Botching the national anthem at a sporting event happens about as frequently as Melissa McCarthy diets, so it’s a pretty big deal when it goes down, no matter what country you’re in.
According to Deadspin, Mark Donnelly was attempting to sing the entire Canadian national anthem at a Penticton Vees Junior A Hockey Club game over the weekend. But instead of standing still on a red carpet or some kind of platform, Donnelly decided to skate around the entire rink, and in essence, that’s where it all went wrong.
Either he forgot about the red carpet that was rolled out at center ice or somebody didn’t tell the poor bastard that it was there, but to say Donnelly got a little tripped up by it would be an understatement:
You have to give the crowd a ton of credit, as it seems they picked up the slack and continued the rest of the anthem while Donnelly got his bearings straight. And hey, at least Donnelly eventually made it back onto his skates and was able to finish with a little dignity, unlike this poor girl:
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