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Islanders national anthem singer Nicole Raviv: 'It felt like something truly special'

Islanders fans were ready to bring the noise for Game 6 of the Isles-Bruins series at Nassau Coliseum onWednesday night, and the party got started early when anthem singer Nicole Raviv invited the crowd to join her in singing a rousing version of the Star-Spangled Banner before the opening faceoff.

The performance by Raviv – and the 12,000 in attendance at the Coliseum – has drawn lots of attention as the video circulated through social media. The attention wasn’t something the Montreal-born Raviv expected, necessarily, but she understands it.

"Did I expect it? No,’’ Raviv told Newsday in a telephone interview Thursday.