March 1985, the Moncton Coliseum. Pat Ryan is up two coming home and already tasting the win — until Al Hackner, the Ice Man out of Thunder Bay, draws back his last rock and threads a double takeout through six feet of granite to tie it, then steals in the extra end to take the Brier. They still call it the greatest shot the game has ever seen. This one's for the double.
Lyrics
(One, two, three, four!)
Moncton '85 and the building is packed,
Pat Ryan thinks he's got the final act.
He's waving to the rafters, hand in the air,
He's already planning the party out there.
Thinking 'bout the patch and the cold, cold beer,
Tasting the win, it's finally here.
Tenth end, two points up, no coming back,
Till HACKNER. steps. into the HACK!
Yeah he's the Ice Man
(Cold as the granite stone)
A thin bolt of lightning out of Thunder Bay,
Hackner came to play.
Ryan lies two and he knows he succeeded,
Any other man would feel defeated.
But Hackner adjusts his glasses on his nose,
Calm cool and collected he lifts and throws.
They call him the Ice Man
(Cold as the granite stone)
A thin bolt of lightning out of Thunder Bay,
He won't throw it away.
Oh he's well out there.
Now it's startin' to curl!
Is he going to hit it thin enough?
He's going to get a piece of it!
He may have it!
Can you believe that?!?!!
Rocks come to rest, the score is tied,
Nowhere for the big train to hide.
Into the extra end, the tension is raw,
Ryan is shaken by the shot he just saw.
The party's on hold while the pressure mounts,
Draw is heavy with the hammer, Al's red stone counts.
A steal of one, the comeback is done,
The Hackner double is second to none.
They call him the Ice Man
(Cold as the granite stone)
A thin bolt of lightning out of Thunder Bay,
They call him the Ice Man
(Cold as the granite stone)
A thin bolt of lightning out of Thunder Bay,
He changed the game that day.
