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The theme has been updated several times: Mid-1980s—A big-band version of the theme was used. [10]1988—An updated "rock" version of the theme, the version most closely associated with the era when the program was titled Molson Hockey Night in Canada on CBC and La Soirée du hockey Molson à Radio-Canada.
With the expiration of CBC Television's licence of "The Hockey Theme" for Hockey Night in Canada in 2008, Connors let it be known that he would be open to an appropriate licensing offer for his song as a replacement theme song. [6] "The Hockey Song" was re-recorded in 2008 by Connors as the "new 2008 version" and was featured on his studio ...
Dolores Olga Claman (July 6, 1927 – July 17, 2021) [1] was a Canadian composer and pianist.She is best known for having composed the 1968 theme song for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's (CBC) Hockey Night In Canada show, known simply as "The Hockey Theme", which many consider Canada's unofficial second national anthem.
The CBC replaced Hockey Night in Canada with Movie Night in Canada, a block of Saturday-night movies hosted by Ron MacLean from junior-hockey venues, during the 2004–05 NHL lockout. A labour agreement was reached for the 2005–06 NHL season .
In June 2008, RDS's parent, CTV Inc., acquired the rights to The Hockey Theme after the CBC failed to renew its rights to the theme song. A re-orchestrated version of the tune, which has been the theme song of La Soirée du hockey and Hockey Night in Canada since 1968, has been used for hockey broadcasts on RDS and TSN beginning in the fall of ...
The league is announcing a two-year partnership with Green Day that includes an opening song for NBC Sports' "Wednesday Night Hockey." The song, "Ready, Fire, Aim" isn't custom-made for the NHL ...
Radio-Canada has aired National Hockey League (NHL) broadcasts, usually Montreal Canadiens', under the La Soirée du hockey (literally translated to The Night of Hockey) brand; which was the French language equivalent of the English Canadian CBC's NHL broadcasts Hockey Night in Canada.
Beginning with the 2019-20 season, the network began to employ a theme song for their Wednesday Night Hockey telecasts, using "Fire, Ready, Aim" by Green Day and a music video starring the band and various NHL players, as part of a long-term promotional agreement between the band, the network and the league.