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For decades, the organ has been part of the soundtrack of hockey, whether it was the classic 鈥淐harge鈥� fanfare or renditions of modern pop and rock songs.

While the organ fell out of favour in the 80鈥檚 and 90鈥檚, it experienced a resurgence in the new millennium as the NHL focused on history and tradition, with most NHL teams hiring an organist. The Tampa Bay Lightning even to install the largest pipe organ in the league back in 2011. 

For 22 years, Mike Kenney has been the organist at 麻豆传媒映画Canucks games, part of the in-arena entertainment alongside the DJs and crowd pump-up videos. Fans who go to games now, however, won鈥檛 be hearing him play.

In fact, the organ hasn't been featured in the last three Canucks home games. In recent games, the organ has been dropped from the in-arena experience at Rogers Arena as the Canucks experiment with other ideas. Most notably, chordal stabs on the organ would punctuate goal announcements 鈥� they've now been replaced by electric guitar power chords.

The concern is that the sound of the organ doesn't fit with everything else the Canucks are doing to create a boisterous atmosphere in Rogers Arena. Instead of continuing to build hype in the crowd, it's thought that the organ causes the energy in the arena to dip. 

Kenney was first hired back in 2000, acing his audition after years of studying jazz at Humber College, entertaining on cruise ships, and playing in local bands in Vancouver. He鈥檚 been a staple at Canucks games ever since, even if he was sometimes only called upon to play a few times per game.

Of the 32 teams in the NHL, only six other than the Canucks do not have an organist 鈥� the Philadelphia Flyers, Carolina Hurricanes, Dallas Stars, Arizona Coyotes, Vegas Golden Knights, and Edmonton Oilers. The expansion Seattle Kraken , Rod Masters, though he likely  

Canucks fans won鈥檛 be hearing 鈥淟ady of Spain鈥� for the foreseeable future either.