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!
FULL VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuUUILqDpms&pp=ygUVamVmZnJleSBtaWNoYWVsIHByaWNl
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Since it happened in Philadelphia somebody probably stole the copper wiring in the arena which caused the power outage.
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
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!
That hot mic was tooooooo funny
pretty sad that considering the money the nhl brings in… a standby emergency power system should be a standard..
Fuck me!
Once the goalie goes, he goes. Would’ve been pointless to go back
Power outages? Get used to it. Its going to get a lot worse…
The electric company there sponsors the power play, ironically enough
game should have been called and replayed later either from start or from point of time when called
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.
Reminds me of the time the Flyers played in a fog with a bat lol
Context of the ref’s hot mic?
What happened with Torts? He break his arm knocking someone out?
College hockey lighting anyone
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.
As a Flyers fan, I already heard that this arena was at the bottom 24. So this may not be surprising to some people.
This has been an issue in Philly I feel like. Was just there a month ago and the clocks were not working.
Im a flyers fan. One of the greatest games of the franchise
America is becoming third world lightning quick
What happened to coaches arm
Oilers Bruins Game 4 in Boston had a full power outage
It’s the Wells Fargo Center.
It borked the Bally Sun feed badly. Twas frustrating for us watching in Tampa
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!)
I was at this game!!! This was an….. Interesting one….
gritty let his intrusive thoughts win…
Still looked better than watching Kitchener Rangers games on Global back in the early to mid-1980's
Despite the power outage, the show must go on.
I honestly think brink deserves a spot on this team next year
Hockey really is the best sport and nothing else compares
My gf was blowing me in the stands and as soon as I popped the lights went out. Fucking bizarre coincidence or does she just give great head??
Of course its Philadelphia… they are the absolute rudest and worst fans in the country
This will be on weird nhl for sure
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.
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
What happened with John Tortorella's arm?
Lighting was low key better
What a throwback as a Flyers fan to when our arenas were dark, the misic was at a minimum and our jerseys were trash
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
craazy
good job Tampa's social media manager for looking like a dipshit. first of all, Edison didn't INVENT any way to capture electric sparks in a sustainable and enclosed environment. what Edison did do is patent a bulb designed glass filled containing tin filament that we all recognize today as the Edison Bulb, or the standard Lightbulb. on top of that, Thomas Edison has literally no history with Philadelphia.
….there is however 1 name. 1 person who is highly associated with both the invention of electricity, AND Phila. BENJAMIN FUCKING FRANKLIN. i guess that's not a name Tampa's social media manager knows because they aren't paid enough to ever see a crisp 1spot. then again, with tweets like that, maybe their pay is just.
like….really. next time Tampa is in Boston, you think they're gonna tweet about how the deep dish is overrated?
likely they had back up power so only bare essentials
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.
Typical Philly
Nowhere near the drama of the Super Bowl Power Outage.
Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.
Was the goal horn still functional?
Boston v. Philly in the 80s in the old Garden. The whole building went dark and had to be postponed.
0:42 XD