Sharks would make the playoffs, if not last season, then this season for sure. Mark wants Randy to be his prophet, his guide, his buddy, through it all… \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mark Gavartin:\u003c/strong> And see Randy announce, ‘Hey, the Sharks won the Stanley Cup.’ \u003cem>It hasn’t happened yet, but\u003c/em> wouldn’t that be amazing? Like, to hear his voice saying that? \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> But even if the Sharks do win the title, that won’t happen. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> That was KQED health correspondent April Dembosky.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Big thanks to Mark Gavartin for submitting this week’s question, and to the many KQED members whose support make our reporting possible. Are you a KQED member? Become one today at \u003ca href=\"http://donate.kqed.org/podcasts\">donate.kqed.org/podcasts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bay Curious is made in SF at member-supported KQED. Our show is produced by\u003cbr>Katrina Schwarts, Christopher Beale, Anna Casalme, and me, Olivia Allen Price. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003ca href=\"#episode-transcript\">\u003cem>View the full episode transcript.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of all the things that make Randy Hahn stand out in the world of ice hockey announcers, there is one fact of his career that rises above the rest: he’s been calling games for the same team for 35 years, ever since the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-jose-sharks\">San José Sharks\u003c/a> were first established in 1991. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a lot of fans, Hahn’s been the voice of the Sharks for their entire lives, helping to cultivate and nurture father-son bonds across the Bay Area for three generations.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I’ve been watching Randy since I was a kid, with my dad,” said Mark Gavartin, a long-time Sharks fan who now works at Stanford.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the Sharks last made the playoffs in 2019, Gavartin had 4-year-old twins of his own and began passing the team allegiance down the family line. Watching the dramatic first-round series against the Vegas Golden Knights on TV, Gavartin relied on Hahn to transport the excitement unfolding in the arena back to him and his family on his living room couch. Years later, just thinking about Hahn calling that Game 7 overtime gave Gavartin goosebumps.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“We were so emotional,” he remembered. “With the Sharks and Randy Hahn, it was like we were all together on this. We were like buddies, watching the game together.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-18-KQED-bc7914c7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108421\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-18-KQED-bc7914c7.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-18-KQED-bc7914c7-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-18-KQED-bc7914c7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Play-by-play announcer Randy Hahn commentates during the San José Sharks game against the Vancouver Canucks at SAP Center in San José on Oct. 29, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But as the Sharks advanced through the playoffs, then to the conference final, Gavartin noticed something strange: his buddy, Randy Hahn, was no longer behind the microphone calling the games. The national network wanted one of their own announcers to make the postseason calls. It was a voice Gavartin didn’t know.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It was not the same as listening to Randy Hahn,” he said. “It’s some other guy who was ‘meh, okay.’ Like, he didn’t go through what we went through.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gavartin wondered what many fans across many teams have wondered over the years: why did his beloved announcer disappear from the airwaves right when the team hit the peak of success? The question is not unique to the NHL. The phenomenon occurs across all sports during the postseason. But to truly understand why national TV networks install their own announcers for the most high-profile games, it is important, first, to understand why that decision leaves so many fans feeling so bereft. The fans of Randy Hahn, and the generations-worth of love and loyalty they hold for him, offer the perfect case study to reveal the answer.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">‘A roller coaster ride wrapped up in a soap opera’\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On game days, the ice rink at San José’s SAP Center, aka the Shark Tank, is full of teal-clad fans. After the 2019 playoffs, the Sharks entered a drought and spectatorship dwindled amid the teams’ losses. But since acquiring the teenage phenom Macklin Celebrini in 2024, attendance at home games is again respectable; last year they filled the arena to 93% capacity on average and had 22 sellouts. For the Sharks home game against the Chicago Blackhawks last spring, every fan milling by the hot dog and beer stands, young or old, knew Hahn and had something to say about what made him a living legend.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“He’s a Sharks encyclopedia,” said Tristan Nickey, who grew up in San José, but now lives in Idaho where he watches Hahn call the games on ESPN+. “He’s got all these stats that he’s always giving out, and it makes the whole game enjoyable.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For 18-year-old Mia Dimmock, who started watching hockey a few years ago after seeing a clip on TikTok, Hahn explains things in a way that makes the game accessible to newbies. He shares details about players that bring them to life. He’s at every home game and every away game. He’s on the same buses and planes as the team, in the same hotels. He’s at the practice rink, in the weight room. He sees and hears a lot. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RandyHahn-NG-19_qed-c309dc03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108428\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RandyHahn-NG-19_qed-c309dc03.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RandyHahn-NG-19_qed-c309dc03-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RandyHahn-NG-19_qed-c309dc03-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A fan watches the San José Sharks play the Vancouver Canucks on a television in the concourse at SAP Center in San José on Oct. 29, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“He is that connection to the team that we need,” Dimmock said. “He is the team and the team is him.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hahn calls home games from an open-air broadcast booth inside the arena – a narrow perch at the front of section 215 overlooking the ice. I crammed into a chair behind him and watched over his shoulder as he called the Sharks’ game vs. the Blackhawks, and I noticed what Dimmock noticed: while Hahn is calling the play-by-play, he’s also telling a story. He gives each game a dramatic arc with historic context tucked in. He turns the players into characters who drive the plot. Currently, the leading man is Celebrini, now 20. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Macklin’s not the only child in the family,” Hahn told TV viewers during a lull in play. “His older brother Aiden is a Vancouver Canuck, and his youngest brother RJ, he’s 13 playing up in Vancouver and is starting to challenge some of Macklin’s records that Macklin established there when he was that age. Watch out for RJ Celebrini.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Equally interesting to what Hahn shares is what he doesn’t share. There are certain facts and details he holds back. If Hahn notices a player on the bus with a bag of ice on his ankle or his hand wrapped in a bandage, for example, he won’t say anything during a game.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-17-KQED-0fec1fc7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108420\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-17-KQED-0fec1fc7.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-17-KQED-0fec1fc7-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-17-KQED-0fec1fc7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Play-by-play announcer Randy Hahn and color commentator Drew Remenda meet fans in between periods of the San José Sharks game against the Vancouver Canucks at SAP Center in San José on Oct. 29, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“There might be somebody on another team who knows that if that player has a sore left knee, ‘I’m gonna go after that knee,’” Hahn told me. “It’s pro sports; it’s cutthroat. People are playing for money.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So if a defensive player has a goal scored against him, Hahn won’t say he failed to make the right play because he’s injured, but he will shade his commentary differently; he’ll be less critical. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It’s our way of putting our arm around him, if you will,” Hahn said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There’s an inherent tension in this. Hahn works for NBC Sports Bay Area, the local TV station, not the Sharks. He’s first and foremost a broadcaster, and he’s supposed to maintain some level of professional distance from his subjects. But that boundary can get murky, especially in light of how much time he spends with the players. Sometimes he catches himself referring to the team as “we,” as in, “we won.” Then he corrects himself: “they won.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Technically, he’s not part of the team, but fans absolutely see him that way. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“He is the Sharks to me,” said Trevin Cholmondeley, a fan from Napa.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261104-RANDY-HAHN-AD-01-KQED-1-11c8b8bc.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108394\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261104-RANDY-HAHN-AD-01-KQED-1-11c8b8bc.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261104-RANDY-HAHN-AD-01-KQED-1-11c8b8bc-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261104-RANDY-HAHN-AD-01-KQED-1-11c8b8bc-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Trevin Cholmondeley (left) grew up watching the Sharks and listening to Randy Hahn call games with his dad, Randy Cholmondeley (right). They attended a home game together at the SAP Center on April 6, 2026. (April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This tension hit a high point last December when the Sharks played the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Sharks season had started off slow with a lot of losses. They were losing the game to Pittsburgh, 5 to 1. Then halfway through the third period, two Penguins were sent to the penalty box and the Sharks seized the moment.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hahn is fond of saying that every hockey season is a “roller coaster ride wrapped up in a soap opera,” and through the twists and turns of the third period in Pittsburgh, he seized the energy in the arena and transposed it back to fans watching at home. He built the suspense of each goal the Sharks scored in the next five minutes like a crescendo in a Beethoven symphony. When the Sharks tied the game 5-5, then scored the winning goal in overtime, Hahn rallied the metaphorical trumpet blasts and cymbal crashes to capture the finale on the ice.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“They scooooore!” he roared. “One of the most amazing comebacks in franchise history! Sharks win! I’m beside myself, and there’s tears in my eyes.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was an expert, nuanced performance, on the ice and off. Hahn modulated his cadence and pitch to up the drama of each play, then added a strong dose of vulnerability, all to create what he later called “the theater of the moment.” He shouted in ecstasy to punctuate the win, then swiftly confessed to his TV audience that he was crying.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Afterward, Hahn texted a colleague and admitted that he was worried he’d gone too far at that game; perhaps he’d veered beyond his professional broadcasting boundaries and allowed himself to become overly emotional?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RandyHahn-NG-16_qed-ec983e89.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108423\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RandyHahn-NG-16_qed-ec983e89.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RandyHahn-NG-16_qed-ec983e89-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RandyHahn-NG-16_qed-ec983e89-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Play-by-play announcer Randy Hahn writes notes during the San José Sharks game against the Vancouver Canucks at SAP Center in San José on Oct. 29, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But after players and coaches made a point of complimenting his calls, he decided ultimately that he’d struck the right balance. Coaches and players have to keep their heads in the game. They can’t lose their cool after every goal. Hahn seemed to surmise that part of his job is to express the emotions that the other men on the team can’t. Hahn does the feeling for them.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“When something like that happens, it’s emotional for all of us because we all have so much invested in the process,” Hahn told the Sharks’ in-house podcaster Brodie Brazil. “To me, it was them saying, ‘you captured the way we felt even though we couldn’t show it.’ A head coach can’t show that; it just wouldn’t look right. But inside, you feel it.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was the same with the fans. People who have to play it cool in the office, stay calm at home, Hahn does the feeling for them, too. When Hahn teared up watching the Sharks beat the Penguins, so did Tristan Nickey.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I felt what he was feeling,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Hahn got excited, so did Caleb Edwards.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Hearing his motivation and his excitement build just kind of pulsates through you as a fan,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Hahn screamed into his mic, Trevin Cholmondeley screamed back at the TV.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“The dude lost his voice halfway through,” he said. “I think he understands the energy that’s in the clubhouse that we, as a fan, don’t get to experience. We can live, sort of, through him.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why do local announcers get sidelined during the playoffs?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sociologists say that sports are like religion. Arenas, like churches. Fans are a kind of congregation worshipping the players and coaches and TV announcers like idols. To Sharks fans, Randy Hahn is an emotional conduit, a medium, channeling the euphoria and grief back and forth between players and fans. So when the playoffs come, and the local TV announcer gets deposed, replaced by a national announcer, it can feel like blasphemy.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It will suck,” said Edwards, echoing a chorus of complaints from fans who wish Hahn could announce those games, should they come to pass.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It is not just a hockey question. There are baseball fans who are always wondering, ‘Why, if my team makes the playoffs, can’t I get my local announcers? Why am I getting the national announcers?’” said Richard Deitsch, a sports journalist who has worked for Sports Illustrated, The Athletic, and now CBC Radio in Canada. “By and large, the answer to these questions is the eternal answer to most questions. And the answer is money.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-13-KQED-0b225393.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108418\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-13-KQED-0b225393.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-13-KQED-0b225393-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-13-KQED-0b225393-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Play-by-play announcer Randy Hahn (right) commentates with color commentator Drew Remenda during the San José Sharks game against the Vancouver Canucks at SAP Center in San José on Oct. 29, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the Sharks first made the playoffs in 1994, local television announcers called every playoff game, through four rounds. But as national networks like ESPN and Fox got into the business of airing the Stanley Cup finals, and paid high rights fees for the privilege, they wanted exclusivity in return. While NBC Sports Bay Area, Hahn’s employer, aired the regular season games and early rounds of the playoffs, they no longer had the right to air the final series. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When networks negotiated the next contract, they wanted exclusivity of the final two rounds of the playoffs. And when ESPN and TNT signed their latest contract with the NHL – a seven-year deal for $600 million – they won exclusivity of the final three rounds of the playoffs. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These final games of the season always attract the biggest audiences. And the more people there are watching, the more national TV networks can charge advertisers to air their commercials. Close to one million fans tune in for the Stanley Cup hockey finals; 20 million for the World Series; 120 million for the Super Bowl.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“These are massive numbers, and that’s very, very rare in society today. It’s a very, very divisive and polarized time,” Deitsch said. “It is very hard to get Americans to agree on anything, but sports is one thing.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Americans may not agree on who should win, but they agree the game is worth watching. Across racial backgrounds, political affiliations, and religious beliefs, people can sit together in the same arena, or in front of one TV at a bar, and share the experience.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“That’s the power of sports still. And it’s also the reason why it’s such an economic force and a multi-billion dollar business,” said Deitsh, “because the people who are in charge of these leagues and the people who are in charge of the networks that put on these games, they know that it’s one of few, if not the only thing, left where you can get communal experiences of that many people.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because so many different audiences are tuning in, including fans from both teams, the national networks are looking for neutrality and impartiality in their broadcasts. Hahn’s passion for the Sharks, or even simply his affiliation with the team, is seen as a liability, so the networks steer clear.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It’s a brutal reality for local announcers. To follow a team to the climax of the season, then be forced to turn the mic over to someone else. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It’s like you go to this great movie, it’s unbelievably dramatic, you’re there, and literally seven minutes before the movie’s over, an usher asks you to leave,” Deitsch said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the Sharks last made the playoffs in 2019, Hahn was in the stands at the Shark Tank, watching the game with all the other fans. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But fans at home wished he was in the broadcast booth, not realizing that what they most loved about Hahn was precisely what disqualified him from calling the finals. They want his partiality. They prefer his bias. And they’re not shy about it.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-15-KQED-43b5add7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108419\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-15-KQED-43b5add7.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-15-KQED-43b5add7-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261029-RANDYHAHN-NG-15-KQED-43b5add7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Play-by-play announcer Randy Hahn (left) commentates with color commentator Drew Remenda during the San José Sharks game against the Vancouver Canucks at SAP Center in San José on Oct. 29, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I tend to actually turn the volume down during the playoffs,” said Trevin Cholmondeley. He wants an announcer who’s been through what he’s been through, all the ups and downs of the soap opera-infused roller coaster. “Every season’s a little microcosm of life, and not having someone like Hahn, or any team’s local announcer, on the big stage just brings the quality down for me.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last winter, after the Sharks’ stunning win over Pittsburgh, Hahn predicted the Sharks would make the playoffs, if not last season, when they just missed qualifying, then this season for sure.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>Fans will be tuning in, ready for Randy Hahn to be their prophet, their guide, their buddy, through every twist and turn.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-content post-body\">\u003ch2 id=\"episode-transcript\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode transcript\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>Sounds of ice skating\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> The NHL season officially opened at the end of September and ice hockey fans around the country are hoping \u003cem>their\u003c/em> team will make it to the playoffs next spring. Fans are prone to believing \u003cem>their\u003c/em> players, their coaches, even their announcers are the best. For San Jose Sharks fans, that announcer is Randy Hahn. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn announcing\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>:\u003c/strong>The building’s come alive! Here’s Kane, Knight push, back for Burns, save, rebound!\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> Fans still talk about Randy’s calls from the last time the Sharks made it to the playoffs – in 2019. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn announcing\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>:\u003c/strong> He’ll drop it back for Burns. Over to Couture. Scooore! They’ve done it. (Fade under earlier, starting here: They’ve come all the way back with a tie!\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> Longtime Sharks fan and Bay Curious listener Mark Gavartin remembers this game really well. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mark Gavartin:\u003c/strong> I listened to it many, many times.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> He says just talking about it now, years later, still gives him goose bumps. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mark Gavartin:\u003c/strong> And then the Sharks won that game on overtime. And it was just like crazy. (laughs)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> Mark had four-year old twins at the time. So it was really hard to make it out to any of the games. He couldn’t sit in an arena with thousands of other fans riding the same emotional roller coaster together. Instead, he watched the games on TV and he relied on Randy to transport that excitement to his living room. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mark Gavartin:\u003c/strong> And we were so like emotional with the, you know the Sharks and the, and Randy Hahn. And we just like, you know, like we’re all like together on this. It’s like having buddies watching the game together.\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> But then something strange happened. As the Sharks advanced through the playoffs then to the conference final, fans no longer heard Randy Hahn behind the mic. The national network wanted one of \u003cem>their\u003c/em> announcers to call the games instead. A guy that Mark didn’t know.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mark Gavartin:\u003c/strong> It was like not the same listening to Randy Hahn. It was just different. It was like like they didn’t go through what we went through. And now it’s like some other guy is like, eh, you know, like, okay. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> And that made Mark wonder: \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mark Gavartin:\u003c/strong> Why doesn’t Randy Hahn call the final rounds of the playoffs? \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> And that made us wonder, why do fans care so much that he doesn’t?\u003cbr>\u003cbr>I’m Olivia Allen-Price. This is Bay Curious, the show that answers listener questions about the San Francisco Bay Area. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We asked KQED’s April Dembosky to introduce us to Randy Hahn and the fans who love him. Then explain why Randy disappears from the airwaves at the most critical moment in the season. Here’s April…\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> There are a lot of things about Randy Hahn that make him stand out in the world of hockey announcers. But there’s one thing in particular. He’s been calling games for the same team for 35 years, ever since San Jose first established its team in 1991. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a lot of fans, Randy’s been the voice of the Sharks for their entire lives. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Trevin:\u003c/strong> He IS the Sharks to me. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Kenneth:\u003c/strong> Just living legend. I’ve been listening to him since I was a kid. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mark:\u003c/strong> I’ve been watching since I was a kid with my dad. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Trevin:\u003c/strong> Randy’s a part of my life since I was a baby.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Randy is so iconic, Pixar filmmakers asked him to do a cameo in the movie Inside Out. Riley’s dad is caught daydreaming about a hockey game when his wife is trying to talk to him.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Inside Out\u003c/em>\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>clip: Sound of hockey game announcing. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>Sounds of Sharks arena\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Last spring I went to see the Sharks play the Chicago Blackhawks at the SAP center, aka, the Shark tank. And every fan I talked to … \u003cem>knew\u003c/em> Randy and had something to say about why they loved him.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Tristan Nickey:\u003c/strong> He’s a Sharks encyclopedia.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Tristan Nickey is from San Jose but lives in Idaho now. He watches all the Sharks games on ESPN plus where he has the choice to select Randy as his announcer. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Tristan Nickey:\u003c/strong> He’s got all these stats that he’s always giving out and it makes the whole game enjoyable. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mia Dimmock:\u003c/strong> I feel like he’s a through on through Sharks man.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Eighteen year old Mia Dimmock started watching hockey a few years ago, after she saw a clip on TikTok. She says Randy has a way of explaining things that makes the game accessible to newbies like her.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mia Dimmock:\u003c/strong> He has a way of introducing the fans to the players more and giving them an experience where then we feel more connected to the players as a whole. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Randy is at every home game and every away game. He’s on the same buses and planes as the team, in the same hotels. He’s at the practice rink, in the weight room. He sees and hears a lot. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mia Dimmock:\u003c/strong> He is the team and the team is him. He is that connection to the team that we need. