--- description: This is sure to warm even the iciest hearts title: Watch Canadian Hockey Fans Help Finish the U.S. National Anthem After the Singer's Mic Fails image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3939bfd22c32970e/698769e9cd684831530981e1/screen-shot-2014-11-20-at-10-38-25-am.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Canadian Hockey Fans Help Finish the U.S. National Anthem After the Singer's Mic Fails by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 20, 2014 4:15 PM CUT  by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 20, 2014 4:15 PM CUT At a Toronto Maple Leafs game Tuesday night, singer Michelle Madeira was partway through _The Star-Spangled Banner_ when her mic cut out. She continued singing, but of course, the crowd couldn’t hear her. Without missing a beat, the entire crowd picked up where Madeira left off, completing the U.S. national anthem in unison. Fans kept up the enthusiasm and[ sang _O Canada_ ](http://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/2014/11/18/leafs%5Ffans%5Fbelt%5Fout%5Focanada%5Fafter%5Fsingers%5Fmic%5Fmalfunction.html "undefined")right after. See? Hockey fans aren’t just drunken and rowdy and prone to fighting. They’re also sometimes really awesome. ([h/t Daily Dot)](http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/toronto-maple-leafs-sing-american-national-anthem/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3597464/toronto-maple-leafs-hockey-fans-sing-national-anthem/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3597464/toronto-maple-leafs-hockey-fans-sing-national-anthem/"},"headline":"Watch Canadian Hockey Fans Help Finish the U.S. National Anthem After the Singer's Mic Fails","datePublished":"2014-11-20T16:15:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:44.662Z","description":"This is sure to warm even the iciest hearts","url":"https://time.com/3597464/toronto-maple-leafs-hockey-fans-sing-national-anthem/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports topic","hockey","National Anthem"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3939bfd22c32970e/698769e9cd684831530981e1/screen-shot-2014-11-20-at-10-38-25-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3939bfd22c32970e/698769e9cd684831530981e1/screen-shot-2014-11-20-at-10-38-25-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-11-20 at 10.38.25 AM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3597464/toronto-maple-leafs-hockey-fans-sing-national-anthem/","name":"Watch Canadian Hockey Fans Help Finish the U.S. National Anthem After the Singer's Mic Fails"}}]}] ```