Hockey Practice

Welcome to the arena of ice, blood, and thunder where, in the words of "Stompin'" Tom Connors, "players dash with skates aflash." Yep, it's warm-up time for the good, old hockey game, thanks to these scorchers compiled from various hockey team mix playlists. What better way to anticipate the action than with GNR's "Welcome to the Jungle."

As warm-ups go, this set is red hot, straight from the infernal nether regions of hockey hell, where the puck is borne on the sulphurous winds of Carl Orff's menacing "Carmina Burana." No need to labor the point: Just crank up Sum 41's lacerating "Hell Song" or fan the smoldering embers of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" into a sonic inferno.

This final section could not be better named: The faint-of-heart should be advised that these Deep Cuts carry literal associations, but, hell, that's why we root for our favourite, fearless, toothless ice-warriors. Pump up the punk with "Blood on the Ice" by the Riverdales, and feel the snap of stick 'n' bone with D.O.A.'s "Beat 'Em, Bust 'Em."

It's hockey time, folks, and these warm-up Essentials are fierce enough to set a scorching pace and potent enough to penetrate the thickest set of earmuffs. Naturally, we've included several versions of "The Hockey Song," along with the most addictive batch of rabble-rousers ever compiled in a single location. It's all about chasing the guts and the glory at hell-for-leather speed — and thanks to Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train," the Prodigy's "Spitfire," the Ramones' "Blitzkrieg Bop," and Blur's "Song 2," the pace doesn't slack for a second.