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn announcing:\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>\u003cem>\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>Let’s see if the Sharks can get some mojo going here in the second period. Will Smith with the puck, drops it for Macklin… \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> I got to see Randy in action when he called the game against the Blackhawks. I sat behind him, crammed into his open-air broadcast booth in the arena. It’s at the front of section 215. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I noticed what Mia noticed: while Randy is calling the play by play of the games, he’s also telling a story. He gives each game a dramatic arc. He turns the players into characters who drive the plot. Right now, the leading man is 20-year old phenom Macklin Celebrini. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn announcing:\u003c/strong> Macklin’s not the only child in the family. His older brother Aiden is a Vancouver Canuck and his youngest brother RJ, he’s 13 playing up in northshore winter club up in Vancouver is started to challenge some of Macklin’s records that Macklin established there when he was that age. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> When I talked to Randy outside the Shark tank, he explained that there are also certain details he holds back. The guys often play through injuries, but don’t want their opponents to know.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> There might be somebody on another team who knows that if that player has a sore left knee, I’m gonna go after that knee. It’s pro sports, it’s cutthroat. People are playing for money. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> If Randy notices a player on the bus with a bag of ice on his ankle or his hand wrapped in a bandage, he won’t say anything during a game, but he’ll shade his commentary differently; he’ll be less critical.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> He might have a goal scored against him and be unable to make a defensive play but I know, you know what? That guy’s toughing it out. And \u003cem>the fans don’t know it and he’s not saying anything about it and we aren’t either, but\u003c/em> it’s our way of putting our arm around him, if you will.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> There’s an inherent tension in this. Randy works for NBC Bay Area, the local TV station, not the Sharks. He’s first and foremost a broadcaster and he’s supposed to maintain some level of professional distance. But that boundary can get murky. Especially in light of how much time he spends with the players. Sometimes he catches himself referring to the team as “we,” as in, “we won.” Then he corrects himself: “they won.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>Arena sounds\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Technically, he’s not part of the team, but Sharks fans absolutely see him that way.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Emma Daniels:\u003c/strong> Oh my god! That was so cool. Oh my God.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> I caught up with Emma Daniels right after she visited Randy in his broadcast booth and fans line up here in between periods to meet him.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Emma Daniels:\u003c/strong> I’m such a big fan of him and he’s been so welcoming toward new fans. Oh my gosh. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> She got to take a picture with him. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Emma Daniels:\u003c/strong> I’m shaking. That was more exciting than the players. I met Randy Hahn!\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> What Emma loves most about Randy is the feeling that he’s on her side. For her, and a bunch of fans, there was one game last season where Randy was \u003cem>so in it.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Emma Daniels:\u003c/strong> There was that game against the Penguins, the clips of him yelling in that game are so amazing. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Caleb Edwards:\u003c/strong> With every goal, the energy in his voice built \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Trevin:\u003c/strong> The dude lost his voice halfway through, I don’t think he could believe what he was seeing on the ice. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> It was December 2025. The Sharks season had started off slow with a lot of losses. They were losing the game to Pittsburgh, 5 to 1. Then halfway through the third period TWO Penguins were sent to the penalty box. The Sharks seized the moment.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Listen to the way Randy builds the tension. It’s like a crescendo in a Beethoven symphony.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn announcing condensed:\u003c/strong> The Sharks with a power play goal, and it’s 5-2. Off the scramble, and it’s 5-3! The Sharks clawing their way back into this game. It’s 5-4! Save, rebound. They score! They score! The Sharks have tied it up! Unbelievable. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> The TV cameras pan the crowd, Penguins fans suddenly looking very tired and very nervous, biting their nails, folding their hands in prayer. The game goes into sudden death overtime. And soon enough Randy is rallying the metaphorical trumpet blasts and cymbal crashes to capture the finale on the ice.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn annoucing:\u003c/strong> They score! One of the most amazing comebacks in franchise history! Sharks win! I’m beside myself and there’s tears in my eyes, my friend. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Randy is doing something complex here. He’s surveying the feeling in the building and delivering it back to fans watching at home. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He later told the Sharks’ in-house podcaster Brodie Brazil that he’s creating “the theater of the moment.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> If it sounded like I was getting a little more excited with every goal, that was happening organically, yes, but it’s also part of years of doing this job. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Randy shouts in ecstasy in one moment then confesses to his TV audience that he’s crying.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Brodie Brazil:\u003c/strong> And you said afterwards, ‘I was a little worried, I got very emotional, I don’t know what happened.’ And that got me thinking, why did you get emotional? \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> I, I don’t. I still am not sure.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Randy wondered if he’d veered too far beyond his professional boundaries at that game…if he got \u003cem>too\u003c/em> emotional. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But after players and coaches made a point of complimenting his calls, he decided ultimately that he got it right. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> When something like that happens it is it’s emotional for all of us because we all have so much invested in the process and to me it was them saying you captured the way we felt even though we maybe couldn’t show it like a head coach can’t show that, it just wouldn’t look right, right? But inside you feel it.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Coaches and players have to keep their heads in the game. They can’t lose their cool after every goal. Randy seems to understand that part of his job is to express the emotions that the other men on the team can’t. Randy does the feeling for them.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> I go into every season with the same expectation, no matter what the roster, the season from start to finish will be a roller coaster ride wrapped up in a soap opera. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> It’s the same with the fans. People who have to play it cool in the office, stay calm at home, Randy does the feeling for them, too. When Randy teared up watching the Sharks beat the Penguins, so did Tristan Nickey.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Tristan Nickey:\u003c/strong> Like I felt it, I was watching the game. And it was absolutely incredible and I felt what he was feeling. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> When Randy got excited, so did Caleb Edwards.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Caleb Edwards:\u003c/strong> Hearing his motivation and his excitement build just kind of pulsates through you as a fan. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> When Randy screamed into his mic, Trevin Cholmondeley screamed back at the TV.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Trevin Cholmondeley:\u003c/strong> I think he understands the energy that’s in the clubhouse that we as fans don’t get to experience and I think we can live sort of through him. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> So you can see why Randy’s fans are so \u003cem>attached\u003c/em> to him. He’s an emotional conduit. An emotional medium. Funneling the euphoria and grief back and forth between players and the fans. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe now it makes sense why fans get so upset at the prospect of their beloved local announcer getting replaced when the team advances through the playoffs. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> We’ve got to take a quick break, but when we come back we’ll find out why that happens. Stay with us.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>Sponsor messages\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> Okay, so it’s clear that Sharks fans love Randy Hahn. But if the team makes it into the later rounds of the playoffs this season, we won’t be hearing him on air anymore. April Dembosky explains why… \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Sociologists say that sports are like religion. Arenas, like churches. Fans are a kind of congregation worshipping the players and coaches and TV announcers like idols. So when the playoffs come and the TV announcer gets deposed, it can feel like blasphemy.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Caleb Edwards:\u003c/strong> It will suck. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy C:\u003c/strong> That’s what’s a bummer. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Trevin Cholmondeley:\u003c/strong> That’s a disappointment. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Emma Daniels:\u003c/strong> I wish it was a local announcer. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mia Dimmock:\u003c/strong> I think we should petition to get Randy on that board. We need him calling the games.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> So why do local announcers get sidelined right when their team hits the peak of success? Randy Hahn has been around long enough to see how this evolved.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> Way back in the early days of the Sharks, in 1994 when they first made the playoffs, local television was allowed to do every playoff game through four rounds. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> But as national networks like ESPN and Fox got into the business of airing the finals, they didn’t want to share the stage with the local stations.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> As network television contracts were negotiated and high rights fees were paid by those networks, they started to claw back and said we want exclusivity of the Stanley Cup finals. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> But it didn’t stop there. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> Then when the next contract rolled around, we want exclusivity of the final two rounds and then eventually the final three rounds, which is where we sit now. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> The NHL signed its latest national TV contract in 2021 – a seven year-deal with ESPN and TNT for $600 million.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Deitsch has been a sports reporter and editor for two decades, at Sports Illustrated, The Athletic, and now CBC radio in Canada. He says these exclusive contracts exist for all sports.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Richard Deitsch:\u003c/strong> It is not just a hockey question. There are baseball fans who are always wondering why, if my team makes the playoffs, can I get my local announcers and why am I getting the national announcers? And by and large, the answer to these questions are the eternal answer to most questions. And the answer is money. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> The final games of the season always attract the biggest audiences. And the more people there are watching, the more networks can charge advertisers to air their commercials. Close to one million fans tune in for the hockey finals. 20 million for the World Series. 120 million for the Super Bowl.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Richard Deitsch:\u003c/strong> These are massive numbers and that’s very, very rare in society today. It’s a very, very divisive and polarized time. It is very hard to get Americans to agree on anything, but sports is one thing. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> They may not agree on who should win, but they agree the game is worth watching. Across racial backgrounds, political affiliations, and religious beliefs, people can sit together in the same arena, or in front of one TV at a bar, and share the experience.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Richard Deitsch:\u003c/strong> That’s the power of sports still. And it’s also the reason why it’s such an economic force and a multi-billion dollar business, is because the people who are in charge of these leagues and the people who are in charge of the networks that put on these games, they know that it’s one of few, if not only things left where you can get communal experiences of that many people.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Deitsch says, on a national broadcast, Randy Hahn’s passion for the Sharks could be a liability, so the networks steer clear.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Richard Deitsch:\u003c/strong> They want to at least come off as impartial as possible. There’s got to be neutrality here because they know that there’s different fans tuning in.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> So what the fans love most about Randy is precisely what disqualifies him from calling the playoffs. