Guts of The Ice - An Exploration of "Puck" Rock/Hockey-core #1.5: THE ZAMBONIS Write, Record & Release New Song About The Hurricanes' David Ayres (self-released)

This past Saturday night,

The Carolina Hurricanes

squared off against

The Toronto Maple Leafs

. It was a bit of a nail-biter, to say the least, and

The Hurricanes

ended up beating

The Maple Leafs

in a miraculous 6-3 victory. Although, the most astonishing attribute on the ice Saturday night might have been when, in a pinch, The Canes had to turn to 42-year-old emergency back-up goalie (or E.B.U.G.)

David "Dave" Ayres

to help finish out the game. Ayres was called in midway through the second period when both goalies

Petr Mrazek

AND

James Reimer

were forced to exit the game due to injury. Regularly,

David Ayres

is a Zamboni driver for The AHL's

Toronto Marlies

and on that fateful night, was the E.B.U.G. for both

The Hurricanes & The Maple Leafs

. A feat unto itself, Ayres, was, then, able to block eight out of the 10 shots attempted on goal, while, also, scoring a shot on goal of his own.

<a href="http://thezambonis.bandcamp.com/track/e-b-u-g">"E.B.U.G." by The Zambonis</a>

Saturday night,

Adam Gretz

at

NBCSports

explained, "the fact that an emergency goalie had to enter the game is fascinating enough. But that he played as well as he did, and managed to get credit for the win, makes it one of the most stunning accomplishments in recent NHL memory." Immediately following

David Ayres & The Hurricanes'

miraculous win,

THE ZAMBONIS

—"the greatest and only ALL Hockey Rock band in the world"—posted a picture labeled "

THE ZAMBONIS

Back up goalie song alert" on their

Instagram

page (@thezambonis) along with the caption, "write/record/release a new song about E.B.U.G.'s by today at 6 pm. Great job #davidayers ps Emergency Back Up Goalie #hockeyrocks #thezambonis #ebug @canes @charlottecheckers." As promised, by 12 noon Sunday afternoon,

THE ZAMBONIS

had, indeed, released a song about Ayres & The Hurricanes' Earth-shattering win entitled

"E.B.U.G."

It was written by

Dave "Zamboni" Schneider & Tim Walsh

with instrumental backing provided by

Dave, Tim & Cary Pollick

, as recorded by Walsh in just eight short hours.

Upon release,

THE ZAMBONIS'

shared some additional details concerning

"E.B.U.G."

on their Bandcamp page:

'"E.B.U.G."

Emergency Back Up Goalie is what

David Ayres

was/is. It was a dreamy night for him, his family, hockey fans, and anybody who loves a great story. We love it so much, we wrote this song in about 8 hours. Written, recorded, and released in about 8 hours. We are hungry and going to go get a beer now. Please, support our stupidity, obsession, and very focused borderline unhealthy love of music and hockey. Have an ice day,

THE ZAMBONIS

." It appears as though

"E.B.U.G."

may be included within

THE ZAMBONIS'

upcoming as-yet-to-be-titled new album, which we've heard should be dropping in September 2020; "it's coming out on the new record, already recorded and in-the-can "Beer League Hero,"

@TheZambonis

wrote within a Reply to a fan on Twitter over the weekend. An interview with

THE ZAMBONIS'

own

Dave "Zamboni" Schneider

will soon be released as part of The Witzard's new column,

Guts of The Ice

- An Exploration of "Puck" Rock/Hockey-core

.

THE ZAMBONIS'

new single

"E.B.U.G."

is now

available

to stream, download, or purchase exclusively on Bandcamp.

CREDIT: TSN/THE ZAMBONIS (@TheZambonis)

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