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The Edmonton Oilers lost a Stanley Cup playoff hockey game. The City of Champions won a greater victory.

Rave reviews are coming from all over the world of sport, indeed the world, for the historic happening when Edmonton country and western star Brett Kissel took to the ice to sing the U.S. National Anthem with a dead mic.

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Kissel motioned for the crowd to sing it for him and they did. Oh how they did.

“It turned into a magical moment. That’s probably the best way for me to describe it,” said Kissel.

“We had 19,000 Canadians singing another country’s national anthem.”

Kissel, who has already won acclaim as a country and western singer and had the thrill of opening for Garth Brooks nine shows here said NOT singing Sunday night ranks way up there on his own thrill metre.

“What happened Sunday night was unbelievable. A moment like Sunday night is something I’ll never forget and no matter what happens in my career from here, it’s going to rank as one of the top moments of my career.