The Tragically Hip are national treasures of Canada. They've been making relevant music since the early 80's. Of the 14 albums they've released 9 have hit number 1 in their home country. So Canadian is the band that they have two members named Gordon, a name that surged in popularity in that country during the career of Mr. Hockey, Gordie Howe.
This last song is about Bill Barilko a defenseman for the Toronto Maple Leafs who in 1951 scored the Stanley Cup clinching goal in overtime. It was the last goal he ever scored because that summer he died in a floatplane crash on a trip to a remote fishing location. The plane's wreckage and the victims' remains weren't found until eleven years later. Coincidentally the Leafs ended an 11 year Cup dry spell by winning Lord Stanley's Trophy that spring of 1962. It doesn't get any more Canadian than that unless they were carrying a payload of maple syrup and crashed into a polar bear being cornered by the Mounties in a Tim Horton's parking lot full of sled dogs and snowmobiles.
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