When the NHL arena breaks down during a game

Last night as the Tampa Bay Lightning came into Philadelphia, we had an odd one to say the least. We got a power outage just 6 minutes into the first period. Ironically, the Flyers actually tweeted before the game to "bring the electricity"... But I have never seen something quite like it, as the after a brief delay, the NHL decided to play on in the dark. So that meant we had players not knowing when to come out of the penalty box, the refs were late to come out for the 2nd period as they didn't have a clock and just overall, a very interesting throwback to 70s 80s era hockey with the shadows and dim lighting. As for the game, the Flyers played a great game while Vasilevsky struggled for the Lightning. I cover it all and more in todays NHL video!
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[@whitegd4100]

Personally, I felt that “fuck me” through the tv. Poor guy. Never felt bad for a ref before lmao.

[@nolansprojects2840]

Honestly, so personable. Lol

[@moondaughter1004]

Last game I watched, a ref got hit in the crown jewels by the puck. I felt a bit bad for him

[@whitegd4100]

@@moondaughter1004 nah that’s just part of the game. This shit they were dealing with was trifling.

[@moondaughter1004]

@@whitegd4100 what a coincidence. This game was also messy. The fire alarm went off and there was smoke so they had to evacuate the whole arena mid game. Turns out some idiot had lit some pyrotechnic at the back near the alarm

[@kriscarlisle3621]

Was that the Infraction or the Penalty?

[@andrewbair7810]

I was at this game! Shit was crazy. It was half the building, the half behind the benches was fine where I was sitting, the other half went completely dark outside of the flood lights. No jumbotron, no music, no PA announcer, no reply cams or mics for the zebras. That Tippett penalty, at the end up the time you hear Vasy banging his stick on the ice and Tippers just doesn't come out of the box. Stoppage in play and like 5 seconds after faceoffs, they let him out. What a wild experience, the jumbotron never came back but eventually the clock/music/announcer was back by the third period.

[@spagbol525]

Oh, so it was like a miniature version of the SB XLVII outage?

[@sammodding4609]

i was too

[@groucho421]

Section 123 for me! Good start from Brink, great 3rd period.

[@jeffv49ers]

I was right behind the bench. Was great, the lighting felt like a throwback to the Spectrum days!

[@mattwesthaver6909]

Absolutely love seeing those shadows! Takes me back

[@xViperGTR]

Actually nice not seeing the digital ads lmao

[@owenposer6720]

I don’t even notice them anymore. It’s actually a pretty good decision by the nhl, to essentially double their profits. Good job Gary 👍🏻

[@russell-di8js]

Senseless music & total reliance on power, very refreshing to see the ref's cope.

[@KingSulley]

​@@owenposer6720they run at a different framerate than the video feed. I get a headache if I watch too much hockey in one night

[@JimDandy1082]

@xViperGTR YES!!

[@whitegd4100]

Whole different game nowadays not a huge fan of the digitalized nhl

[@NmDPlm31]

I still remember the power outage during the Stanley Cup Finals between Boston and Edmonton in 1988. Game Four, score tied 3-3 when a transformer blew in the Boston Garden and the whole place went dark. The game was essentially cancelled as the rules stated that should the game not be able to continue it would be wiped clear and replayed in full at the end of the series should it be required. Didn’t get that far. Edmonton was up 3 games to 0, Game 4 was wiped out by darkness so Game 5 in Edmonton actually became Game 4, and they won 6-3, claiming the Cup.

[@WowOafus]

I remember reading somewhere that the area of Boston where the arena was had inadequate electricity production and the arena put it over the limit, causing the transformer to go. I may be remembering it wrong, but was still a crazy night.

[@NmDPlm31]

@@WowOafus Strangely enough, there was panic in 1990 when the same two teams were playing for the Cup again, and in the third overtime of Game One, lights again went dark in the Garden. Luckily it was just a bank of lights and not a transformer issue on that occasion, and play was able to resume after a 25 minute delay. Like everyone else I remember watching the arena darken and just thought "on no, not again!"

[@ryans413]

Yep lots say Edmonton won because of that power outage lol

[@Spewf]

Best hot mic EVER. 🤣

[@russell-di8js]

defo said what was needed without hyperbole!!

