{"id":32184,"date":"2026-06-05T00:26:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T00:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/voice-of-the-canes-adam-lee-decker-ready-for-national-anthem-in-game-2-of-the-stanley-cup-final-wral-com\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T00:26:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T00:26:49","slug":"voice-of-the-canes-adam-lee-decker-ready-for-national-anthem-in-game-2-of-the-stanley-cup-final-wral-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/voice-of-the-canes-adam-lee-decker-ready-for-national-anthem-in-game-2-of-the-stanley-cup-final-wral-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Voice of the Canes: Adam Lee Decker ready for national anthem in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final :: WRAL.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Adam Lee Decker has sung the national anthem at the Carolina<br \/>\nHurricanes games for the last nine years.<\/p>\n<p>It includes singing the national anthem during Game 1 of the<br \/>\nStanley Cup Final at Lenovo Center between the Hurricanes and Vegas Golden Knights.<\/p>\n<p>Decker will sing the anthem again on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/sports\/hurricanes-stanley-cup-final-game-two-vs-vegas-golden-knights-june-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thursday night for Game<br \/>\n2<\/a>, as the Canes look to even the series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s just so much love from the Canes fans, and I\u2019m just<br \/>\ntaking it in stride and just taking it one day at a time,\u201d Decker said. \u201cCanes<br \/>\nNation has been incredible, and they\u2019ve been great to me, and I just can\u2019t wait<br \/>\nto fire off tonight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m super pumped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Decker, a Durham resident, warms up his vocal cords in a<br \/>\ncorner by himself before delivering the anthem before the crowd at Lenovo<br \/>\nCenter. <\/p>\n<p>Tuesday night marked the Canes\u2019 first time in the Stanley<br \/>\nCup Final since 2006.<\/p>\n<p>This year marks the Hurricanes\u2019 eighth consecutive playoff appearance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just really exciting to watch the community grow,\u201d<br \/>\nDecker said. \u201cWe\u2019re finally at that point and I remember Rody [head coach Rod<br \/>\nBrind\u2019Amour] saying like, \u2018Guys, eight years. Here we go. Like, we finally are<br \/>\nhere.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WRAL Sports asked Decker if he considers himself a good luck<br \/>\ncharm for the Canes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBasically, fans turn into clients and then they turn into<br \/>\nfriends,\u201d Decker said.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&#039;So much love from Canes fans&#039;: National anthem singer expresses appreciation\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XbayohtRLCY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Watch:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XbayohtRLCY?si=82NNTfJs0ntfQX9F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;So much love from Canes fans&#8217;: National anthem singer expresses appreciation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Decker is the lead singer of his own band, Adam Lee Decker<br \/>\nMusic. He shared some of his music influences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrowing up, I was listening to Frank Sinatra, Glenn Miller<br \/>\n[and] a lot of big band stuff,\u201d Decker said. \u201cAnd then, just trying to match<br \/>\nWanya [Morris] from Boyz II Men off those early \u201890s albums. Mariah Carey, that<br \/>\nkind of stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Decker said he recalled doing a French duet as part of kindergarten<br \/>\ngraduation in central New York. He participated in madrigals, a cappella groups<br \/>\nand choirs growing up as a kid.<\/p>\n<p>While at Ithaca College, Decker joined the professional a<br \/>\ncappella group, The Sons of Pitches. Formed in the mid-2000s in Ithaca, the Sons<br \/>\nof Pitches was a group that fused influences from classical, jazz, rock and<br \/>\nhip-hop into their vocal harmonies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoving onto college, it kind of started there, and I just<br \/>\nknew I wanted to do this, I just didn\u2019t know where, who or how,\u201d Decker said.<\/p>\n<p>Decker is also a father of two children. He said they want<br \/>\nto perform, just like their dad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s cool because they get to watch dad kind of rise to<br \/>\nthis occasion and I feel like a good role model for them because I\u2019m just me<br \/>\nstill and just being humble,\u201d Decker said.<\/p>\n<p>Decker joked that his kids are his biggest critics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo like [they\u2019ll say], \u2018Dad, that note over there. I don\u2019t<br \/>\nknow man,\u2019\u201d Decker said of his kids. \u201c\u2018We [have to] work on that one next time.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.audiocdn.com\/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLmNkbnN0cmVhbTEuY29tL3pqYi9mZWVkL2Rvd25sb2FkLzc0L2Q4L2RhLzc0ZDhkYWNmLTk0OTUtNDY3YS04YjEzLTBiZjVhOTdjNTJkNy54bWw=&amp;pbg=EFEFEF&amp;lbg=F9F9F9&amp;pt=353D58&amp;st=676E85&amp;bbg=FFFFFF&amp;bi=353D58&amp;limit=10&amp;dl=1&amp;rss=1\" width=\"556\" height=\"800\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Lee Decker has sung the national anthem at the Carolina Hurricanes games for the last nine years. 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