CBC has always done a marvelous job with these montages, and last night was no exception. So, without further ado, here’s a look at CBC’s closing montage for the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Highlight video of the 1996 Colorado Avalanche's Stanley Cup run, aired at the end of game 4 of the Finals on Hockey Night in Canada. Each year, Hockey Night in Canada and CBC Sports puts together a video montage pumping up viewers for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. This year, the clip is.

I’m starting to wonder if some big shot at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has a niece or nephew working in the editing department on Hockey Night in Canada or something, because those people are producing some pretty epic intro montages to each game of the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals. I mean, I can understand going all out for a general “YAY PLAYOFF HOCKEY!” montage advertising the entire playoffs, or even one just for the Finals. But for every game? That just seems like overkill.

I’m not saying these montages aren’t good. They’re actually great—which is why they’re overkill. Do I want some kind of dramatic recap of the series when tuning in to Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals? Sure I do. But thirty or forty seconds will suffice. Hell, maybe even a whole minute.

Last night, however, HNIC gave Canadian hockey fans (and Americans living near the Canada-U.S. border) an epic three-minute intro set to the classic Neil Young rocker, “Hey Hey, My My.”

See what I mean? It’s very well done, but what the hell are these things going to look like if this series goes to seven games?

I guess if they need the extra time, they can always set their Game 7 intro to the entire eight minutes of Led Zepplin’s, “Stairway to Heaven.”

After the Los Angeles Kings beat the New York Rangers in double-overtime of game five last night and were awarded the Stanley Cup, and after Justin Williams was handed the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP, there was only one thing left for CBC to do: Send us all off with one of their great Stanley Cup Playoff montages.

CBC has always done a marvelous job with these montages, and last night was no exception. So, without further ado, here’s a look at CBC’s closing montage for the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs:

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And for those who still want more, here’s a look at NBC’s closing montage for the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs: