buffalo played canadian national anthem?? (nhl)

darkcrow
darkcrow Posts: 1,102
edited March 2007 in A Moving Train
when i was in canada over christmas i went down to buffalo to see them play pittsbergh... crosby was ace! the penguins won i think. anyway i was wondering why they played the canadian national anthem?? i know its a border town but i thought americans took the national anthem really seriously... i think they played the american anthem too... just seemed strange. anyone have any oppionions/views/shed any light etc?
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  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    I'm sure they played the US anthem. I wasn't aware that they played the Canadian anthem all of the time. Typically in US cities, they will always play the US anthem, and will play the Canadian one only if they are playing against a Canadian team.
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  • Uncle Leo
    Uncle Leo Posts: 1,059
    blackredyellow wrote:
    I'm sure they played the US anthem. I wasn't aware that they played the Canadian anthem all of the time. Typically in US cities, they will always play the US anthem, and will play the Canadian one only if they are playing against a Canadian team.

    That's generally true. Perhaps Buffalo always plays the Canadian Anthem given its proximity to Canada?
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  • even flow?
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    They don't even play the Cdn national anthem at the Bills games and at least half the stadium is filled with Canucks. So I can't see them playing the Cdn anthem at the Sabres game when a Cdn team wasn't even playing. If they didn't do that for Gretzky when he went to the US cities when he played in Edmonton, I don't think Crosby would be reason enough either. :)
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  • Hawkshore
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    even flow? wrote:
    They don't even play the Cdn national anthem at the Bills games and at least half the stadium is filled with Canucks. So I can't see them playing the Cdn anthem at the Sabres game when a Cdn team wasn't even playing. If they didn't do that for Gretzky when he went to the US cities when he played in Edmonton, I don't think Crosby would be reason enough either. :)


    Actually they did play the Canadian anthem when he played with Edmonton
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  • even flow?
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    Hawkshore wrote:
    Actually they did play the Canadian anthem when he played with Edmonton


    Ooops...........I meant with the Kings. he he he
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  • pearljamharmony
    pearljamharmony Posts: 120
    I am from Buffalo and have realized that they sing the canadian national anthem at every hockey game. Is there anyone here that attends hockey games throughout the country? If so do they sing the canadian national anthem? They probablly sing the Canadian national anthem due to the fact that the game was invented and is mosly played by canadians, or because of proximity.
  • JaneNY
    JaneNY Posts: 4,438
    darkcrow wrote:
    when i was in canada over christmas i went down to buffalo to see them play pittsbergh... crosby was ace! the penguins won i think. anyway i was wondering why they played the canadian national anthem?? i know its a border town but i thought americans took the national anthem really seriously... i think they played the american anthem too... just seemed strange. anyone have any oppionions/views/shed any light etc?

    Not that unusual - I don't really go to sports events, but I do live in a close to the border, college town. At the graduation they always play both the US and the Canadian anthem. Many businesses and buildings have both the Canadian and the US flag. The mentality of borders blur slightly when you live near the border.
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  • NMyTree
    NMyTree Posts: 2,374
    It's NHL tradition for them to play both national anthems, when you have an american-based team and a canadien-based team; playing each other.

    Buffalo has been doing that for quite some time, if I remember correctly. They are very close to the border, so they honor both countries by playing both anthems.

    Which I think is cool. I like when they play both.

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