What is all the fuss about? Like most hockey fans in Western New York, I was watching the lead-up to the Sabres’ Game 5 with the Boston Bruins on April 28 with great apprehension and anticipation. More than 19,000 hockey fans stood for the singing of Canada’s national anthem and then the American anthem. We all were waiting impatiently for the game to start. But first the anthems.

Mary Dee Martoche, of Buffalo, is an avid hockey fan.

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