BEIJING (AP) — David Quinn hears the music coming from the locker room and stops in his tracks. He needs to walk in to talk to his players but doesn’
BEIJING (AP) — David Quinn hears the music coming from the locker room and stops in his tracks. He needs to walk in to talk to his players but doesn’t want to interrupt. “I’ve got to let this song finish,” Quinn thinks to himself. Often, it’s Maxine Nightingale’s “Right Back Where We Started From” — the song from the bar scene in the iconic hockey movie “Slap Shot.” Other times it’s Bryan Adams’ “Summer of ’69” or Paul Simon’s “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard.” The old-school music has helped the United States, with players ranging in age from 19 to 35, bond quickly off the ice. The camaraderie is showing through on the ice for the only team in the Olympic men’s hockey tournament to win all its preliminary round games in regulation, earning the top seed. “I think everyone kind of likes the old tunes,” said 19-year-old Matty Beniers, who made the playlist well before the Olympics. “It’s a good common ground because a lot of the older guys don’t like the hard rap and the younger guys usually like the older music, so it’s good.” There’s “Build Me Up Buttercup” by the Foundations, “Rich Girl” by Hall and Oates, “Carry on Wayward Son” by Kansas and “Three Little Birds” by Bob Marley and the Wailers. Beniers’ favorite is Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell’s “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.