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It’s a brutal reality for local announcers. To follow a team to the climax of the season, then be forced to turn the mic over to someone else. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Richard Deitsch:\u003c/strong> It’s like you go to this great movie, it’s unbelievably dramatic, you’re there, and literally seven minutes before the movie’s over, an usher asks you to leave. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> Well obviously I don’t like it. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Randy Hahn thinks there should be a middle ground. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Randy Hahn:\u003c/strong> I would prefer to be doing games, and I think fans would love the option of being able to have a choice. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> When the Sharks last made the playoffs in 2019, Randy was in the stands at the Shark tank, watching the game with all the other fans. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But fans at home wished he was in the broadcast booth. They want his partiality. They prefer his bias. And they’re not shy about it.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Trevin Cholmondeley:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>\u003c/em>I tend to actually turn the volume down during the playoffs\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Trevin Cholmondeley says he wants an announcer who’s been through what he’s been through, all the ups and downs.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Trevin Cholmondeley:\u003c/strong> Every season’s a little microcosm of life, really, and not having someone like Randy or any team’s local announcer on the big stage. Just brings the quality down for me. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Sports have always been tribal. Super fans often see their team as an extension of their own identity. And because of that, they have higher self-esteem and lower levels of loneliness.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Research shows sports provide structure and routine and meaning. They fulfill our need to belong. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even when it comes to commiserating over Randy not calling the playoffs – there’s community in that.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mark Gavartin:\u003c/strong> I was very pleasantly surprised I’m not the only one who’s feeling that way. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> That’s what our question-asker Mark Gavartin took away from all this. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mark Gavartin:\u003c/strong> This is \u003cem>our\u003c/em> team. We live here. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> Last winter, Randy Hahn predicted the Sharks would make the playoffs, if not last season, then this season for sure. Mark wants Randy to be his prophet, his guide, his buddy, through it all… \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Mark Gavartin:\u003c/strong> And see Randy announce, ‘Hey, the Sharks won the Stanley Cup.’ \u003cem>It hasn’t happened yet, but\u003c/em> wouldn’t that be amazing? Like, to hear his voice saying that? \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>April Dembosky:\u003c/strong> But even if the Sharks do win the title, that won’t happen. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> That was KQED health correspondent April Dembosky.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Big thanks to Mark Gavartin for submitting this week’s question, and to the many KQED members whose support make our reporting possible. Are you a KQED member? Become one today at \u003ca href=\"http://donate.kqed.org/podcasts\">donate.kqed.org/podcasts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bay Curious is made in SF at member-supported KQED. Our show is produced by\u003cbr>Katrina Schwarts, Christopher Beale, Anna Casalme, and me, Olivia Allen Price. With extra support from Maha Sanad, Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Ethan Toven-Lindsey and \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">everyone on Team KQED.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I’m Olivia Allen-Price. Have a wonderful week. And go Sharks!\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>"
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"content": "\n\u003cp>Growing up in New Jersey, Christina Ellerby was fixated on watching ice \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/hockey\">hockey\u003c/a> from a young age. Naturally, she wanted to start playing herself. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She started with roller blades, recalling how her dad would “throw me around on the pavement until I eventually just stood up.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I eventually got to play in a roller hockey league when I was like 11, 12, 13 — but I was the only woman in the entire league,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But the ice hockey hopes were dashed. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“My mom was basically like, ‘You aren’t playing ice hockey. You’re going to get hurt,’” Ellerby said, explaining that the games in the league would include \u003ca href=\"https://www.usahockey.com/news_article/show/1048048\">competitive contact\u003c/a>, like bodychecking, with boys. “She refused to sign the waiver.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But years later, the chance to get on the ice came back. When Ellerby moved to San Francisco, someone posted a flyer for \u003ca href=\"https://ncwhl.com/give-hockey-a-try-day/\">“Give Hockey a Try Day,”\u003c/a> a biannual event hosted by the Northern California Women’s Hockey League that allows anyone — including first-time skaters — to play low-key, controlled plays on the rink.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I had not skated in 15 years, and I was like, ‘I’m still going to do this,’” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The NCWHL notes that many players go on to become league regulars after starting with the “Give Hockey a Try Day,” a distinction that now belongs to Ellerby, who has returned for three seasons.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Around the same time Ellerby joined the NCWHL, the Professional Women’s Hockey League officially launched in 2023.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jump straight to where in the Bay Area to support:\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#hockey\">Women’s hockey\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#soccer\">Women’s soccer\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#rugby\">Women’s rugby\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ellerby was enthralled. “I had pretty much just incessantly started watching it,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And this season, the pro league will be heading to the Bay Area, with a new team establishing itself at San José’s SAP Center.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The PWHL expansion is coming at a time when the Bay Area is \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6815888/2025/11/19/top-womens-sports-cities-list-bay-area/\">getting national recognition\u003c/a> for being a hot spot for women’s sports teams. Along with ice hockey, the Bay Area this year also became home to a professional baseball and volleyball team. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098190\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Young ice hockey fans display a sign that says, “Bring PWHL to the West,” as the Canadian national anthem is sung before the Toronto Sceptres face Ottawa in the PWHL Takeover Tour at Rogers Place Arena in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on Feb. 16, 2025. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’re witnessing the crazy history right now,” said San Francisco’s Ozzy Palacio, sports reporter and managing editor of the San Francisco State student paper \u003ca href=\"https://goldengatexpress.org/\">\u003cem>Golden Gate Xpress\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. “It’s super awesome to be at the epicenter of it here in the Bay Area.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As a companion to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12096884/in-the-midst-of-basketball-and-baseball-season-how-to-join-womens-sports-fandom-in-the-bay-area\">our previous guide to supporting women’s basketball and baseball in the Bay Area\u003c/a>, we’ve now got a rundown of the region’s noncollege women’s teams in hockey, soccer and rugby — and how you can get involved with their enthusiastic fandoms locally, by supporting the teams \u003cem>and \u003c/em>even trying the sports yourself. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"hockey\">Supporting women’s hockey in the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What should I know about the professional sports team?\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Professional Women’s Hockey League has \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DYhe29mjpUj/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">announced that it will be expanding\u003c/a> to San José in May — and the team’s name has not been revealed yet. (The jury’s out whether it’ll be an equivalent of the San José Sharks, the men’s ice hockey team.) \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But excitement has been mounting for the roster, which includes \u003ca href=\"https://www.thepwhl.com/en/teams/san-jose/news/2026/june/17/pwhl-san-jose-selects-laila-edwards-in-the-first-round-of-the-2026-pwhl-draft\">Olympians like Laila Edwards\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/@talkinwithtrudeau/interviewing-uconn-huksies-team-china-netminder-tia-chan-8f9102850937\">Tia Chan\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://teamusa.usahockey.com/2026olympics-roryguilday\">Rory Guilday\u003c/a>. The new San José team will debut in late November during the \u003ca href=\"https://www.thepwhl.com/en/stats/schedule/all-teams/8/all-months\">2026 PWHL season\u003c/a>, playing at SAP Center.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>All PWHL games have historically also been streamed on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@thepwhlofficial\">league’s YouTube channel\u003c/a>. The PWHL has \u003ca href=\"https://www.thepwhl.com/en/where-to-watch\">a guide on its website\u003c/a> on how to catch games for specific teams.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Tip for newcomers attending any games: Bring a jacket, because ice skating rinks are genuinely cold.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098173\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dominique Petrie of the Minnesota Frost of the Professional Women’s Hockey League is on the ice for the ceremonial first puck before a NHL game between the Los Angeles Kings and the San José Sharks on Oct. 28, 2025, at SAP Center in San José, California. (Matthew Huang/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where does the community hang out? \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The place for hockey fans to really meet: rec leagues. The \u003ca href=\"https://ncwhl.com/\">Northern California Women’s Hockey League\u003c/a> has four divisions for different skill levels. The league also holds a “\u003ca href=\"https://ncwhl.com/give-hockey-a-try-feb-7-2026/\">Give Hockey a Try\u003c/a>” day twice a year, which Ellerby says is an affordable and accessible entry point for newbies. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The day costs $25, includes rented gear and requires no previous experience. Plus, if you decide to stick with it, used gear is then offered by the NCWHL at a deep discount.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There is also a beginner’s course for adults on ice hockey at \u003ca href=\"https://www.trivalleyminorhockey.com/lady\">a rink in Walnut Creek\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty4.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fans of the Professional Women’s Hockey League sing along during the third period of the Minnesota Frost and New York Sirens game at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on March 16, 2024. (Dave Reginek/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“There is a very supportive community,” Ellerby said. “It’s very much a community that realizes that the opportunities might not have been there for everybody. There’s people who start the season who can’t skate, and they do everything to train you so that you can.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>(One more incentive to get in with the NCWHL: Sometimes the PWHL will reach out to host events where you can skate with key players.) \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Sharks franchise manages the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sharksiceatsanjose.com/adult-hockey/siahl-womens-league\">San José Adult Women’s League\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In addition, there’s the \u003ca href=\"https://sfquakes.org/\">San Francisco Earthquakes\u003c/a>, an LGBTQ ice hockey team founded in 1998 that plays at Yerba Buena Ice in San Francisco. For those who prefer asphalt to ice, there’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.bayareastreethockey.com/about\">Bay Area Street Hockey\u003c/a>, too.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are some publications or podcasts I can follow to learn more about women’s hockey?\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.thegistsports.com/\">The Gist\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://snatchmagazine.com/\">Snatch Magazine\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/365_hockeygirl?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">365 Hockey Girl\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sportsgirlsclub?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">Sports Girls Club\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://toomanymenpod.com/\">Too Many Men\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.thepwhl.com/en/media/jocks-in-jills-podcast\">Jocks in Jills\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/pwhltosanjose?