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NHL Team’s Unique U.S. National Anthem Choice Led to Awesome Moment With Fans

Andy Nesbitt

The Kings had the Harmonica Class from the Korea-Town Senior & Community Center perform the national anthem before Game 1.
The Kings had the Harmonica Class from the Korea-Town Senior & Community Center perform the national anthem before Game 1. / @NHL
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The Los Angeles Kings kicked off their postseason with a win at home over the Edmonton Oilers on Monday but they also got a huge win before the start of the game as their choice to perform the national anthem led to one of the most wholesome moments of the hockey season.

In case you missed it, the Kings had The Harmonica Class from the Korea-Town Senior & Community Center perform the anthem. The all-harmonica rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner" was pretty unique and sounded unlike anything we've heard before.

What made this even better was how the crowd got into and started singing the anthem, which created a few goosebumps moments.

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That was so unexpectedly awesome.

Game 2 of this series is Wednesday night.

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ANDY NESBITT

Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.

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