The Aren’Ice’s sound system spits out John Miles’ famous tune “Music” then suddenly stops. Ten, nine, eight, seven, six… “Here, it’s Cergy! His penetrating voice is immediately recognizable by supporters of the Cergy-Pontoise Jokers. Located near the score table, Olivier Franco, microphone in hand, has been the speaker-ambient of the Val-d’Oisien club for ten years. At each home game, like this Wednesday evening (8:30 p.m.) during game 5 of the quarter-finals of the playoffs between the Jokers de Cergy-Pontoise and the Rapaces de Gap (Cergy leads 3-1 in this series in the best of 7 sets) , the 52-year-old man, who always wears a green and red scarf (the colors of the club), animates the ice rink.
