When six-year-old Casey Dyck sang O Canada to open the Jan 28 Vancouver Giants home game against 琉璃神社 at the Langley Events Centre, it was an 鈥渁w鈥� moment.

With his mom, Whitney standing next to him, a confident Casey sang the anthem while wearing a Giants jersey, ending to thunderous applause and cheering.

鈥淗e went for it,鈥� a proud Whitney told the Langley Advance Times.

Senior VP Dale Saip鈥檚 grandson Casey with the cutest anthem of the year 馃幎

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Giants vice-president Dale Saip, Casey鈥檚 grandfather, said it happened because Casey鈥檚 mom 鈥� and uncle Gatlin Saip 鈥� often sing the anthem at hockey games, including the Giants and Canucks.

Casey, a passionate hockey fan, had been lobbying his 鈥淧apa,鈥� Saip, to skate with the Giants team.

Papa replied that Casey would have to sing the national anthem at a Giants game first.

鈥淲ork for the reward,鈥� Saip explained.

Whitney said on the way to the game at the Langley Events Centre, she assured Casey he didn鈥檛 have to be nervous because she would be there with him, and she would have a microphone, just in case.

He told her not to sing.

鈥淗e was very confident,鈥� Whitney recalled.

Casey was a 鈥渓ittle disapointed鈥� that it wasn鈥檛 a full crowd (because of pandemic restrictions), she added.

For the youngster, it was his second moment in the proverbial limelight.

There is another story about Casey, whose name means 鈥渂rave and vigilant.鈥� It鈥檚 about a child who nearly died, then made a miraculous recovery.

In 2016, Casey, a happy-go-lucky newborn, developed a slight temperature and was uncharacteristically fussy.

Whitney and dad Dave took him from their home in Tsawwassen to Richmond General Hospital, where Casey was diagnosed with a respiratory virus.

Casey鈥檚 condition was worsening, and as he was being prepared for transport to BC Children鈥檚 Hospital in Vancouver, he stopped breathing and went into cardiac arrest.

A 鈥渃ode blue鈥� emergency warning sounded.

鈥淗e was just as white as a ghost,鈥� Dave recalled,

It took 45 to 50 minutes to bring Casey back.

from on .

Casey would spend 26 days in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at BC Children鈥檚 Hospital, where a specialized infant ventilator kept his tiny lungs inflated and allowed them to heal.

Seventy-two hours after the code blue, there was some good news.

A CT scan found no abnormality in Casey鈥檚 brain function.

鈥淵our baby defies all logic,鈥� the doctor told his parents. 鈥淚n my experience, this doesn鈥檛 happen.鈥�

Casey went to be a 鈥減oster child鈥� for the hospitals that helped save him, and today is a thriving, rambunctious kid, who walked early, talked early, and goes at life 鈥渇ull-on,鈥� according to his mom.

鈥淗e鈥檚 absolutely a dynamo,鈥� Whitney said.

For the record, Casey鈥檚 older brother, Jameson, has a wonderful singing voice, but so far isn鈥檛 interested in performing in front of a crowd.

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