While listening to the DJ, a guy named Matt Cella, playing вЂњGloriaвЂќ over and over again- sometimes 5 shots in a row- the players decided to make the tune the then sorry teamвЂ™s вЂњvictory songвЂќ. The night before a road game against the Philadelphia Flyers, a few of the BluesвЂ™ players stopped off at a popular Philadelphia pub called вЂњThe Jacks NYBвЂќ. The Blues, which had the worst record in the NHL in early January, 2019, had their fortunes change starting late that month. The song was titled вЂњGloriaвЂќ, BraniganвЂ™s 1982 signature tune, which stayed on the top of the pop charts for 36 weeks and secured her nomination for a coveted Grammy Award. The singer was the late Laura Branigan, the American pop vocalist, songwriter and actress whose award -winning disco style songs played seemingly non-stop over the radio from the early 1980вЂ™s into the early 2000вЂ™s, and who tragically died in her sleep of a brain aneurysm on August 26, 2004, at the age of 52.

Hockey fans and fans of the underdogs of all sports and other walks of life might well recall the improbable true tale of a singer, her song and a then pathetic hockey team which after adopting the melody as their call to arms went on to win a championship.

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