The All-Star Game Might Look Good...But How Will It Sound?

When the NHL All-Stars face off this Sunday night in Montreal, they will be doing so in perhaps the greatest hockey city in the world...in an arena that possesses the world's worst goal horn.

In case you don't know what the Bell Centre's horn sounds like, take a listen here. I realize it says '07-'08, but it's the same one.

This makes me want to laugh. A goal horn should bring emotion into the home crowd and demoralize the opponent. I don't feel this accomplishes either. In fact, it's - for lack of a better word - sissy. Let's hope this year's game is either a low-scoring affair (and judging by recent results, it won't be) or the arena officials magically replace their goal horn by Sunday afternoon.

Obviously this is subject to debate, but here are my top 5 worst goal horns in the NHL:

1. Montreal - As explained above.
2. Colorado - It's annoying for starters, but then they go and blast it three times in a row, just in case you didn't get the point. Blur's "Song 2" as a goal song is decent, but then they ruin it by bringing in police sirens.
3. San Jose - A fart accompanied by a bad rendition of a perfectly good song and a sports classic, "Rock And Roll Part 2." Makes me feel like I crapped myself.
4. Anaheim - This reminds me of the "brown noise" from South Park. Also makes me feel like I just crapped my pants. However, I do enjoy Pennywise's "Bro Hymn" as the goal song.
5. Vancouver - What is that? Seriously.

Now, if you want a goal horn you can set your watch to, go to Dallas. Not only does it sound cool, but it's followed by the aforementioned "Rock And Roll Part 2," but the original instead of a crappy knock-off. Unfortunately, the All-Star game will probably not be returning to Dallas for some time, as they hosted the game 2 years ago.

The NHL can still rectify this year's poor decision by going to any of these teams' arenas for the next All-Star Game (in 2011): Calgary, Los Angeles, Detroit, New York Rangers (as a Flyers fan it almost hurts to write that), and Nashville (even though I'm not a country music fan, I like Music City's song choice).

Enjoy the game (on mute).