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">PWHL to San José\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/womenofhockeysj/\">Women of Hockey San José\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"soccer\">Supporting women’s soccer in the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What should I know about the professional sports team?\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Bay Area’s professional women’s soccer team is Bay FC, playing at PayPal Park in San José. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Bay FC’s \u003ca href=\"https://bayfc.com/schedule/\">regular season\u003c/a> runs until Nov. 1. The team’s official website lists the ways you can stream \u003ca href=\"https://bayfc.com/schedule/\">each game\u003c/a>, which include platforms like \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbssportsnetwork.com/\">CBS Sports Network\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/watch/\">ESPN 2\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Also good to keep in mind: Next year will bring the Women’s FIFA World Cup, hosted by Brazil. The U.S. team includes Claire Hutton, a player from Bay FC.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12032644\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">More than 26,000 fans packed the Oakland Roots home opener at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California, on March 22, 2025. This was the first Roots game played in the storied stadium. (David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Are there other Bay Area teams I can support?\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>KQED has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12076503/mens-world-cup-soccer-san-francisco-bay-area-tickets-matches-santa-clara-levis-stadium\">a guide to soccer teams in the Bay Area\u003c/a> — women’s, men’s and co-ed — which includes \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandsoulsc.com/\">Oakland Soul\u003c/a>, the preprofessional team (aka the future of soccer). \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Bay Area Futbol News also has \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DbD57e0yxyq/\">an incredibly handy, pretty extensive chart\u003c/a> on the tiers of soccer teams in the region, which includes many other women’s teams such as:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfnighthawks.com/\">SF Nighthawks\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.mbfcsirens.com/\">Monterey Bay Sirens FC\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.calstormsoccer.com/\">California Storm\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.wpslsoccer.com/teams/the-town-fc\">The Town FC\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sanramonfc.com/wpsl\">San Ramon FC\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where does the community hang out?\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There are several official Bay FC fan clubs, such as the \u003ca href=\"https://bfcs.club/\">Bridge Brigade\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://bayfc.com/press-releases/bay-fc-announces-two-new-official-supporter-groups-01212026/\">The Big Poppies, Bay Imperio and Pier 75\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Rec leagues are also a major way for soccer fans to connect (which, fun fact, is how \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13977457/rikkis-first-womens-sports-bar-bay-area-open-castro-sf-valkyries\">the founders of Rikki’s — the Bay Area’s first women’s sports bar — met each other\u003c/a>). Some of those leagues include:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfspikes.com/\">SF Spikes\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/flintasoccer/\">Flinta\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ggwsl/?hl=en\">Golden Gate Women’s Soccer League\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://outloudsports.com/sanfrancisco\">OutLoud Sports rec soccer leagues\u003c/a> \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.volosports.com/san-francisco\">Volo’s rec leagues\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/dykesoccereastbay/\">Dyke Soccer East Bay\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260718-MaledaYouthSoccer-JY-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12092224\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260718-MaledaYouthSoccer-JY-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260718-MaledaYouthSoccer-JY-13-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260718-MaledaYouthSoccer-JY-13-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Solomon Wolday, the head coach for Maleda youth soccer, checks in with his players after practice at Del Monte Park in San José, California, on July 18, 2026. (Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are some publications or podcasts I can follow to learn more about women’s soccer?\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://fulltimepod.com/\">Full Time\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.diasporaunitedpod.com/\">Diaspora United\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@WomensGameMiB\">The Women’s Game\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attacking-third-a-cbs-sports-womens-soccer-podcast/id1573642138\">Attacking Third\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://re-website.com/pages/recapshow?srsltid=AfmBOop6BuvZugOGcnwnESX2lCB0J7OEvS5fQC11oeYkTGa18sCKKybL\">The Re-Cap Show\u003c/a>, hosted by former U.S. Women’s National Team stars (and married couple!) Christen Press and Tobin Heath.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"rugby\">Supporting women’s rugby in the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What should I know about the professional sports team? \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Founded last year, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.baybreakers.us/\">Bay Breakers\u003c/a> are the local semi-professional women’s rugby team, though the team plays in Lodi, about two hours from the Bay Area. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>They compete in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.womenseliterugby.us/\">Women’s Elite Rugby League\u003c/a> and made it to the 2026 Legacy Cup final on Aug. 8 — but lost 24-17 to the Denver Onyx.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>When games pick up again next year, you can stream the games through the \u003ca href=\"https://www.womenseliterugby.us/how-to-watch\">Women’s Sports Network\u003c/a> on platforms like Roku, Tubi and Fubo.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Are there other Bay Area teams I can support?\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Bay Area hosts many women’s and inclusive LGBTQ rugby clubs. The best-known is the \u003ca href=\"https://www.allbluesrugby.com/\">Berkeley All Blues\u003c/a>, which has fostered several Olympians and more than 50 national team players, according to its website.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Others include \u003ca href=\"https://www.siliconvalleyrugby.org/\">Silicon Valley Women’s Rugby Club\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoserugby.com/\">San José Seahawks\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.fogrugby.com/\">SF Fog Rugby FC\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where does the community hang out?\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Many of rugby’s nonprofessional clubs in the Bay Area are open to beginners. For example, the All Blues field four teams that cater to all levels of experience, including one for high school students. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Also an LGBTQ club, The Fog’s highest-skill team plays with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncrfu.org/\">Northern California Rugby Union\u003c/a>, a men’s league. Women are welcome to play, however, on nonleague teams that arrange games independently with other local teams. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Fog runs \u003ca href=\"https://www.fogrugby.com/p2r\">a free Pathway to Rugby program\u003c/a> designed for beginners to learn fundamental skills: a multiweek crash course consisting of guided practices twice a week. The next program begins Oct. 5, 2026.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are some publications or podcasts I can follow to learn more about women’s rugby? \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.women.rugby/en\">Women’s Rugby\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@LoveOfRugby/videos\">For The Love Of Rugby\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqdf25RCMlf-cHf5iloggfg#\">Women’s Rugby Pod\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtLqkC7VnfzbORQbjHMdYDiLGWgX_hxB9\">The Good, The Scaz & The Rugby\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Growing up in New Jersey, Christina Ellerby was fixated on watching ice \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/hockey\">hockey\u003c/a> from a young age. Naturally, she wanted to start playing herself. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She started with roller blades, recalling how her dad would “throw me around on the pavement until I eventually just stood up.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I eventually got to play in a roller hockey league when I was like 11, 12, 13 — but I was the only woman in the entire league,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But the ice hockey hopes were dashed. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“My mom was basically like, ‘You aren’t playing ice hockey. You’re going to get hurt,’” Ellerby said, explaining that the games in the league would include \u003ca href=\"https://www.usahockey.com/news_article/show/1048048\">competitive contact\u003c/a>, like bodychecking, with boys. “She refused to sign the waiver.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But years later, the chance to get on the ice came back. When Ellerby moved to San Francisco, someone posted a flyer for \u003ca href=\"https://ncwhl.com/give-hockey-a-try-day/\">“Give Hockey a Try Day,”\u003c/a> a biannual event hosted by the Northern California Women’s Hockey League that allows anyone — including first-time skaters — to play low-key, controlled plays on the rink.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I had not skated in 15 years, and I was like, ‘I’m still going to do this,’” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The NCWHL notes that many players go on to become league regulars after starting with the “Give Hockey a Try Day,” a distinction that now belongs to Ellerby, who has returned for three seasons.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Around the same time Ellerby joined the NCWHL, the Professional Women’s Hockey League officially launched in 2023.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jump straight to where in the Bay Area to support:\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#hockey\">Women’s hockey\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#soccer\">Women’s soccer\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#rugby\">Women’s rugby\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ellerby was enthralled. “I had pretty much just incessantly started watching it,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And this season, the pro league will be heading to the Bay Area, with a new team establishing itself at San José’s SAP Center.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The PWHL expansion is coming at a time when the Bay Area is \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6815888/2025/11/19/top-womens-sports-cities-list-bay-area/\">getting national recognition\u003c/a> for being a hot spot for women’s sports teams. Along with ice hockey, the Bay Area this year also became home to a professional baseball and volleyball team. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098190\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Young ice hockey fans display a sign that says, “Bring PWHL to the West,” as the Canadian national anthem is sung before the Toronto Sceptres face Ottawa in the PWHL Takeover Tour at Rogers Place Arena in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on Feb. 16, 2025. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’re witnessing the crazy history right now,” said San Francisco’s Ozzy Palacio, sports reporter and managing editor of the San Francisco State student paper \u003ca href=\"https://goldengatexpress.org/\">\u003cem>Golden Gate Xpress\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. “It’s super awesome to be at the epicenter of it here in the Bay Area.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As a companion to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12096884/in-the-midst-of-basketball-and-baseball-season-how-to-join-womens-sports-fandom-in-the-bay-area\">our previous guide to supporting women’s basketball and baseball in the Bay Area\u003c/a>, we’ve now got a rundown of the region’s noncollege women’s teams in hockey, soccer and rugby — and how you can get involved with their enthusiastic fandoms locally, by supporting the teams \u003cem>and \u003c/em>even trying the sports yourself. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"hockey\">Supporting women’s hockey in the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What should I know about the professional sports team?\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Professional Women’s Hockey League has \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DYhe29mjpUj/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">announced that it will be expanding\u003c/a> to San José in May — and the team’s name has not been revealed yet. (The jury’s out whether it’ll be an equivalent of the San José Sharks, the men’s ice hockey team.) \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But excitement has been mounting for the roster, which includes \u003ca href=\"https://www.thepwhl.com/en/teams/san-jose/news/2026/june/17/pwhl-san-jose-selects-laila-edwards-in-the-first-round-of-the-2026-pwhl-draft\">Olympians like Laila Edwards\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/@talkinwithtrudeau/interviewing-uconn-huksies-team-china-netminder-tia-chan-8f9102850937\">Tia Chan\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://teamusa.usahockey.com/2026olympics-roryguilday\">Rory Guilday\u003c/a>. The new San José team will debut in late November during the \u003ca href=\"https://www.thepwhl.com/en/stats/schedule/all-teams/8/all-months\">2026 PWHL season\u003c/a>, playing at SAP Center.