[@FreshTillDeath56]

Ikr, one of those rare moments where I appreciate the guy even more.

[@sampicano]

The Flyers Twitter account posted "Bring the Electricty" before the game. Seriously, what is the coincidence of that? 1 in a million? 1 in 50 million? It's crazy that happened...but to ALSO tweet "BRING THE ELECTRICITY" is so WILD.

[@russell-di8js]

The Leafs & hab's are saying it was the ref's, but they blamed the ref's in the Marvel universe as well.

[@massi628]

must’ve been telling the fans to bring they electricity cuz the stadium was on break for the day

[@eclipse3580]

uh it's because they played the lightning... which is electricity... sheesh

[@sereneprincess4940]

That tweet aged like milk.

[@ninetailedfox579121]

"Bring the Electricity" The arena: "NO"

[@SwiftyNifty420]

When he said “ fuck me “ I felt that ❤

[@tomservo5607]

Since it happened in Philadelphia somebody probably stole the copper wiring in the arena which caused the power outage.

[@ThePatriot87]

Bruh I about spewed my lunch reading your comment. Damn thieves lol.

[@GiovanniV69]

That's crazy! And Mickey Redmond, Red Wings announcer and player from the 70s, was talking during the last post game about playing during the pre-tech age where there were no displays for penalty time for the players in certain arenas. It was just a card held up with "1min", "30sec", "15sec", etc.

[@toml.8637]

That TB Tom Edison rib was ruthless🤣

[@thatonelonghairedguy764]

i vote for more "blackout" games like this. fun as hell to watch

[@obrienb1100]

So glad you're talking about this, I was watching the game on TV and then it said technical difficulties and moved on to other things and had no clue what happened.

[@mike_minnick]

There were other outages in South Philly that night

[@TheKurtsPlaceChannel]

Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.

[@Wayf4rer]

Not a good game for the bolts or the volts.

[@mrelijeli]

😂

[@friskywarrior6866]

Awesome recap, always great videos 👍🏽👍🏽

[@MofanWang]

gritty let his intrusive thoughts win...

[@stephenbritton9297]

2002 Calder Cup Finals at Harbor Yard (Bridgeport Sound Tigers) I don't remember which game of the series, but it went into multiple OT's. At 2300, the main lighting in the arena must have hit an automatic "somebody forget the switch when everyone went home" timer. Middle of play. Took about 10 minutes to get them back on. (also, looking this up reminded me how long ago it was!)

[@MackenzieBroderick]

Might be game 1.

[@toml.8637]

Fugg me.. Are we live? 😂

[@FullOfMalarky]

No blaring music in between whistles sounds awesome. North American crowds are not used to it though, so they cannot hype themselves up it seems

[@Rlotpir1972]

Despite the power outage, the show must go on.

[@GetUrMoneyUpFR]

I remember in Saskatoon at a blades game the power went out and they ended the period with like 2 minutes left and it was out for like 45 minutes

[@PressStartLobby]

Im a flyers fan. One of the greatest games of the franchise

[@sweiland75]

Of course the electronic board ads still work. LOL

[@SaveznaRepublikaJugoslavija]

Oilers Bruins Game 4 in Boston had a full power outage

[@RedWingsninetyone]

I seem to remember similar things happening when Detroit played there earlier. The announcer had to announce every minute of play since the score board clock wasn't working. It wasnt at this level though.

[@MsDesignDiva]

Speaking from the perspective of someone who works at an AHL level arena, I can't help but think of what that must have been like for the workers there, you're at your post in the entrances to the bowl or in the concourse, then the lights go out and you're as in the dark knowledge wise as everyone else, and if you happen to be a concourse worker without a walkie-talkie, well then you're really at a loss of what's happening. I can only imagine how bad it'd be for the elevator staff (cause if that arena is anything like the one I work at, we have a person assigned to sit in each of the 2 elevators and press the buttons for people the entire night, no power = stopped elevator). Theres just so much that goes into running an arena on every level of staff so I can only imagine the confusion.

[@LJTSRW17]

I wonder if the goal horn would’ve worked.

[@leost152]

I did not fallow the NHL this year so I am happy to see that Torto is a good shape.

