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Mason Greer sings the Canadian national anthem ahead of the Carolina Hurricanes\u2019 game against the Edmonton Oilers on Nov. 22, 2023.<\/p>\n
Josh Lavelle<\/p>\n
Carolina Hurricanes<\/p>\n
RALEIGH<\/p>\n
Despite going viral for his part-French, part-English rendition of \u201cO Canada,\u201d Mason Greer won\u2019t be performing the Canadian national anthem before the Carolina Hurricanes take the ice in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Fans of the Montreal Canadiens took to social media<\/a> to praise Greer\u2019s Thursday performance ahead of the series opener. Canadian outlets, including The Canadian Press<\/a> and CityNews Montreal,<\/a> covered the widespread praise of Greer. In an interview Friday with The News & Observer<\/a>, Greer joked that with all the attention he received for his performance he understood why people hire managers.<\/p>\n But the Canes will instead have Adam Lee Decker sing both the Canadian and American national anthems for the rest of the series. Greer told The N&O Saturday the Hurricanes emailed him around 11 a.m., and Greer announced the Hurricanes\u2019 decision in a post on X Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n With great sadness, I have been informed that the hurricanes will be sticking with one anthem singer for the remainder of this series. The support I’ve received over the last 3 days has been I will never forget. Huge thanks to the @Canes<\/a> organization again for the opportunity!<\/p>\n \u2014 Mason Greer (@masongreermusic) May 23, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n In an email statement to The N&O, the Canes said they had Greer sing ahead of Game 1 \u201cto welcome Montreal\u2019s team, fans and media to Raleigh with the bilingual version of the Canadian anthem.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBut Adam is our traditional playoff anthem singer, and we are returning to having one anthem performer sing the Canadian and American anthems tonight,\u201d the Canes wrote. \u201cMason knocked it out of the park before Game 1 and always does a tremendous job singing the anthems. We are lucky to be able to showcase his talents regularly at Lenovo Center.\u201d<\/p>\n Greer said while the decision was \u201chard\u201d to take, he respected it and was thankful for the opportunities Carolina has given him. He\u2019ll still make the trip from Greensboro to Raleigh to support the Canes as they look to avenge their Game 1 loss.<\/p>\n This story was originally published May 23, 2026 at 2:39 PM.<\/p>\n Related Stories from Raleigh News & Observer<\/p>\n