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>All PWHL games have historically also been streamed on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@thepwhlofficial\">league’s YouTube channel\u003c/a>. The PWHL has \u003ca href=\"https://www.thepwhl.com/en/where-to-watch\">a guide on its website\u003c/a> on how to catch games for specific teams.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Tip for newcomers attending any games: Bring a jacket, because ice skating rinks are genuinely cold.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098173\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dominique Petrie of the Minnesota Frost of the Professional Women’s Hockey League is on the ice for the ceremonial first puck before a NHL game between the Los Angeles Kings and the San José Sharks on Oct. 28, 2025, at SAP Center in San José, California. (Matthew Huang/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where does the community hang out? \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The place for hockey fans to really meet: rec leagues. The \u003ca href=\"https://ncwhl.com/\">Northern California Women’s Hockey League\u003c/a> has four divisions for different skill levels. The league also holds a “\u003ca href=\"https://ncwhl.com/give-hockey-a-try-feb-7-2026/\">Give Hockey a Try\u003c/a>” day twice a year, which Ellerby says is an affordable and accessible entry point for newbies. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The day costs $25, includes rented gear and requires no previous experience. Plus, if you decide to stick with it, used gear is then offered by the NCWHL at a deep discount.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There is also a beginner’s course for adults on ice hockey at \u003ca href=\"https://www.trivalleyminorhockey.com/lady\">a rink in Walnut Creek\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty4.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fans of the Professional Women’s Hockey League sing along during the third period of the Minnesota Frost and New York Sirens game at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on March 16, 2024. (Dave Reginek/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“There is a very supportive community,” Ellerby said. “It’s very much a community that realizes that the opportunities might not have been there for everybody. There’s people who start the season who can’t skate, and they do everything to train you so that you can.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>(One more incentive to get in with the NCWHL: Sometimes the PWHL will reach out to host events where you can skate with key players.) \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Sharks franchise manages the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sharksiceatsanjose.com/adult-hockey/siahl-womens-league\">San José Adult Women’s League\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In addition, there’s the \u003ca href=\"https://sfquakes.org/\">San Francisco Earthquakes\u003c/a>, an LGBTQ ice hockey team founded in 1998 that plays at Yerba Buena Ice in San Francisco. For those who prefer asphalt to ice, there’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.bayareastreethockey.com/about\">Bay Area Street Hockey\u003c/a>, too.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are some publications or podcasts I can follow to learn more about women’s hockey?\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.thegistsports.com/\">The Gist\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://snatchmagazine.com/\">Snatch Magazine\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/365_hockeygirl?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">365 Hockey Girl\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sportsgirlsclub?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">Sports Girls Club\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://toomanymenpod.com/\">Too Many Men\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.thepwhl.com/en/media/jocks-in-jills-podcast\">Jocks in Jills\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/pwhltosanjose?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">PWHL to San José\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/womenofhockeysj/\">Women of Hockey San José\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"soccer\">Supporting women’s soccer in the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What should I know about the professional sports team?\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Bay Area’s professional women’s soccer team is Bay FC, playing at PayPal Park in San José. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Bay FC’s \u003ca href=\"https://bayfc.com/schedule/\">regular season\u003c/a> runs until Nov. 1. The team’s official website lists the ways you can stream \u003ca href=\"https://bayfc.com/schedule/\">each game\u003c/a>, which include platforms like \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbssportsnetwork.com/\">CBS Sports Network\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/watch/\">ESPN 2\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Also good to keep in mind: Next year will bring the Women’s FIFA World Cup, hosted by Brazil. The U.S. team includes Claire Hutton, a player from Bay FC.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12032644\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">More than 26,000 fans packed the Oakland Roots home opener at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California, on March 22, 2025. This was the first Roots game played in the storied stadium. (David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Are there other Bay Area teams I can support?\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>KQED has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12076503/mens-world-cup-soccer-san-francisco-bay-area-tickets-matches-santa-clara-levis-stadium\">a guide to soccer teams in the Bay Area\u003c/a> — women’s, men’s and co-ed — which includes \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandsoulsc.com/\">Oakland Soul\u003c/a>, the preprofessional team (aka the future of soccer). \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Bay Area Futbol News also has \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DbD57e0yxyq/\">an incredibly handy, pretty extensive chart\u003c/a> on the tiers of soccer teams in the region, which includes many other women’s teams such as:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfnighthawks.com/\">SF Nighthawks\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.mbfcsirens.com/\">Monterey Bay Sirens FC\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.calstormsoccer.com/\">California Storm\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.wpslsoccer.com/teams/the-town-fc\">The Town FC\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sanramonfc.com/wpsl\">San Ramon FC\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where does the community hang out?\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There are several official Bay FC fan clubs, such as the \u003ca href=\"https://bfcs.club/\">Bridge Brigade\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://bayfc.com/press-releases/bay-fc-announces-two-new-official-supporter-groups-01212026/\">The Big Poppies, Bay Imperio and Pier 75\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Rec leagues are also a major way for soccer fans to connect (which, fun fact, is how \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13977457/rikkis-first-womens-sports-bar-bay-area-open-castro-sf-valkyries\">the founders of Rikki’s — the Bay Area’s first women’s sports bar — met each other\u003c/a>). Some of those leagues include:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfspikes.com/\">SF Spikes\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/flintasoccer/\">Flinta\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ggwsl/?hl=en\">Golden Gate Women’s Soccer League\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://outloudsports.com/sanfrancisco\">OutLoud Sports rec soccer leagues\u003c/a> \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.volosports.com/san-francisco\">Volo’s rec leagues\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/dykesoccereastbay/\">Dyke Soccer East Bay\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260718-MaledaYouthSoccer-JY-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12092224\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260718-MaledaYouthSoccer-JY-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260718-MaledaYouthSoccer-JY-13-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260718-MaledaYouthSoccer-JY-13-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Solomon Wolday, the head coach for Maleda youth soccer, checks in with his players after practice at Del Monte Park in San José, California, on July 18, 2026. (Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are some publications or podcasts I can follow to learn more about women’s soccer?\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://fulltimepod.com/\">Full Time\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.diasporaunitedpod.com/\">Diaspora United\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@WomensGameMiB\">The Women’s Game\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attacking-third-a-cbs-sports-womens-soccer-podcast/id1573642138\">Attacking Third\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://re-website.com/pages/recapshow?srsltid=AfmBOop6BuvZugOGcnwnESX2lCB0J7OEvS5fQC11oeYkTGa18sCKKybL\">The Re-Cap Show\u003c/a>, hosted by former U.S. Women’s National Team stars (and married couple!) Christen Press and Tobin Heath.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"rugby\">Supporting women’s rugby in the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What should I know about the professional sports team? \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Founded last year, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.baybreakers.us/\">Bay Breakers\u003c/a> are the local semi-professional women’s rugby team, though the team plays in Lodi, about two hours from the Bay Area. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>They compete in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.womenseliterugby.us/\">Women’s Elite Rugby League\u003c/a> and made it to the 2026 Legacy Cup final on Aug. 8 — but lost 24-17 to the Denver Onyx.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>When games pick up again next year, you can stream the games through the \u003ca href=\"https://www.womenseliterugby.us/how-to-watch\">Women’s Sports Network\u003c/a> on platforms like Roku, Tubi and Fubo.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Are there other Bay Area teams I can support?\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Bay Area hosts many women’s and inclusive LGBTQ rugby clubs. The best-known is the \u003ca href=\"https://www.allbluesrugby.com/\">Berkeley All Blues\u003c/a>, which has fostered several Olympians and more than 50 national team players, according to its website.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Others include \u003ca href=\"https://www.siliconvalleyrugby.org/\">Silicon Valley Women’s Rugby Club\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoserugby.com/\">San José Seahawks\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.fogrugby.com/\">SF Fog Rugby FC\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where does the community hang out?\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Many of rugby’s nonprofessional clubs in the Bay Area are open to beginners. For example, the All Blues field four teams that cater to all levels of experience, including one for high school students. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Also an LGBTQ club, The Fog’s highest-skill team plays with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncrfu.org/\">Northern California Rugby Union\u003c/a>, a men’s league. Women are welcome to play, however, on nonleague teams that arrange games independently with other local teams. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Fog runs \u003ca href=\"https://www.fogrugby.com/p2r\">a free Pathway to Rugby program\u003c/a> designed for beginners to learn fundamental skills: a multiweek crash course consisting of guided practices twice a week. The next program begins Oct. 5, 2026.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are some publications or podcasts I can follow to learn more about women’s rugby? \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.women.rugby/en\">Women’s Rugby\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@LoveOfRugby/videos\">For The Love Of Rugby\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqdf25RCMlf-cHf5iloggfg#\">Women’s Rugby Pod\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtLqkC7VnfzbORQbjHMdYDiLGWgX_hxB9\">The Good, The Scaz & The Rugby\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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Four of the six home games after the Olympics are almost or already sold out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would tell people, ‘If you want to come see Macklin live, get tickets as soon as possible,’” Bentz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/real_max_miller/status/2027218208667914508?s=46&t=7BBzFwo6eYLzJIVfAlumEQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with being one of the youngest players in men’s ice hockey on the global stage, Celebrini led \u003ca href=\"https://www.nhl.com/news/macklin-celebrini-back-with-san-jose-sharks-learned-a-lot-at-olympics-in-milan\">the Olympic tournament with five goals in six games\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/Jackie_Redmond/status/2024951958952370547\">a surprisingly large amount of playing time\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Celebrini even had American fans rooting for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was amazing. 