Canada's execution was nearly flawless Sunday, except in one way.
The team captured gold at the World Championship with a 2-0 victory over Finland, but the performance on the ice was almost overshadowed by the team's performance of "O Canada" following the game, which was questionable at best:
The Simon Cowell's of the internet clearly found the team's rendition atrocious:
They are terrible singers but the song still sounds beautiful.
— Dean Brown (@PxPOttawa) May 22, 2016
Luckily, winning the gold medal has nothing to do with singing:
Canada won't win any gold medals for that singing, though....
— PATRICK WILLIAMS (@pwilliamsNHL) May 22, 2016
It's in their blood:
Canada: amazing hockey players, horrendous anthem singers.
— James Duthie (@tsnjamesduthie) May 22, 2016
Canada would likely take gold in hockey over singing any day:
Better at hockey than anthem signing, this group.
— Dan Tencer (@dantencer) May 22, 2016
You can't be perfect:
Team Canada. Excellent game. Terrible job singing the anthem. IIHF #TeamCanada #DontQuitYourDayJobs
— Warren Berg (@warrenbergyman) May 22, 2016
The hashtag says it all:
One of the best things about #TeamCanada winning is getting to hear them singing the national anthem...badly. #butwithenthusiasm
— Monique Langevin (@MoniqueLangevin) May 22, 2016
Canada will surely have a chance at redemption when the World Cup of Hockey kicks off in September.
