![]() ![]() When the Jacks won first place in their division, they played the song all over the neighborhood to celebrate. Long before Fabbri and teammates Robert Bortuzzo, Alexander Steen, Joel Edmundson and Jaden Schwartz heard "Gloria" (over and over again) that night after an invite from friend Larry Yadan, members of the Jacks club made it their song as they prepared to march in and compete in the city's annual Mummers Parade. "This is one of them things that never in a million years could be planned. "They weren't looking for a song that night," Jacks NYB member Jerry Foschini said. Hockey players are particularly superstitious, so "Gloria" has become something of a sensation. ![]() The Blues already had a song - "Runaround Sue" - but rookie Jordan Binnington's shutout of the Flyers the next day in his first NHL start coincided with the team's turnaround. "So we just happened to get a win the next day and made it our win song." "They just went nuts when they heard it, and we loved watching it," Blues forward Robby Fabbri said. A club member kept yelling, "Play 'Gloria!'" and DJ Matt Cella obliged by putting on Branigan's catchy pop hit every commercial break. When the players arrived at the hole-in-the-wall with a locked front door, they were greeted with "Let's go Flyers!" chants and some ribbing, but quickly assimilated with the crowd, cheesesteaks in hand. Louis craze in part because of a bar in South Philadelphia: Jacks NYB, a private club in the middle of Flyers country, is where five Blues players happened to watch the Eagles-Bears playoff game Jan. If that seems odd, consider this: "Gloria" became a St. ![]()
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