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The United States defeated Canada 2-1 in overtime. \u003ccite>(Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Devoted Sharks fans seemed shocked by the newfound attention and by the fact that Sharks in-jokes have \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/dewties/status/2026104664668639461?s=46&t=7BBzFwo6eYLzJIVfAlumEQ\">“breached containment.”\u003c/a> A major example: A team-sponsored fundraiser where fellow player Will Smith \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVJ_Xj7EhJ9/\">seemingly volunteered Celebrini\u003c/a> for an \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/Frost_Cupcake/status/2026354390924407265?s=20\">“elevated cupcake experience”\u003c/a> at a San José bakery right after Canada’s loss to the U.S. in the gold medal game has become a meme-worthy moment, with posts about it attracting over \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@butterflybridgers/video/7609885938067574029\">259,000 likes on TikTok\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>New fans\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Hockey has seen an uptick of interest among the American mainstream audience, especially after the success of \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5637480\">the television series \u003cem>Heated Rivalry\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, the Olympics and gold from both U.S. men’s and women’s teams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the American men’s ice hockey team is also facing some backlash after players celebrated their win \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/02/25/nx-s1-5724942/fbi-directors-leadership-questioned-after-partying-with-the-us-mens-hockey-team\">with FBI Director Kash Patel \u003c/a>and laughed at a comment made by President Donald Trump that \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/25/sport/hilary-knight-president-trump-distasteful-joke\">slighted the women’s team\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12074937\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12074937\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/Macklin-Celebrini-Getty-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/Macklin-Celebrini-Getty-3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/Macklin-Celebrini-Getty-3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/Macklin-Celebrini-Getty-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Left to right) Silver medalists Bo Horvat #14, Macklin Celebrini #17 and Thomas Harley #20 of Team Canada react during the medal ceremony following the Men’s Gold Medal match between Canada and the United States on day 16 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena on Feb. 22, 2026, in Milan, Italy. \u003ccite>(Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When thinking about new fans who are just getting into hockey, Johnson said that “this is still one of the most conservative sports and has not always been super open.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She recommended that fans “find your community within the community,” and noted that there is a growing number of LGBTQ+ fans and fans of color, “so our voices are a little bit more heard, whether it’s on social media or in person.”[aside postID=news_12074589 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/AlysaLiuGetty3.jpg']Old and new fans alike are waiting to see if the Sharks, with their talented young roster, have what it takes to make it to the playoffs this year — something \u003ca href=\"https://sanjosehockeynow.com/san-jose-sharks-celebrini-askarov-nedeljkovic-playoffs/\">they haven’t done since 2019.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The anticipation has also added pressure on the teen player, which made some fans worried for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For his part, Celebrini said on Wednesday he is “excited to start playing again” with the Sharks and bring the mindset he’s learned from some of the best players at the Olympics to San José.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’ll be hoping for a turnaround after Canada’s silver-medal finish, a feeling that he said will stick with him forever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of those guys I looked up to my whole childhood, and it was an honor to play with them and be around them every single day,” the Vancouver-born athlete said. “But it sucks. 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The rink helped turn the small city about 50 miles north of San Francisco into an unlikely hockey haven. Schulz’s No. 9 Santa Rosa Flyer jersey is the only jersey hanging from the rafters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearby buildings were destroyed in the fire, but the rink and its Warm Puppy Cafe came through unscathed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Wagner family lost two homes in one of the hardest-hit Santa Rosa neighborhoods. They fled their new home of 10 months with little more than the clothes on their back, and their eldest son did the same in their older home a few blocks away, which they were trying to sell. The two Harley Davidson motorcycles in the garage were destroyed with everything else.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Everything was lost, including 8-year-old Daniel Wagner’s pet bunny and his hockey gear. School remains closed until next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s terrible to be 8 years old and have to run out of your house with nothing,” Daniel’s father David Wagner said. “He has no toys, no Legos … nothing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Wagner said Daniel’s participation in the hockey tournament Sunday “was definitely needed.” He said Daniel suffers from nightmares of fire and evacuation. Anything that reminds him of his routine before the fire is welcome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Standing in his shiny new skates and holding his new stick, Daniel said life may never be the same after the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I miss my old skates,” he said, still vowing to play professional hockey someday. “I miss my old stick.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We needed to be here,” said Rebecca Henderson, one of the tournament’s organizers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many more families aside from those who lost their homes have endured damage and displacement, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The family of Daniel Chang, 8, prevailed upon the police to escort them to their smoke-damaged home still within a mandatory evacuation zone so they could retrieve his hockey equipment. Nearly all the homes in their Fountain Grove neighborhood were destroyed. They have been barred from returning to their house until law enforcement officials lift the evacuation order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The tournament is a welcome distraction,” said Seohee Cho, Chang’s mother.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11625505\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/SnoopyHomeIce-800x1031.jpg\" alt=\"The Redwood Empire Ice Arena in Santa Rosa, better-known as Snoopy's Home Ice.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1031\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11625505\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/SnoopyHomeIce-800x1031.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/SnoopyHomeIce-160x206.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/SnoopyHomeIce-1020x1314.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/SnoopyHomeIce.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/SnoopyHomeIce-1180x1520.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/SnoopyHomeIce-960x1237.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/SnoopyHomeIce-240x309.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/SnoopyHomeIce-375x483.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/SnoopyHomeIce-520x670.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Redwood Empire Ice Arena in Santa Rosa, better-known as Snoopy’s Home Ice. \u003ccite>(cplbasilisk/Flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Charles Schulz, a Minnesota native who lived in Santa Rosa and was a hockey fanatic, financed the building of the rink in 1969 in the same complex that houses the Peanuts museum. The rink helped turn the small city about 50 miles north of San Francisco into an unlikely hockey haven. Schulz’s No. 9 Santa Rosa Flyer jersey is the only jersey hanging from the rafters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearby buildings were destroyed in the fire, but the rink and its Warm Puppy Cafe came through unscathed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Wagner family lost two homes in one of the hardest-hit Santa Rosa neighborhoods. They fled their new home of 10 months with little more than the clothes on their back, and their eldest son did the same in their older home a few blocks away, which they were trying to sell. The two Harley Davidson motorcycles in the garage were destroyed with everything else.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Everything was lost, including 8-year-old Daniel Wagner’s pet bunny and his hockey gear. School remains closed until next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s terrible to be 8 years old and have to run out of your house with nothing,” Daniel’s father David Wagner said. “He has no toys, no Legos … nothing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Wagner said Daniel’s participation in the hockey tournament Sunday “was definitely needed.” He said Daniel suffers from nightmares of fire and evacuation. Anything that reminds him of his routine before the fire is welcome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Standing in his shiny new skates and holding his new stick, Daniel said life may never be the same after the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I miss my old skates,” he said, still vowing to play professional hockey someday. “I miss my old stick.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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The defending champs finished off this agonizingly even series with their 14th consecutive home victory over the past two months, including seven straight in the postseason. \u003c!--more-->\"Jonathan Quick is just a fantastic goalie,\" Sharks captain Joe Thornton said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quick and his teammates barely held off the Sharks in the frantic final minutes after Dan Boyle's goal early in the third. Quick showed off his Conn Smythe Trophy form yet again, capped by an astonishing glove save on Joe Pavelski's chance at an open net with 5:04 left, to finish the seven-game series by allowing just 10 goals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're going to play every game like this, no matter what,\" said Quick, who leads the league in postseason goals-against average (1.50) and save percentage (.948). \"It doesn't matter how many games it takes, especially against that team. We're fortunate to move forward.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Kings will face Chicago or Detroit when they attempt to reach the Stanley Cup finals for the third time. The Blackhawks will host the Red Wings in Game 7 on Wednesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quick couldn't do it all by himself, and he got help from a familiar big-game source: Williams scored on a power-play tap-in and a one-timer, putting the Kings on top to stay. The veteran wing came in with an eight-game goal-scoring drought, but the two-time Stanley Cup winner has scored nine points in his four career appearances in a Game 7.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I certainly enjoy pressure situations,\" said Williams, whose goals came 2:57 apart. \"I know everyone in this dressing room does. We pride ourselves on being a team that, push comes to shove, we're going to get it done. We've been through it before, and we know we can do it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The home team won all seven games in the series, as did the team that scored first. 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Williams got the puck to the post and hacked at it until it slid behind Niemi for his first goal since Game 4 of the first round.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Williams, who had just two assists in the previous eight games, has been candid about his line's offensive struggles during this postseason, saying the Kings' top scorers had to get better for Los Angeles to advance. So he did it again 2:57 later, taking a cross-ice pass from Anze Kopitar and beating Niemi from short range with a one-timer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Niemi kept the Sharks in it with two stunning saves, preventing a natural hat trick by Williams several minutes before stopping Brad Richardson's one-timer. Niemi made another enormous save during 4-on-4 play early in the third, stopping Jeff Carter on a breakaway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boyle ended Quick's bid for his third shutout of the series with a long shot through traffic with 14:34 to play, giving the defenseman his third goal of the postseason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We probably made one more mistake than they did, and we couldn't find a way to get another puck by Quick,\" McLellan said. \"We would love to go back and play Game 2 over again, the last four or five minutes. That's probably one that we needed and didn't get.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sharks missed either team's best chance to win a road game 12 days earlier, giving up two power-play goals in the final minutes of a 4-3 loss in Game 2. The clubs were similarly equal in the regular season, when the Kings' 3-2 home victory over San Jose in the finale pushed fifth-seeded Los Angeles ahead of the Sharks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That eventually led to the Kings starting a playoff series at home for the first time since 1992, but the uncanny home-ice advantage held: The home team has won 16 of these California rivals' 17 meetings in the past two seasons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With one more postseason test, the Kings passed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It comes from the hunger of winning one and having that drive for another one,\" Williams said. \"You don't want anyone else to raise the Cup but you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NOTES: San Jose kept its lineup from Game 6, while Los Angeles replaced fourth-liner Jordan Nolan with rookie Tyler Toffoli. Hobbling Sharks F Marty Havlat missed the final four games of the series and six of seven overall, playing only 4:52 in Game 3. ... 