Hey, is anybody around here planning to make an entry to this thing?  Entries are permitted as of today, June 19.

The winner takes home a cool hundred grand!

Blue Rodeo? Hello?? 

Haha!  Really, I think it would be sick if our boys created the new HNIC "anthem"!..... or even if one of our many talented board members did so!

Go for it!  If I had a musical bone in my body, I'd have to take a run at it... 

 
Challenge:  http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/anthemchallenge/

 
Story:  http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2008/06/19/hockey-song-contest.html

"With Canada’s Hockey Anthem Challenge, we will create a new theme for the hockey nation, something that will tell the world what CBC’s Hockey Night In Canada is all about."

The winning entry will receive $100,000 in cash and half of the ongoing performance royalties, with the other half going to Canadian minor league hockey.

At least five semifinalists will be presented to the country and judged by a celebrity panel on a CBC network television special on Oct. 4. The judges will be announced shortly.

"We’re going to create just the right mix [of judges] to ensure we come up with a winner that’s both musically exceptional and appealing to the all-Canadian hockey fan," said Moore.

Two finalists will then face off at the beginning of the HNIC doubleheader on Thursday, Oct. 9, with fans having the opportunity to vote for the winner.

The new theme will be unveiled two days later on the traditional Saturday broadcast of Hockey Night in Canada.

(exerpt from cbc.ca article)