down the rabbit hole

Seems Zajac and freshman forward Jonathan Toews, both Winnipeg, Manitoba natives, sing Guess Who - who also hailed from Winnipeg - songs to each other on the bench during games and during practices. In fact, coach Dave Hakstol kept them from playing on the same line so they could concentrate on hockey and not sing to each other in ongoing efforts to replicate the vocal phrasings of Burton Cummings. Before Zajac’s departure, we spent some time with the duo to learn about that place where hockey and the Guess Who intersect.

“For example,” Zajac explains, “when we were in St. Paul for the WCHA Final Five and the bus would leave our hotel on the way to the rink, Toews and I would bust into ‘Bus Rider.’ Then in the national semifinals, when were down 5-2 to Boston College late in the second period, I looked over at Toews and sang: ‘She’s come undun.’ When he scored in the third to pull us within two goals, he shot a ‘Hang on to Your Life’ back at me.”