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The veteran wing came in with an eight-game goal-scoring drought, but the two-time Stanley Cup winner has scored nine points in his four career appearances in a Game 7.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I certainly enjoy pressure situations,\" said Williams, whose goals came 2:57 apart. \"I know everyone in this dressing room does. We pride ourselves on being a team that, push comes to shove, we're going to get it done. We've been through it before, and we know we can do it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The home team won all seven games in the series, as did the team that scored first. The fifth-seeded Kings barely rode their home-ice advantage to victory in their first potential elimination game in the last two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They were as good as us,\" Los Angeles coach Darryl Sutter said. \"We just scored.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Antti Niemi stopped 16 shots for the Sharks, who fell just short of their third trip to the conference finals in four years. Even during a year of roster turnover and significant change, sixth-seeded San Jose remained a serious contender in its ninth straight playoff appearance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We thought we could come in here and steal a game,\" Thornton said. \"We were just having so much fun. It's disappointing that it has to end, because we were really enjoying this. It's a tough way to finish.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles has won eight straight home playoff games, dating to last season's Stanley Cup clincher, but this one might have been the toughest. San Jose pressed the action throughout the third period after Williams' back-to-back goals put the Sharks in a mid-game hole, but Quick and the Kings' defense hung on for a win in Los Angeles' first Game 7 at home since 1989.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We had a bunch of chances in the third,\" Sharks forward Logan Couture said. \"That's what teams do when they move on: They score on those chances they get. They did it, and we didn't.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a scoreless first period in Game 7, featuring plenty of near-miss chances but just eight combined shots, the Sharks again came out aggressively in the second. San Jose held the Kings without a shot for nearly 19 consecutive minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the Kings finally broke through after San Jose's Brent Burns took an interference penalty near Los Angeles' net. Williams got the puck to the post and hacked at it until it slid behind Niemi for his first goal since Game 4 of the first round.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Williams, who had just two assists in the previous eight games, has been candid about his line's offensive struggles during this postseason, saying the Kings' top scorers had to get better for Los Angeles to advance. So he did it again 2:57 later, taking a cross-ice pass from Anze Kopitar and beating Niemi from short range with a one-timer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Niemi kept the Sharks in it with two stunning saves, preventing a natural hat trick by Williams several minutes before stopping Brad Richardson's one-timer. Niemi made another enormous save during 4-on-4 play early in the third, stopping Jeff Carter on a breakaway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boyle ended Quick's bid for his third shutout of the series with a long shot through traffic with 14:34 to play, giving the defenseman his third goal of the postseason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We probably made one more mistake than they did, and we couldn't find a way to get another puck by Quick,\" McLellan said. \"We would love to go back and play Game 2 over again, the last four or five minutes. That's probably one that we needed and didn't get.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sharks missed either team's best chance to win a road game 12 days earlier, giving up two power-play goals in the final minutes of a 4-3 loss in Game 2. The clubs were similarly equal in the regular season, when the Kings' 3-2 home victory over San Jose in the finale pushed fifth-seeded Los Angeles ahead of the Sharks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That eventually led to the Kings starting a playoff series at home for the first time since 1992, but the uncanny home-ice advantage held: The home team has won 16 of these California rivals' 17 meetings in the past two seasons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With one more postseason test, the Kings passed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It comes from the hunger of winning one and having that drive for another one,\" Williams said. \"You don't want anyone else to raise the Cup but you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The San Jose Sharks face a crucial game Tuesday night against the Los Angeles Kings. The two teams are tied with three games each in a best-of-seven series. The winner will go on to the Stanley Cup semifinals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Here's a preview from The Associated Press:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_98150\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/05/28/san-jose-sharks-in-crucial-game/los-angeles-kings-v-san-jose-sharks-game-six/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-98150\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-98150\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/05/San-Jose-Sharks-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Thornton (No. 19) congratulates T.J. Galiardi (No. 21) of the San Jose Sharks after Galiardi scored a goal in game 6 of their series against the Los Angeles Kings. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) \" width=\"300\" height=\"214\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe Thornton (No. 19) congratulates T.J. Galiardi (No. 21) of the San Jose Sharks after Galiardi scored a goal in game 6 of their series against the Los Angeles Kings (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Greg Beacham, AP Sports Writer\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Although Dustin Brown will always remember raising the Stanley Cup above his head last year, he also remembers the pain of a first-round playoff loss to San Jose one year before the Los Angeles Kings became champions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So even though the Los Angeles captain is playing in his first Game 7 in the Stanley Cup playoffs on Tuesday night, he's acutely aware of the stakes when the Kings host the Sharks in the grand finale to a grueling all-California series.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You don't know what you're playing for until you've won it,\" Brown said Monday after the Kings returned from a 2-1 loss in Game 6.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So my perspective on the playoffs this year has been completely different from my perspectives the previous years, because I don't think I fully understood what exactly I was playing for until we put ourselves over the top. It's kind of the same way with losing. It's hard to understand what it takes until you lose.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">The game takes place at 6:00 p.m. at Staples Center in Los Angeles.\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Watch on \u003ca href=\"http://stream.nbcsports.com/liveextra/\">NBC Sports Network\u003c/a> (NBCSN), Reseau des sports (RDS), or The Sports Network (TSN).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Listen on\u003ca href=\"http://player.tritonmedia.com/entercom/KUFXFM\"> KFOX\u003c/a> 98.5 FM and 102.1 FM, or \u003ca href=\"http://www.iheart.com/live/197/?autoplay=true\">KTLK\u003c/a> 1150 AM.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Follow the Sharks' live blog at \u003ca href=\"http://sharks.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=74161\">sjsharks.com/liveblog\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Follow the NHL's \u003ca href=\"http://www.nhl.com/ice/icetracker.htm?id=2012030247\">Icetracker\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\u003c/ul>\u003c/aside>\n\n\n\u003cp>For the first time in two years, the Kings are one game away from playoff elimination. They never even faced a potential elimination game during their 16-4 rampage to the Cup last year, but the Sharks have pushed them to the brink while moving one win away from their third trip to the Western Conference finals in four years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The home team has won every game in the series, although home ice meant little to the Kings last season while winning the title as an eighth seed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They're hoping the Staples Center ice means everything in Game 7 — and it has been awfully friendly lately, with 13 consecutive home victories over the past two months and seven straight home playoff wins dating to last year's Cup clincher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the Kings and Sharks are separated by just a 45-minute flight, the home team has dominated this series lately, winning all four regular-season meetings as well.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, the home team has won 15 of the clubs' past 16 meetings in the past two seasons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I guess the odds are on our side, but we know anything can happen,\" Kings center Anze Kopitar said. \"Everyone wants to win these types of games, and you want to be the hero.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After three wins apiece, the series has ended up just as both teams expected before it began two weeks ago. Neither team can pull away, with goaltending and special teams largely deciding each matchup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the series has been tight throughout, it hasn't been disproportionately dramatic. The team scoring the first goal has won every game of the series, and only one major comeback has been made: Los Angeles scored two power-play goals in the final minutes to steal Game 2 after blowing an early two-goal lead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sharks forced Game 7 by winning three of the series' past four games, all by a 2-1 margin. While the Kings can rely on their championship pedigree, San Jose has momentum and plenty of veteran experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's definitely a stressful situation, but it's the most fun I've had playing hockey,\" said Sharks defenseman Dan Boyle, who has won a Game 7 three times in his career, including a Stanley Cup win with Tampa Bay in 2004.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I've got to do it three times now. It's the best time to play. I just try not to make it a bigger deal than what it actually is. Go out and enjoy it. Just don't overthink it, or it can get the best of you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the Kings' brand-new Stanley Cup banner hanging over the Staples Center ice, it's easy to forget the Sharks have been in countless pressure-packed playoff situations, even if they've never won the Cup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose is hoping to extend its ninth straight playoff appearance into another conference final run, while the Kings had won just one playoff round in 17 seasons before last summer's phenomenal championship run.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sharks played a Game 7 two years ago, beating Detroit at home in the second round, and their veteran newcomers have been there, too: San Jose's Scott Gomez is about to play in the 10th Game 7 of his career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The main thing is that you can't change your game,\" Gomez said. \"Do what got you here. Obviously, emotions are going to be running high. Family, friends, everyone — all eyes are on it. The team that can control (emotions) the most, and it sounds easier than it is, usually that's the team that has success.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Kings have home-ice advantage in a playoff series for the first time in 21 years against the Sharks, who have made the playoffs 14 times in the past 15 seasons. Los Angeles hasn't played a Game 7 on home ice since 1989, when Wayne Gretzky's Kings knocked the Edmonton Oilers out of the first round.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After an optional skate Monday, the Kings uniformly downplayed the importance of home ice in Game 7 beyond their crowd's support, yet they've been awfully tough to beat at Staples during their title defense. They lost just four times in regulation during the regular season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the Kings' top players will be in their first Game 7 in the NHL — including Kopitar, Brown and goalie Jonathan Quick — although most have played in similarly crucial games in junior hockey and international competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The worst thing going into a Game 7 is being uptight and stressed about it,\" Brown said. \"You should be excited to play in a game like tomorrow night. That's where heroes are made.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kopitar's favorite Game 7 memory comes from watching his father, Matjaz, who scored two goals and added another in a shootout to claim a national title back home in Slovenia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I've got blood under my skin just like a Canadian,\" Kopitar said. \"I don't think it's any different over in Europe, either. 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