MERCER ISLAND, Wash. — What started as a simple idea — and a single email — has taken Mercer Island High School sophomore Max Pelter further than he ever expected.

“I just sent an email, and I mean this has taken me far,” Pelter said.

Pelter wanted to create a weekly broadcast segment dedicated to his favorite hockey team.

“I’ve always been a super massive sports fan, and my interest just kind of skyrocketed after the Kraken came,” he said.

Pelter’s journey started long before he became a student at Mercer Island High School. As a seventh grader, he reached out to the school’s broadcasting program asking if he could produce his own Kraken updates. Four years later, he’s now known around campus as “Kraken Max.”

“I said, can I just get like a short little segment just to talk about the

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