With hockey season in mind...
Got to my first hockey game of the season tonight - St. Joe's 7-3 win over Wahconah at the Boys and Girls Club.
There was a decent crowd at the game, including a lot of students. The fans were into it, too - even getting worked up on simple glove saves.
In honor of the new season, here's a favorite song of mine from the late Warren Zevon, whose talents are appreciated by at least two Eagle sports staffers.
The song is called "Hit Somebody (The Hockey Song)." The lyrics were written by noted sports columnist/author Mitch Albom. If you listen to the song, you may recognize the guy yelling "Hit somebody!" in the chorus. (In case you don't listen to it, I'll just reveal his identity: David Letterman.)
The song is so good, director Kevin Smith ("Clerks," "Mallrats," etc.) - a big hockey fan himself - wants to make it into a movie.
Anyway, here's the song, from Zevon's 2002 album "My Ride's Here."
- Matthew Sprague, Eagle sports editor