The team speaks out against fans disrespecting the Canadian National Anthem.

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UPDATE 3: Nashville Predators forward Jonathan Marchessault and head coach Andrew Brunette have both gone on record condemning fans for booing the singing of ‘O Canada’ prior to last night’s game against the Ottawa Senators at Bridgestone Arena.

“I don’t like it, I don’t think we should boo either anthem either way,” Brunette, a proud Canadian, said post-game. “The NHL has been around 100 years and the U.S. and Canada both share this game. I don’t really think there’s a place to be booing the anthem.”

“You can have you political views and your ideas, but I just think both countries have been amicable for so long. They’ve been partners in the great game of hockey. I just don’t think it’s the right thing to do, I really don’t like it,” he said.

Marchessault, a native of Quebec City, also thinks the booing of anthems is disrespectful.

“The anthem is not made for political views. It’s made for respecting the veterans in our countries,” he said.

“At the end of the day, we’re respecting the veterans,” Marchessault said. “People just trying to give a shot to the other country. People need to think a little further than that.”

For full context on everything that happened yesterday, read our earlier published story below.

UPDATE 2: Fans in Nashville this evening have boo’ed the singing of ‘O Canada’ prior to tonight’s game between the Nashville Predators and Ottawa Senators.

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Read below on our earlier reports regarding the ongoing trend of boo’ing the National Anthem at NHL games this past week.

UPDATE: TSN investigative reporter Rick Westhead is reporting that the NHL is NOT planning to stop performances of the ‘Star Spangled Banner’ prior to games, but that the league is expecting teams to stop the use of “young singers who might be rattled by negative fan reaction.”