Morissette sings anthems in Ottawa

06/04/2007 11:55 PM, AP


OTTAWA (AP) — Grammy Award-winning and Ottawa-born recording star Alanis Morissette sang both national anthems before Game 4. It's an encore of sorts after Morissette sang the anthem for the Senators' first home game when the expansion franchise brought the NHL back to Ottawa in 1992.

Not all fans were happy with Alanis' addition.

In a letter published in the Ottawa Sun on Sunday, Mark Naftel criticized the decision to replace fan-favorite Ontario Provincial Police constable Lyndon Slewidge.

Slewidge, who finishes his anthem with a wink and a thumbs-up sign, has been the Senators' regular since 1992. He landed the job after he was transferred to Ottawa from Sault Ste. Marie, where he sang the anthem for the local Ontario Junior Hockey team.