Franc is an expert in this and I'm going to back up everything that was
said, and add a few things that might help as a whole.
Minor hockey in Canada is Youth hockey in the states. It's not minor league
hockey. That's a common misconception between the two and I've found myself
referring some of the games I do to minor games and that insults or confuses
some.
Having been on the ice and tending to injured players, don't play music if
they're hurt. Once they get up, it's ok. Once they're off the ice on the
stretcher, ok play the music.
My questions for you (not Franc but the original poster) are:
1. Where will you be set-up? Most facilities have their sound inputs in
the penalty box so it may get crowded, plan to have a computer and mixer to
help everyone. One of the facilities that I announce at, I've announced a
total of 2 games from the penalty box itself and another 100 or so from a
makeshift stand behind the penalty box because it's so crammed.
2. What level is the game? Play music associated to the level. I tend to
play a little lighter rock and more pop music when I have the younger kids.
For the adults, I'll play harder rock and classic rock with little
pop/modern music.
3. Do you know your period lengths? Typically in USA Hockey, games are 3
15's, 17's or 20's (meaning minute periods). In my area, they rarely do an
ice cut and that's to maximize ice time so there is a one-minute
intermission between periods. I have some coaches that get upset that music
is playing during the 1 minute intermissions. Be cautious here.
I'd recommend having goal songs to play when teams score. I've created a
whole library of goal horns and songs over the years to celebrate goals. If
you're for one home team, don't play the horns for the visiting team's
goals. If you go to www.SportsAnnouncing.com and click on "The Forum"
you'll find some visiting team goal songs there to choose from to add to
your library.
If you have any other questions, feel free to ask. There's a lot of good
hockey resources on this board. I personally announce and do music for over
250 games a year.
Jarrod.
-----Original Message-----
From: Sports-Music_Programming@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:Sports-Music_Programming@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Franc_N_Schtein
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2011 11:30 AM
To: Sports-Music_Programming@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Sports-Music_Programming] Re: Ice Hockey Music
The only time you shouldn't play music is during the actual play. You can
start the music as soon as there is a whistle to stop the play, and stop it
when the puck drops again. One exception would be maybe be when you announce
a goal, after you annonce the name of the scorer, I usually drop a little
organ sting.
Depending on the league, though, it might be frowned upon to play music when
a player is injured. In pro hockey, they usually keep playing music, but in
minor hockey, you usually don't play anything. For one, it allows the
trainer to communicate properly with the player. Secondly, it's more
respectful for the player. "Walk" by Pantera while a player blew out his
knee is kinda rude. In higher levels, though, I've heard music guys play
"Help" by the Beatles when a player from the visiting team is injured.
As for your other question, there are no quarters of halves, hockey is
played in 3 periods. Each leagues have their own period length, along with
their break lengths. Most high level leagues play 3 20-minutes period, with
breaks ranging between 12 and 17 minutes. In lower level, it differs. One
league I announced in played 15-20-20, with a 1 minute break between the
first and second, and another break between the second and third just to
flood the ice, so around 10 minutes. Check with the league or the team you
do music for, and they'll tell you how it works.
--- In Sports-Music_Programming@yahoogroups.com, "terangihuata"
<terangihuata@...> wrote:
>
> I would appreciate some guidelines please on playing music during an ice
hockey game or are there times in the game you are not allowed to play
music.
>
> How long are the quarter time and halftime breaks?
>
> I play music for basketball, extreme multisports, rodeo, street parades
and rugby but have not done ice hocke. The opportunity comes up in a month.
>
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