As some of you may not be aware, the license for CBC's Hockey Night in Canada theme song has been purchased by TSN and will no longer be the theme song for that production.
For those who are unaware of what it is, Hockey Night in Canada (HNIC), is a television broadcast of NHL games produced by CBC is similar to NFL's "Monday Night Football".
A Little History:
Hockey Night in Canada started broadcasting games over the radio in 1931 and moved to television in 1952. In 1988, when Wayne Gretzky was traded to LA, HNIC started showing double headers when a Canadian team would go play the Kings so as to give Canadian's a chance to watch their beloved 99.
There are many features within a HNIC broadcast but the most popular would be Coaches Corner with the oft controversial and always colorful (both literally and figuratively) Don Cherry (Grapes) and his straight man, Ron Maclean.
New Theme Song
In June of this year, CBC announced that it could not reach an acceptable agreement to renew the license for the song so they launched a contest to come up with a new one. Many are very distraught over Hockey Night in Canada losing their theme song to CTV and feel like the broadcast won't be the same without it. I agree. Mike Myers has even been heard to say that the theme song is Canada's second National Anthem.
Alas, we have to accept that a new song is forthcoming so we might as well accept it. Of the over 15 000 entries, you can go here and pick one of the final 5 (voting is open until tomorrow at 11:59 pm. To me, they all basically sound very similar although I think I will chose #3. Hitch likes #4, but I feel like it needs a little more zing.
It is the end of an era...actually, a way of life for hockey fans everywhere...*sigh*
Go ahead, go vote.
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