The Neighbors Are Having a Party

I guess you could say I have grown tired of the annual triple helping of Canadiana that is served by the CBC on Hockey Day in Canada.

Fortunately for the Lounge, the New York Islanders-Philadelphia Flyers game came at 1 Eastern, giving me an excuse to see Ron MacLean of "Hockey Night in Canada" wrap himself in the flag and spin his cotton candy odes to the land that gave us hockey.

Believe me, I appreciate Canada's bond with the game and it's important role in providing the National Hockey League with talent. But after a few years, this celebration has grown as old as the Super Bowl Sunday programming that surrounds the actual game in the United States.

The CBC production, which is being broadcast today on the NHL Network in the United States, seems more like a blanket to cover some apparent insecurities Canada has about its game.

Insulated from the United States, Russia or any other outside force, the Hockey Day celebration is Montreal vs. Ottawa, Vancouver vs. Toronto and Edmonton vs. Calgary. Many weekends out of the year, that is pretty much the same schedule on "HNiC."

For me, I'll drop in every now and then to catch the action on "HNiC." Still, every day is Hockey Day in New York here in the Lounge. College, juniors, pro, if I can find it I will watch or listen to it. Every one is welcome.

Thanks for dropping in.

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