More than 40 times a year, the noise at Scotiabank Arena fades when public address announcer Mike Ross introduces her to the crowd at Maple Leafs home games.



“Ladies and gentlemen, will you please rise if you are able to, remove your hats, and join Martina Ortiz-Luis in the singing of our national anthems,” he says.



For the legions of viewers at home, the studio broadcast pivots to the in-arena video and audio. The Leafs’ players, either standing at the bench or the far blue line, try to stick to their pregame rituals.



And some of them now include her.



“The best is Jake Gardiner. Have you seen (him) do it? You’ve got to keep an eye out for that. He mimics what the guy says. ‘Mar-tina Or-tiz Lu-is’,” Connor Brown said with a cackle after a recent morning skate, moving his lips in the exaggerated way Gardiner does during his routine.



“It’s hilarious. You gotta watch for it.