[@Krutov2]

I love these videos! ❤ David from Sweden

[@nextmanupNMU]

Thanks for watching!

[@robgregory5136]

The electric company there sponsors the power play, ironically enough

[@ryans413]

The main lighting went out the emergency lighting came on. Tells me it was not a hard blackout something with the buildings power not the city power.

[@jordanblodgettproductions5929]

Yep, looks extremely similar to what happened in Regina SK recently for the PWHL game.

[@LizardSkin]

That hot mic was tooooooo funny

[@charge416]

Reminds me of the time the Flyers played in a fog with a bat lol

[@GWh135]

This is the second time I’ve seen this involving the Lightning. Like 15 years ago I remember there was a Lightning vs Devils game where the power went out and they postponed the game. I was upset because Tampa was up 3-0 at the time lol

[@johnsamoilis6379]

they won 2 days later when the game was continued. I went to both parts of the game

[@GWh135]

@@johnsamoilis6379 I was a kid so I don’t remember, they continued it from the same time and score they left off at?

[@johnsamoilis6379]

@@GWh135 that is exactly what happened

[@zeldamenefee5008]

Hockey really is the best sport and nothing else compares

[@MyselfTheThird]

What a throwback as a Flyers fan to when our arenas were dark, the misic was at a minimum and our jerseys were trash

[@stuartzoo]

The corners in MSG always seemed so dark to me on the TV side in the 80s

[@Heytherebuds]

Nothing like a little mood lighting

[@darkzak47]

All the old timers were overheard “I remember when we had to walk, uphill both ways through 20 feet of snow to get to the arena and play a game”

[@Mbarnstein62891]

Nowhere near the drama of the Super Bowl Power Outage.

[@urxwandonxgod]

This has been an issue in Philly I feel like. Was just there a month ago and the clocks were not working.

[@blackandgold676]

Boston v. Philly in the 80s in the old Garden. The whole building went dark and had to be postponed.

[@TiboFPS]

Really shows how spoiled we've gotten by tech. We should learn to work like this again

[@Skroskznik]

It crazy how this game happens for tampa and we completely fumble at the 3rd, such luck for our team

[@edvadojunk]

What do you mean "for Tampa?"

[@higgy04]

Still looked better than watching Kitchener Rangers games on Global back in the early to mid-1980's

[@RLSteffler]

"Fock me" "Are we live, or we not live?

[@baseballman1110]

It happened again at the wings game yesterday

[@nigelcanuck5943]

Agree, liked the old school flavor!

[@CSIS25]

The seconded goal the flyers got remined me of Daniel Brière

[@syzionaurifex5383]

Locker room clock issue??? Did they not have a fucking analog in there?? Nobody brought a watch? What about a damn PHONE?? Jesus Christ how the actual FUCK does that even happen???

[@slystar6418]

I was at this game!!! This was an..... Interesting one....

[@t-roy69]

pretty sad that considering the money the nhl brings in... a standby emergency power system should be a standard..

[@mikeklein1779]

For sure. Another gaffe by a league that can't get anything right. Be better, Bettman!

[@patrickhamos2987]

that tweet is too funny

[@VeeTail]

just the fact that you didn't put "a breakdown" in the title

[@nextmanupNMU]

🤣took me a second

[@adammckenzie6074]

Imagine how much they were snappin on the electricians to fix it lol.

[@tbowers0045]

As a Flyers fan, I already heard that this arena was at the bottom 24. So this may not be surprising to some people.

[@lawrencedruckman5958]

wrong, it’s in the top 10

[@AkSamurai69]

Kinda seems like one of the many games I played as a kid and the clocks wouldn't work. Not necessarily because the power went out, but we were outside, and the clocks would freeze. The refs whistles would frost over and freeze so they had difficulty stopping plays. Utter choas. Bit, a typical youth game in interior Alaska

[@uldisbuks8845]

Did they ever figure out what caused the problem? I thought most arenas have a backup generator to at least run the lighting and scoreboards. Hopefully they can prevent a reoccurrence at this or other arenas.

[@xersisdastur123]

What happened with John Tortorella's arm?

