On Monday, Canadian band the Barenaked Ladies stopped at Wolf Trap on their Last Summer on Earth tour. The band are noted hockey fans, hailing from Toronto, and have made appearances on NHL Network, Hockey Night in Canada, and performed the Canadian anthem ahead of a game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins.
BNL made reference to the Stanley Cup in one of their more recent songs, “Canada Dry” – a reference that likely wouldn’t have gone down well with the Washington Capitals friendly audience in attendance.
Looking forward to @barenakedladies @Wolf_Trap_NPS, but if they do Canada Dry, they better leave reference to “Sid sipping from the Stanley chalice” at home. Around here, @ovi8 does the chalice sipping. #ALLCAPS
— John Bicknell (@JohnBick1960) June 13, 2018
Thankfully, the Barenaked Ladies did exactly as Caps fan John Bicknell suggested: they left the Sidney Crosby mention at the door.
#BarenakedLadies referencing Ovi drinking from Stanley’s chalice at Wolf Trap. #SoDC #ALLCAPS
— rob gordon (@ChasingShinyObj) July 3, 2018
Waited 20 years to see @barenakedladies live. Getting to see them AND reference the @Capitals Cup win multiple times? Priceless.
— Mike (@TheMizCB) July 3, 2018
The original lyric of the song, which comes just two lines in, is, “Like Sid sipping from the Stanley chalice.” Lead singer Ed Robertson switched it up, and replaced Sid with Ovi.
Ed from @barenakedladies with a strategic lyric edit … pic.twitter.com/RzzwL8yd5R
— McNally 🗺 (@LikeTheMaps) July 3, 2018
Reportedly, later on in the show, drummer Tyler Stewart also introduced himself as Nicklas Backstrom. No video has surfaced of that moment as of yet, but RMNB’s Rachel Cohen was in attendance and confirmed it had happened.
And then later @Baldy67 introduced himself as Nicklas Backstrom and I AM LIVING X2
— Rachel L. Cohen @ DC Zinefest (@kat326) July 3, 2018
On the night that the Capitals secured their first ever Stanley Cup win in franchise history, Stewart also mentioned he was glad that the Capitals had won.
I’m glad too. So is Dennis Maruk. https://t.co/eWEbYENn0B
— Tyler Stewart (@Baldy67) June 8, 2018
We knew there was a reason that we still loved you, Barenaked Ladies.
Headline photo: @barenakedladies
