Neil Peart's percussive-centric version of The Hockey Theme debuted back in January during a Philadelphia Flyers at Toronto Maple Leafs game on The Sports Network (TSN). The video of the song can be seen on YouTube and runs about 1-minute long. It features Neil pounding away on his custom NHL kit along with hockey video highlights interspersed throughout. The song is also available for purchase on iTunes at this link. Neil Peart wrote extensively regarding his experience recording the song in a news update at NeilPeart.net and there's this making of video at the Drum Channel. TSN is now reporting that the kit will be headed to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto sometime this September. Here's the video news story from TSN which includes a recent short interview with Neil Peart.
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