[@jfwfreo]

I wonder if there has ever been a failure of the actual refrigeration equipment during an NHL game (either due to a total power outage or due to actual failures in the refrigeration gear).

[@dadum634]

London Knights, playoffs, no music, announcers and we made our own fun! 9,000 fans! Sang anthem, yelled, screamed, cheered and Actually booed loudly when it came back.

[@extremebeastreaction6245]

This will be on weird nhl for sure

[@mattiemathis9549]

Don’t watch hockey but I’d have called them baseball players if they didn’t continue the game. 😂😂

[@Amer_Killa]

Bro i'm sorry but torts arm killed me I love the guy but what happened to him lmao

[@thephlophers]

I absolutely hate the music between whistles, so that was actually pretty nice.

[@spookybells5099]

0:42 XD

[@RebelSoul2010]

Should have named the facilities guy that got the power back 1st star.

[@spectrastar2749]

You'd think Sport arenas would have back up generators.

[@alexpayment5537]

I honestly think brink deserves a spot on this team next year

[@deserteagle10]

Power outages? Get used to it. Its going to get a lot worse...

[@bradlauk1419]

Ok donnie

[@jamesberry3230]

game should have been called and replayed later either from start or from point of time when called

[@Revkor]

likely they had back up power so only bare essentials

[@WilliamAfton273]

I was there in one of the boxes! It got so bad, that I thought the game was going to get delayed. (I also didn’t murder kids)

[@tylerdurden4006]

Lol, bring out the pen and paper and stopwatches.

[@ethanscannon2934]

It’s the Wells Fargo Center.

[@seanragsdale5636]

It borked the Bally Sun feed badly. Twas frustrating for us watching in Tampa

[@amallica]

Why is Torts with a sling??? Cant wait to hear this....

[@russell-di8js]

was wondering the same

[@CSIS25]

Well that's something you sure don't see happen every year !

[@korky122]

wells fargo "center" lol

[@xViperGTR]

The hell happened to Torts?

[@anthrax0349]

Was the goal horn still functional?

[@davidzehr8008]

At 2:53. Why does it sound like the player is actually talking instead of the narrator?

[@leafsfanforever2896]

Context of the ref’s hot mic?

[@erich84502ify]

What happened to coaches arm

[@patrickhamos2987]

game only looked better when it went off

[@user-tz7jj7bl6q]

When that knew ai gpu farm boots up for the first time…

[@emmytoussaint]

this is the life of minor hockey. the refs are late, no music....

[@TheBloxBaconGamesVROFFICIAL]

Lost my power this morning and im from canada Lol

[@TransGalGaming]

sounds like they lost a phase

[@VincentPagee]

Weird how there be like 4 chicks watching hockey vids 😂

[@trueh4131]

wOaH this Is absolutely crazy what an important and chaotic event everyone here involved must be so TrAuMatized my prayers and condolences for such a traumatic situation nobody should ever go through this ! thanks for the important informative upload 🙏

[@Fatazz]

Hockey gods, or Flyer ghosts?

[@288theabe]

Once the goalie goes, he goes. Would’ve been pointless to go back

[@nerdknight111]

I would've just postponed the game until everything got fixed Refunds on tickets or give new ones for the makeup game

[@vitorossi7839]

What do you mean? Electricity? Game does not need electricity. Competely fine in my books. If anything - shows the fact stadiums and refs still need to have mechanical watches as backups.

[@luccac6247]

What happened with Torts? He break his arm knocking someone out?

[@Sabotage_Labs]

Go Flyers!

[@edvadojunk]

Power outages are not as uncommon as you youngsters might believe, so the off-ice officials keep the entire game clock (including penalties) on their own IN EVERY game. This was inconvenient at worst.

[@samschwartz5824]

True. They are required to have a stopwatch always as a backup.

[@ItzBwo]

I was there and man, as much as I love not having to hear our cringe ass hype guy screaming over the system all night, not having music during stoppages was such a buzz kill. Great game for the Orange and Black tho!

[@JohnWeichel]

Leafs bule line far form great

[@Bluenote.19]

No music when there's a stoppage of play? Sweet! Personally, I am so sick of hearing "Sweet Caroline" at every game.