Virgin Radio host starts petition to stop Brett Kissel from singing at Oilers playoffs games [Video]

An Edmonton radio host created a petition to stop country music singer Brett Kissel from performing the anthem at Oilers playoff games – and Kissel signed it.

Virgin Radio’s Jenna Winterburn started the petition because she says the Oilers have lost most of the playoffs games where Kissel has performed the United States anthem.

“Simply because our track record when he does it isn’t so good,” she told CTV News Edmonton Friday morning.

“It’s a handful, it’s quite a bit, and like I said, the track record just isn’t great.”

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Winterburn said the petition is a light-hearted joke and a superstitious attempt to help her favourite hockey team win playoff games.

The country music singer took the joke in stride. On X, he wrote: “Signed. And no hard feelings taken. It’s my fault Kopitar scored in OT. 100% on me. My fault the Oilers lost in ’06 to Carolina too. I sang the anthem …