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Hockey Night In Canada theme might be kaput

June 6, 2008   ·     ·   Jump to comments

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Hockey Night In Canada has been part of hockey forever hosted by Ron MacLean and the legendary Don Cherry. Now they're considering ditching the 40 year theme song. It can't happen. 

If you bleed puck, then you’re quite familiar with the ever popular Hockey Night In Canada (HNIC) theme which comes on the airwaves for us Center Icers. To a diehard like myself, it means that the great game of hockey is upon us and we’re about to see a couple of the Canadian teams on a near flawless broadcast which presents the game like no other.

It means Ron MacLean and the eccentric Don “Grapes” Cherry in one of his off the wall outfits which only the former Boston Bruins coach can pull off. It’s hockey the way it should be with the game covered amazingly. From the great telecasts to the uncomparable intermission segments featuring Coach’s Corner where the controversial Cherry pulls no punches telling it like it is to the Hockey Hot Stove where even former Ranger P.J. Stock has fit in becoming a solid analyst, HNIC is special for so many of us.

Now comes the news that they are actually considering changing the timeless HNIC theme. How do you alter that song? It’s become like a second national anthem for all of Canada and for puck fans all across the land. Why must there always be change when it comes to covering sports? Are these people kidding? Have they lost their freaking minds?!?!?!?!?! Sometimes, change works but if you got something as special as this beloved theme, you don’t mess around with it ticking off legions of hockey fans today who like myself can’t fathom the news that they would consider changing the legendary HNIC song.

Already there’s been a group created on Facebook centered around saving the song with a petition which yours truly signed. I’m urging everyone who reads this blog to go sign that petition and make yourselves heard. This cannot happen!

That theme song for as nuts as it might sound means so much to the hockey community. Please do the right thing and add your name voicing your opinion about what the Hockey Night In Canada theme which has been part of the fabric of the NHL for 40 years means.

We must be heard! And remember, Grapes would be proud.

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