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JANUARY 08, 2010

Little information as lights go out at the Prudential Center

As I write this, the game between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Devils has been delayed 90 minutes because the lights on one half of the Prudential Center ice have gone out. And like that little old lady who fell and can't get up, there seems to be nothing the people who run the building can do about it. ... Read more

JANUARY 08, 2010

Some insight from the league on the delay

So, I just got off the phone with Mike Murphy, the league's vice president of hockey operations. He said if the lights could not be fixed, the game could be postponed or rescheduled, but that is not the league's first choice and, ultimately, Murphy said, the call will be made by commissioner Gary Bettman.

Murphy said as long as the "conditions are safe," the league would rather get the game in. Makes sense, but, really how long can you wait? The Lightning plays in Philadelphia on Saturday and the Devils play in Montreal. ... Read more

JANUARY 08, 2010

Game called because they couldn't keep the lights on at the Prudential Center

It's obvious they have called the game. The sticks have been taken off the benches. The nets have been removed. But no announcement by the PA. Sad. TV says the game has been suspended but no other information inside the arena. Guess the fans need to be mind readers.

Officially, the game has been suspended and will be rescheduled at a later date.

 

JANUARY 09, 2010

Tampa Bay Lightning's suspended game with the Devils to resume Sunday in New Jersey

The NHL announced that Friday's suspended game between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Devils will be resumed at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Prudential Center. The game will be resumed from where it stopped: with 9:12 left in the second period and the Lightning ahead 3-0.

The game was stopped when a broken circuit breaker knocked out a bank of lights on one end of the arena. After a wait of 102 minutes, the game was suspended. ... Read more

JANUARY 10, 2010

Three games in three nights? The CBA doesn't specifically address it

Some thoughts this morning before I get on a train and head back to Newark from Philadelphia for Sunday's resumption of Friday's suspended game: ... Read more

JANUARY 10, 2010

Tampa Bay Lightning lineup changes for Sunday's game with the Devils

The teams had to use Friday’s lineups, which meant C Jeff Halpern, who on Saturday played his first game after healing from a lower-body injury, was back in the press box. D Andrej Meszaros, scratched Friday, played because D Matt Smaby is out with an upper-body injury sustained in Saturday’s loss to the Flyers. Smaby seemed to go shoulder first into the side boards after he got tangled up with Philadelphia’s Danny Briere. D David Hale, also scratched Friday, replaced D Mattias Ohlund, out with a stomach virus. The Devils lineup was the same. ... Read more

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