... Barbra Streisand

I hope that song is stuck in your head now too.

Anyways, yes, I've been listening to a fair share of Duck Sauce today, against my will of course.  "Barbra Streisand" was a cool song, for a while, and then it got old, quickly.

So what does this have to do with hockey? Well, the Flames decided to use the song as their goal horn, and it absolutely killed me as a Flames fan.  The last time I went to a Flames game in person, they used "Shot Down In Flames" - ACDC.  That song was perfect! It was loud, obnoxious, catchy, and had something to do with FLAMES!

Hockey music should get the heart pumping, get right in your face, and blast out the speakers.  Thats what I like hearing when I'm at a hockey game.

I was going to do a "best goal horns" list, but there's lots of different ones and good sources for listing them are hard to come by.  So I decided to make my "Favourite" playlist from all of the EA video games in the NHL series.  Usually, they feature lots of Canadian rock, and a good mix of new, hard rock, and classic tunes.  That's what I like.  They haven't always had good music, but usually they had some great tunes in there, so I'm going to show you my "playlist" of my favourite songs from the NHL games, and the game it was featured in:

Heroes - David Bowie (NHL99 Intro)
Heavy - Collective Soul (NHL2001 Intro)
American Psycho - Treble Charger (NHL2002)
I Hear You Calling - GOB (NHL2002)
Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows - Brand New (NHL2004)
Shatterday - Vendetta Red (NHL2004)
Punk Rock 101 - Bowling For Soup (NHL2004)
Get What You Need - Jet (NHL2004)
Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand (NHL2005)
From Out Of Nowhere - Faith No More (NHL2005)
Bundy - Animal Alpha (NHL06)
Bat Country - Avenged Sevenfold (NHL06)
Red Flag - Billy Talent (NHL06)
Flag Song - Rock'N'Roll Soldiers (NHL06)
Montreal Calling - Mobile (NHL07)
Talk To Her - Priestess (NHL 07)
A Whisper And A Clamor - Anberlin (NHL08)
Just Got To Be - The Black Keys (NHL08)
Raw - Scanners (NHL08)
Stand Up For Rock And Roll - Airbourne (NHL08)
The Wildfire - Mando Diao (NHL08)
The Running Free - Coheed and Cambria (NHL09)
Heroes Of Our Time - Dragonforce (NHL10)
Peace Sells - Megadeth (NHL10)
Rock You Like A Hurricane - The Scorpions (NHL10)
I'm Shipping Up To Boston - Dropkick Murphys (NHL11)
Howlin' For You - The Black Keys (NHL11)
Blitzkrieg Bop - The Ramones (NHL11)
Mony Mony - Billy Idol (NHL12)
You've Got Another Thing Comin' - Judas Priest (NHL12)
Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400 (NHL13)
Bully - Shinedown (NHL13)
Days Go By - The Offspring (NHL13)
The Devil Takes Care Of His Own - Band of Skulls (NHL13)

Anyway, those are my favourites.  Some of those get me pumped about playing some hockey, some of them bring me back to my days of starting hockey, and some of them are just plain fun rock'n'roll. If you have any songs that you liked from the games, or have any suggestions what should be on there, leave me a comment! Thanks for reading.