Old Hockey Night In Canada Theme

Ahhhh, I can still remember December Saturday nights on the farm. Anticipatingly rushing through my 6:00 pm chores by moonlight, firing a frozen horse bun with the tines of the pitchfork past an imaginary goalie guarding the barnyard gate, then shucking off stinky clothes, waiting impatiently for Tommy Hunter to end, all to once more hear these dulcor tones...

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• hockey
• night
• in
• canada
• 1969
• cbc
• television
• canadian
• sports
• network
• saturday
• national
• league
• stanley
• cup
• peter
• puck

[faulknep1]

Wonder if the original Happy Motoring Song is around somewhere?

[toonguy85]

faulknep1: Back in the sixties, an instrumental version of the "Happy Motoring" song was the actual theme for HNIC. The Doris Claman theme was introduced by CBC in the 1967-68 season. I can't seem to upload the link, but to see it, just run a search on You Tube using these keywords: "Chicago, Toronto, February 11, 1967, Bobby Hull, hattrick"

[Lava1964]

The wonderful thing about sports through the eyes of a child is that they see grown-ups playing a game they play too. It's something that links generations.

[toonguy85]

@Lava1964 Thank you for saying so. Pro athletes are role models, because they set the standards of performance that the children who follow them, will aspire to. I really admire elite athletes who bridge that generation gap and connect with youth.

[alcleveland2000]

Go you one better: I remember using a US Army sat dish to pick up the feed until informed that half of Germany was getting HNIC on the old Armed Forces network (and not complaining!) Good memories

[toonguy85]

@alcleveland2000 YOU WIN hands down! What an awesome story!

[goedmonton]

Sends chills down my spine. Watching Saturday night hockey will always be a special memory for me forever.

[rapideye97]

@icezebra77 Same here

[icezebra77]

I have this movie on a VHS tape somewhere.

[ethicomm]

@toonguy85 And there's thousands of people coast to coast who have some story about settling down on Saturday nights to listen to the likes of Warn Cornell, Danny Galivan, Brian MacFarlane and more!