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Green Day songs will be incorporated into arena mixes around the NHL and provide the soundtrack for much of the season on NBC Sports Network and NBC.

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Fourteen of the bandB次元官网网址檚 upcoming tour stops will come in NHL markets, including Seattle, which will join the league in 2021.

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Stephen Whyno, The Associated Press

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