These underrated ’90s hits are an untapped market for NHL goal songs For a quarter of a century, “Slapshot” by Madison Square Garden’s own Ray Castoldi has been synonymous with the Rangers. Meanwhile, one NHL franchise has never abandoned its custom-made goal song since its composition in 1995. Several teams at other levels have followed Anaheim and Philadelphia’s lead even after those franchises moved on to another goal tune. Late in the previous decade, the Anaheim Ducks and Philadelphia Flyers recharged Pennywise’s “ Bro Hymn.” The 1991 punk rock song was 15 years old or more when continental TV audiences heard its hook ad nauseam during various playoffs of the late 2000s and early 2010s.
In 2015, the Buffalo Sabres epitomized the never-would-have-thought-of-it-but-I-love-it scenario with “ Let Me Clear My Throat.” They chose DJ Kool’s breakout tune nearly two full decades after its release through a fan vote, and it has stuck for five years since. While the Pittsburgh Penguins drew a tepid response, at best, with this past season’s switch to “Jump Around,” other selections have sat well. But for the generation barely old enough to remember when canned music became the norm at games, it is appreciable when arena DJs reach back into that era and lend a given tune a first or second wind of association with sports. Granted, plenty of more recent hits have assumed a position with a celebratory horn, which is fine. This century’s refreshingly widening array of high-profile hockey goal songs lends yet more evidence to the strength of ’90s nostalgia. “Let Me Clear My Throat” and “Jump Around” are two of several ’90s tunes that have gained a second wind as NHL goal songs, so why stop there?
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