An incredible moment
— NHL (@NHL) April 30, 2017
When the mic doesn’t work, the crowd takes over & belts out The Star-Spangled Banner...
...In Edmonton
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One of the sports world’s great traditions is the singing of the national anthem before two teams face off against each other, reminding us that we are all, in fact, united, even though we root for different teams from different cities.
In the case of the NHL — and other American sports leagues with Canada-based teams — both the U.S. and Canadian national anthems are played at games to represent both countries. On Sunday night in Edmonton, Canada, when the home Oilers played the Anaheim Ducks in Game 3 of Round 2 of the NHL Playoffs, that was the case as well.
Anthem singer and Canadian country music star Brett Kissel took to the ice to sing the ‘Star Spangled Banner’ first, but realized his mic wasn’t working properly.
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Remember that we owe our freedom to the French and the Canadians because without their help we would have lost the Revolutionary War.
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome, eh. They know it better than many Americans. Next time, I'm going to sing along with oh Canada for respect. Imagine if other countries got along like we do.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful.
ReplyDeletetake that kaoernick.
ReplyDeleteHockey has great fans. I will watch hockey any day over basketball and the nba prima donnas.
ReplyDeleteI heard on FOX that all those dingbats who moved to Canada when Trump won, (our gain and Canada's loss)got so mad over the Canadians singing the Star Spangle Banner, they have moved back to the USA.- Now I'd say that is Canada's gain and our loss.
ReplyDeleteAwesome. These Canadians show more respect to America than overpaid primadonna ex-NFL QB Kapernick. Move to Canada, sucker, and take Rosie and Whoopie with you!
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