Whalers fans, get your ‘Brass Bonanza’ fix here

Sure they play it once in a while between innings at Fenway Park, but what about those moments of nostalgia when you need to hear the Hartford Whalers victory march right now? Thank the hockey gods for brassbonanza.com, a nifty site that lets you listen to several versions of the song. For those of us who owned "Brass Bonanza" on a 45-rpm record, there's even the beloved B-side, "highlights" of Bob Neumier's radio call from the night in 1975 when players from the then-New England Whalers and the Minnesota Fighting Saints got into brawl that resulted in the World Hockey Association's record for penalties: 41. It meant a combined total of 217 minutes in the penalty box, where you feel shame. (Yes, that's a "Slapshot" reference.)