Back in the early 90s, I was a DJ for Road Show Sound and Lights, and we got the contract for playing the music for Jets games. This was pre CD's, everything was tape, which made it extremely hard to key up a song.
My first couple of times playing there, I got caught watching the game, and when there was a stoppage, I was scrambling to get a song on. The worst part was if there was a quick whistle and you didn't have your next song ready to go. That or when they would call up to the booth to play a contest song, like the bird dance, and wanted it to go in the next minute or two.
I got to play several games throughout the contract, but the one I remember most was a Saturday, Hockey Night in Canada game against the Habs. During the game, I was preoccupied in the booth, while the play had stopped, and when they dropped the puck, I didnt kill the song that was playing, for almost 20 seconds after puck drop. This was a finable offense, I believe the team could be fined $5grand for this type of infraction.
The phone rang in the booth, and I had a strip torn off me, but thankfully no fine from the NHL.
I had the game on VHS tape, with the puck being dropped and the music still going, and Bob Cole saying, "hmm someone forgot to kill the music, oh there it is."
Best part of the gig, I got to press the button for the horn after a goal.