Well, the brave new world I predicted would never come has in fact arrived. There is a new Hockey Night In Canada theme song. Canadian visitors to the CBC website chose their favorite from several entries and chose "Canadian Gold" by Albertan Elementary School teacher Colin Oberst.
Its pretty good. I like it. Had I never heard the previous one, had there not been decades of tradition associated with it, and were the previous one not so beloved as to be declared the "Second Canadian National Anthem" I might not have noticed the change. But I still miss the original. The new one is good but its hard to understand the change and most importantly, you can't sing "Punching Beavers in the Face" to the final tag.
Personally I like this alternative entry, including graphics:
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