Joe,

"The Good Old Hockey Game" is actually the chorus of "The Hockey Song" crafted by Stompin' Tom Connors. One of the reasons that Stompin' Tom's popularity is what it is, is that snippets of this song are often played during stoppages of play at Toronto Maple Leaf Games.

THE HOCKEY SONG
(Stompin' Tom Connors)

E                                                      B7
  Hello out there we're on the air, it's hockey night tonight
                                                                   E
  The whistle blows & the tension grows and the puck goes down the ice
                                                               A
  The goalie jumps and the players bump & the fans all goes insane
                E                    B7              E
  Someone roars Bobby scores at the good old hockey game
          A      E                                              B7
  Chorus: Oh the good old hockey game is the best game you can name
                                                                 E
          And the best name you can name is the good old hockey game

2nd Period
Where players dance with skates that flash the home team trails behind
But they grab the puck & go bursting up & they're down across the line
They storm the crease like bumblebees they travel like a burning flame
We see them slide the puck inside it's a one-one hockey game. Chorus

3rd Period, Last game of the playoffs too!
Oh take me where those hockey players face off down the rink
And the Stanley cup is all filled up for the champs who win the drink
Now the final flick of a hockey stick and one gigantic scream
The puck is in the home team wins the good old hockey game
Chorus
Chorus
Chorus
Heads up... He shoots he scores!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Although Stompin' Tom takes some abuse on this thread, he has been around long enough to become a part of Canadiana. As evidenced by the above lyrics, he is by no means Canada's Woody Guthrie, but I think that he would be the first to admit it. His songs tend to be about Canada and Canadians, which is refreshing in a country where jingoism is often thought of as uncool. Sure, I wish they were better songs, but they are fun and that's all that they were ever meant to be.

Check out Sudbury Saturday Night, Bud the Spud, etc. at this site.

www.onlinesupport.pe.ca/~kobrien/stompin.html

And Rick, I double dare ya to post the lyrics to Ontariariario. I would have left that skeleton in the closet. You 'Catters who haven't heard this one have no idea what this does to Rick's credibility.

Paul S, being a damn easterner I've never heard "Red Deer", but it couldn't be anywhere near as bad as what Toronto TV viewers were bombarded with about twenty years ago. All Torontonians probably reacted the same way to Buffalo's 'We're Talkin' Proud' campaign with a resounding "Why?"

HTML line breaks added. --JoeClone, 21-Oct-02.