Canadians singing the national anthem at the Edmonton Oilers game

No big deal, right? Except….

When the singer who was supposed to sing it had microphone issues, he got the crowd to sing it for him. Again, no big deal, right? Except…

These fans were singing the American national anthem. The Star Spangled Banner. Word for word. No teleprompter.

Canadians. Honoring America. Honoring hockey. Honoring their country. And doing great honor to themselves.

Make no mistake – these fans want their Edmonton Oilers to beat the living daylights out of the American team. But when America needs Canada’s help in any situation, we’ve always stepped up, no matter what.

Thanks to my friend Sly for the heads up.

Follow up: Thanks to Kyre Lahtinen‏ for pointing me to the great story of the FSU baseball fans who sing the Canadian national anthem at every game.