The horn sounds at Bojangles’ Coliseum to signal that the game will start soon. The players line up along both blue lines and look up to the left hand side of the Coliseum where the Canadian and American flags hang from the rafters.
The voice of Charlotte Checkers and Carolina Panthers public address announcer Brian Stickley comes over the speakers to address the crowd. “And now, for the performance of our national anthem...Greazy Keyz!”
A man with long, flowing black hair, a hockey jersey and jet black sunglasses proceeds to glide his fingers of the organ positioned along the corner of the rink.