By: Hank Berrien
Before Sunday’s playoff game between the Edmonton Oilers and the Anaheim Ducks, country star Brett Kissel was prepared to sing the American anthem, but discovered his microphone wasn’t working, In a beautiful display of Canadians’ love for America, the crowd of roughly 18,000 people picked up the cue from Kissel and proceeded to sing The Star Spangled Banner en masse a cappella.
Kissel had sung the American national anthem every game of the playoffs, so there was no doubt he knew it.
@kalebdavis19 @gretz_76 @NHL Broadcast had a direct line so you can hear the mic in this video, but in-arena there was nothing coming out, so he improved
— X – Gerard Murray (@GMurray237) May 1, 2017
@kalebdavis19 @gretz_76 @NHL Improvised*
— X – Gerard Murray (@GMurray237) May 1, 2017
@WilfDougL @kalebdavis19 @gretz_76 @NHL Crowd saw on video board that he was mouthing the words, and he gave a tempo with his hands. Trust me, I’m in attendance.
— X – Gerard Murray (@GMurray237) May 1, 2017
The reason the audience could hear Kissel on televison was made clear:
@cap2cam @NHL The mic was not working at all, the mic on the camera guy standing right beside him was…
— Jeff (@Jeffzor13) April 30, 2017
Kissel tweeted his admiration for Oilers’ fans:
Mic didn’t work for the anthems tonight @RogersPlace. But no worries. The best singers & fans are in #OilCountry! @EdmontonOilers!
— BRETT KISSEL (@BrettKissel) April 30, 2017
Americans were thoroughly delighted:
@NHL This is so awesome – thank you Canada! And Hockey fans!!!
— Connie Carberg (@ConnieScouts) May 1, 2017
@NHL @hockeyworld Thank you #Canada @EdmontonOilers
— Hockey Saves™ (@Hockey_Saves) May 1, 2017
@NHL Love to our northern neighbors – what a great moment.
— FaultyJawa (@Rowbear31) May 1, 2017
@NHL Fantastic @EdmontonOilers fans.
— Geoff Conn (@geoffconn) May 1, 2017
http://www.dailywire.com/news/15901/mic-fails-singer-nhl-playoff-game-canada-18000-hank-berrien

