Nhl Game: Defenceman

Immigrant Song Dept: Gardiner made his Leafs debut Thursday night against Montreal and for a 21-year-old kid from Minnesota, there was no bigger arena or better atmosphere for a first taste of the NHL, according to The Star. Gardiner, like the Leafs and their fans, witnessed a new in-game feature developed by the team s game production staff. Video images of the players and their names were beamed onto the ice, and with the classic Led Zeppelin track The Immigrant Song pounding in accompaniment, the two-minute production was a theatrical feast for the senses and for his first NHL game, Jake Gardiner was very much like other rookies in the same shoes nervous, but also wide-eyed and alert to every nuance of the experience. I felt pretty good about the whole thing, the light show was cool, that s something you don t experience every day, the defenceman said at Friday s practice. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.