HNIC - Intro 1997

[ciccone39]

Was Windsor CBC infamous for all of those static spots in the picture?

[FoxGoalie]

the should just randomly start their broadcast with this intro once in a while ;)

[keytarkeytar]

Long live the Hockey Night in Canada theme. I miss it. A LOT.

[antizekezellers]

Im boycotting tsn until they give cbc the rights to the classic theme

[avalanchesuperstar]

0:42 "tick" lol

[ab209ljf]

This is way better than the jazzed up version on TSN

[NeukenTV]

classic.

[MrGeminiRising]

Thats what im talking aboooot you can sell it to TSN but the hearts of Canadians and hockey lovers world wide own this.

[surfer53]

The secondary theme is also nostalgia for me...the one they used to play in the 90s between periods.

[surfer53]

LOL 80s drum reverb going on.

[surfer53]

Now if you could get the c. 1993-94 video intro to go with this theme music, you'd have something really amazing. Unfortunately, there's no money in it.

[Jguthro]

I miss Pass too.

[Jguthro]

I miss watching hockey in the late 80s and early 90s. rabbit ears, trying to catch the broadcast from Windsor. Oh the old days.

[Jguthro]

I wanna be this young again.

[DandyKoufax]

Hey all. at about 0:19, there's some sort of a high pitched sound, like a bird chirping.

does anyone else know what i'm talking about? What on earth is that, it's bothered me, quite literally, for about 20 years.

[hrebik]

the hnic was like a magazine with summaries from all the games from one round or it was a programme with just one game broadcasted live?

[444serifovic]

the new one destroys the old tune period.

[Salazar26]

Bring the theme back to HNIC!

[d2michael]

ringtoned.

[frostdude1]

The crowd in the beginning is amazing. The Joe is never this loud anymore

[millencolin17]

this version is good as it actually sounds like a sports theme... the other versions are a bit too soft and sappy. this version has balls

[Fluzzderdoip]

Lets go Red Wings

[marshallsimon]

Chris Cuthbert, come back to CBC.

[GorterPoss]

@marshallsimon I remember Chris Cuthbert calling the stars-oilers series from 97-02. Best hockey I've ever seen and Cuthbert made it all the better.

[kinggone100]

everything got nasty now eww beautiful dayz

[swcrowe]

This is the best version of the opening theme CBC ever came out with.

[FMichael1970]

Agreed - this version is a classic!

I'm not a fan of the synthesized version that we had seen later on, nor am I a fan of the new HNIC theme.

[carcake3]

@swcrowe This and their Olympic Theme!

[bluv6]

I tear up everytime I see this and hear THAT music. Game 7 tonight. Wish I could hear this music play on my TV again. GO WINGS!!

[Qsafm5]

That was a great day.

[StFidjnr]

this intro was on the same day that the famous Darren McCarty goal.

[fornello123]

my favourite part is the bell chime at 16.5 seconds

[pucklusti10]

sounds more like an anvil......

[gianthairysasquatch]

The knockout bell, beeyotch!!

[gianthairysasquatch]

Not just goosebumps - even the hair on my back stands on end!!!

[mdrhollywood99]

agreed! so great, not the same with TSN, CBC bring it back

[marshallsimon]

I hate CTV-TSN with a passion.

[Wardo005]

I remember watching this game when I was 6 years old. The theme back then still gives me goosebumps.

[LaSymphonieDesOrthos]

They play it before each opening faceoff at the Bell Centre.

[datsyuk134life]

i found an amazing one there >> youtube com watch?v=R3OO8esrlVM

[0ralphus0]

anyone know where to find the extended version of the song. they used to play it as they were signing off from hnic... it was awesome

[3evils63]

There has never been a time when the phrase "If it ain't broke, Don't fix it" should have been used....

[philivey712]

the person who made this song demanded money for it...cbc was to fuckin cheap to dish it out to her. wanna blame anyone for fucking everything up its them.

[thepook71]

the new song sucks monkey balls!!!

plus the new one is gay!!!

[jpickles]

This will always be the HNIC song. Nothing can replace it.

[Locotrol2]

AlbertaGamer I am with you!! The CBC is a joke. This was the ultimate theme, back in the good old days when Molson sponsored the show. I saw the theme on TSN last night, and I must say they did a good job. It felt like a hockey program, just like this used to be with the Molson theme.

[almo8989]

I wish TSN used this arrangement instead of the one they use now which sounds more jazzy.

[froster13]

This was the last game that featured this particular opening video, coupled with the original HNIC logo, and only version (in my humble opinion) of "The Hockey Theme" that's actually worth a damn -- after that, the HNIC aesthetic went completely downhill. To think, I was only 12 years old at that time. This video keeps part of my childhood nostalgia alive, and I thank you for that, theSameRetroWindsor!

[crushingalldeceivers]

To destroy this tradition is blasphemy of the highest order... and the new song finalists suck!

[AlbertaGamer]

This song is **NOT** going to die in my house. **I** am muting the TV at the start of every HNIC and playing this video on full blast instead. Then the TV will be allowed to speak again.

[Lucicsux]

@AlbertaGamer , i know, doesnt the new theme make ya sick? all that tradition, gone, over a dollar. Soon, CBC will lose HNIC for good....over a dollar too, 2 more years worth of contract..is all... :(

[NovaBUSFan]

@AlbertaGamer

I hope this isn't insulting, but the TSN/RDS version is OK... BUT THIS ONE WILL ALWAYS KICK ASS!!!

[Beginstheman]

@NovaBUSFan Still, I feel we should write to TSN/RDS to bring this particular version back as it was played from the early 1990s all the way to 2008; it would still perfectly suit even today.

[fabbyy02]

i say they shudn`t change it...cuz this is the best ... {inmy opinion! ]

[ElementBurton2]

gonna miss this one

[GorterPoss]

it's the end of the cbc.

[ChineseinCanada]

I remember watching this exact game! Detroit won 2-1 on a beauty Darren McCarty goal to win the Stanley Cup for the Wings.

[FlyersFan7]

i wish i fucking lived in canada america doesnt have this shit and no one fucking likes hockey but me

[ChineseinCanada]

Yeah eh, hockey is indeed #1 here. I know where I will be every Saturday afternoon and night... in front of my TV. ;) (Unless I actually go to a game, LOL)

[jjbostonceltics]

what does hnic stand for?

[theSameRetroWindsor]

Hockey Night In Canada

[smokedoutsteve]

yeah that version was pimpin', still get a chill up my spine everytime I hear it.

[GoLeafsGoBaby]

Too bad its gone now to FUCKIN TSN!!! :(

[1208spinjaco]

You got save this video.