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NHL pays tribute to victims of Paris attacks with French anthem

TORONTO -- Across the NHL on Saturday, teams paid tribute to victims of the attacks in Paris with moments of silence and other nods to France.

In Ottawa, Boston and Raleigh, N.C., the French national anthem, "La Marseillaise," was played before the game.

In Toronto, anthem singer Mason Greer sang "O Canada" entirely in French, a rarity for Maple Leafs games at Air Canada Centre.

A moment of silence was held before each game, often accompanied by the blue-white-and-red French flag and other Parisian symbols.

The NHL currently has two French-born players, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare of the Philadelphia Flyers and Antoine Roussel of the Dallas Stars.