In a message dated 02/16/2001 5:20:27 AM Eastern Standard Time,
amerks@yahoogroups.com writes:

<< I know there's a high number of Canadian attendees at Sabres games, but I
don't ever
remember them singing the Canadian national anthem when no Canadian team was
playing! Is this something new? If not, when did they start doing it? I
dunno,
maybe it's been so long (20 odd years) that I just don't remember them doing
it. >>

This is nothing new, they do it before every game, regardless of who's
playing.