NHL players choosing their own goal songs is trending in a sport thatB次元官网网址檚 historically emphasized team and downplayed the individual.
The Winnipeg Jets this season are among the latest clubs to let each player pick a song to reverberate through Canada Life Centre after he scores.
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The playersB次元官网网址� selections generate social-media buzz as fans dissect both musical tastes and how a playerB次元官网网址檚 choice reflects his personality.
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A team song blares in every NHL arena after the home side scores.
In Calgary, itB次元官网网址檚 AC/DCB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淭.N.T.B次元官网网址� TorontoB次元官网网址檚 is B次元官网网址淵ou Make My DreamsB次元官网网址� by Hall and Oates. VancouverB次元官网网址檚 is Simple MindsB次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淒onB次元官网网址檛 You (Forget About Me).B次元官网网址�
Winnipeg isnB次元官网网址檛 abandoning that ritual.
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That sequence provides just enough time for the in-house DJ to locate the playerB次元官网网址檚 song.
B次元官网网址淚n hockey, it happens so fast. Probably one of the struggles for years and reluctance from hockey teams including myself and the Jets is how to execute that,B次元官网网址� Balharry explained.
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The Jets joined the Florida Panthers in adopting personalized goal songs this season.
The Buffalo Sabres introduced signature songs last season following the San Jose Sharks and Washington Capitals in 2020.
BuffaloB次元官网网址檚 playlist 2.0 offers up a couple of throwbacks.
Sabres forward Jeff Skinner switched his goal song from Miley CyrusB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淧arty in the U.S.A.B次元官网网址� last season to the more retro-pop B次元官网网址淚 Want To Dance With SomebodyB次元官网网址� by Whitney Houston.
B次元官网网址淚 just chose one that was sort of a singalong-karaoke kind of song,B次元官网网址� explained the 30-year-old from Toronto.
B次元官网网址淭o me, itB次元官网网址檚 a classic. Whenever I go to a wedding or a party, itB次元官网网址檚 usually one that gets the people going.B次元官网网址�
Sabres forward Victor Olofsson was born 16 years after the release of ABBAB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淕imme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight),B次元官网网址� but the 1979 vintage dance hit is his choice at KeyBank Center.
B次元官网网址淚 just needed something Swedish,B次元官网网址� Olofsson said. B次元官网网址淚 guess I said to my girlfriend this summer, I probably want something a bit more Swedish and she came up with the ABBA song. ItB次元官网网址檚 just a good song.B次元官网网址�
Instead of picking their own songs, FlamesB次元官网网址� players are assigned their music that follows B次元官网网址淭.N.T.B次元官网网址� at the Saddledome.
B次元官网网址淭he Flames did pick one for me, the AC Milan theme song,B次元官网网址� Calgary winger Milan Lucic said. B次元官网网址淭hey did a really good job of that, so IB次元官网网址檇 stick with the one they picked.B次元官网网址�
The Vancouver Canucks were early adopters of personalized goal songs in 2015, but discontinued the practice after a couple of seasons.
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For decades, baseball players have picked their own songs to play when they walk to home plate for their at-bat.
NBA players have signature riffs after they score, like Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleetB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淵abba Dabba Doo.B次元官网网址�
The NHL has been slower to embrace an in-house entertainment element celebrating individual contributions.
B次元官网网址淗ockey especially has been like that, focusing more on building the team than individuals,B次元官网网址� Lucic said.
B次元官网网址淭he difference is too, you know youB次元官网网址檙e going to go up to bat, but you donB次元官网网址檛 know youB次元官网网址檙e going to score every night, so that maybe has a little bit to do with it as well.
B次元官网网址淭hinking about guys coming out to bat, especially when I was at (BostonB次元官网网址檚) Fenway going to games, it was a pretty cool thing seeing what songs guys picked and what songs guys like. I think itB次元官网网址檚 great thereB次元官网网址檚 that individuality now in hockey.B次元官网网址�
Canucks captain Bo Horvat, whose goal song back in 2016-17 was Young JeezyB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淧ut OnB次元官网网址�, takes an opposing view.
B次元官网网址淚 like having a team song,B次元官网网址� Horvat said. B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 not about me. (ScoringB次元官网网址檚) not an individualized thing. ItB次元官网网址檚 a team effort when somebody scores, so to have a team song is what I like.B次元官网网址�
Maple Leafs players have yet to choose their own goal songs, but 39-year-old defenceman Mark Giordano quipped heB次元官网网址檇 go with Jay-ZB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淵oung Forever.B次元官网网址�
Toronto winger Michael Bunting landed on Meek MillB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淚ma BossB次元官网网址�, but felt teammate Mitch MarnerB次元官网网址檚 musical tastes were too broad to predict.
B次元官网网址淢itchy would be all over the place,B次元官网网址� Bunting mused. B次元官网网址淢aybe a little Taylor Swift or something light.B次元官网网址�
If given the option during his playing career from 1979 to 1986, Flames head coach Darryl Sutter would have chosen Kris KristoffersonB次元官网网址檚 1970 classic B次元官网网址淪unday MorninB次元官网网址� CominB次元官网网址� DownB次元官网网址�.
Why?
B次元官网网址淛ust listen to it,B次元官网网址� Sutter said.
B次元官网网址擠onna Spencer, The Canadian Press
