High schools ice National Anthem at hockey games

Hockey Officials claim it is not worth the extra ice-time money to sing the anthem

Published On: Nov 13 2012 12:28:34 PM EST   Updated On: Nov 13 2012 01:00:43 PM EST

Pennsylvania high school hockey players won't be belting out the national anthem before games, thanks to the commissioner of the state's Interscholastic Hockey League.

Ed Sam recommends that teams skip the anthem, claiming that, with ice time going for $300 per hour, he's just watching his pennies. "Ice is very, very hard to get and it's not cheap," he says. "It has absolutely nothing to do with patriotism at all." Not surprisingly, flag-waving citizens are all over Sam's plan.

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