The turn of the millennium saw the list of songs grow larger and larger, mostly featuring rock songs from bands across the globe. 2 Unlimited’s “Get Ready For This” was used in the 1996 edition of the game, and David Bowie’s “Heroes” was among three songs used in NHL 99. Since the mid-1990s, EA Sports has licensed music for the NHL video game series. I still get butterflies in my stomach, because of the work and the care that we put into what we put on record,” Baksh said. “The feeling of hearing your song in a game, it’s almost like when you hear a song that you’re a part of on the radio or see a video that you’ve been part of on MuchMusic … for the first time. It was one of two Sum 41 songs featured as in-arena music in NHL 2002, alongside “Makes No Difference.” It was one of those ‘I made it’ moments,” Baksh remembers thinking when he heard “Fat Lip,” the band’s biggest single from its debut album, in the game. At the same time, the driver, a Newfoundland native by the name of Bob Penny, yelled from the front of the bus. He eventually started a game, which began with a cinematic introduction featuring both teams entering the ice. He scurried through the menus, hearing one after another of the game’s five playable tracks that weren’t his own. But he didn’t turn on the game to lose himself in its features. It’s the one with Pittsburgh Penguins legend Mario Lemieux on the cover. At the back of the bus, Baksh turned on the game console and played the latest iteration of the EA Sports NHL franchise, NHL 2002.
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