Knives are out over Team Canada?s goal-scoring song

EDMONTON - There?s a bit of a goal song controversy brewing at the World Junior Hockey Championship.

Some fans and even sports broadcasters are questioning why Team Canada is using the same tune to celebrate each goal ? Chelsea Dagger by The Fratellis ? as the Chicago Blackhawks play at the United Center.

Twitter was aflutter with cranky comments during Team Canada?s game against Finland, where the ?do do do. do do do? song was played eight times Monday at Rexall Place.

?I seriously can?t believe that every single Canadian isn?t rising up in outrage over Chelsea Dagger right now. NOW is when you riot, Canada,? tweeted @katebits, a hockey fan from Buffalo, New York.

?Blasphemy,? wrote Chris Boden, who hosts Chicago?s pre- and post-game TV shows on Comcast SportsNet.

?So @HockeyCanada is going to use Chelsea Dagger as the theme song for goals at the WJHC. Kill me now! #canucks,? tweeted @vancan19, a hockey blogger also known as Josh Hall from Burnaby, B.C.

The boppy, bratty rock number brings up bad memories for fans and players of the Vancouver Canucks, who were bounced by the Blackhawks in the second round of the 2009 and 2010 playoffs.

A Global B.C. reporter famously asked a few Canucks to listen to the song on an iPod to gauge their responses.

?Nightmare,? said defenceman Shane O?Brien.

?Worst song in hockey. I don?t even want to listen to it anymore,? snapped Canucks defenceman Kevin Bieksa, taking off the headphones in disgust. ?I was in the press box last game in Chicago, and I heard it six times ? and I was cringing every time. So we all know about that song in this room ? and we all hate it.?

Of course, not everyone is disgusted with the choice of Chelsea Dagger as Team Canada?s goal song.

Blackhawks fans and Canucks haters seem to be tops among those rallying to the tune?s defence on Twitter.

?Thrilled listening to chelsea dagger everytime canada scores. nothing like reminding your fella canadians how much the BLACKHAWKS rule,? tweeted @ImBlairCollins from Grande Prairie.

?I like that Chelsea Dagger is being used as the goal song. Only cause it will piss off those from Vancouver,? posted @TheRatTrick, also known as hockey blogger Frank Rekas from Plantation, Fla.

The members of The Fratellis, a band from Glasgow, Scotland, are currently pursuing other projects. Chelsea Dagger was the second single from their debut album, Costello Music, released in 2006. The Blackhawks started using the song ? about ?an androgynous groupie,? according to British music magazine NME ? during the 2008-2009 NHL season.

?You?re just happy for anyone to use something that you do,? frontman Jon Fratelli once told aolnews.com about Chicago?s use of the song. ?It?s really handy that (the Blackhawks) score so much.?

Hockey Canada did not respond to interview requests to explain why the song was chosen..

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