Flyers, Penguins fans upset by tech issues

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Thursday night's Game 5 of the Flyers-Penguins first round hockey series pitted a team on the brink of elimination against a team looking to advance to the second round.
Unfortunately for State College residents living in the middle of the intrastate rivalry, most fans did not get to watch the second period of the Flyers' 3-0 victory.
Flocks of people sporting hockey jerseys exited Champs Sports Bar & Grill, leaving a blue screen behind when last night's game was abruptly taken off the air minutes into the second period because of technical difficulties.
"It kind of ticks me off," Matt Clarkson (junior-information science technology) said. "I want to watch it, but it's not just here -- it's blacked out everywhere, which is frustrating."
The game was nationally televised on Versus, but that telecast was blacked out in the Pittsburgh market due to Fox Sports Network -- the local market -- televising the game in this area. When FSN Pittsburgh experienced technical difficulties at the start of the second period and the game went unexpectedly off the air, the other channel the game was on, Versus, was unavailable due to the blackout.
Clarkson, a Penguins fan, noted his disappointment with FSN Pittsburgh, calling for the network to "take one for the team, and broadcast to us too."
Rich Hoover (graduate student-horticulture), a lifelong Flyers fan, said the technical difficulty was especially tough for him to swallow after not being able to watch many games all season.
"I was pissed -- I don't know what else to say," Hoover said. "It's frustrating because it's blacked out all year on Comcast in Philly, and now it stops running halfway through the game."
Hoover, however, was one of the few fans remaining when the technical difficulties ended between the second and third periods.
When the Flyers scored twice in the final stanza, a few more Pittsburgh fans left the restaurant as well, leaving behind an elated orange-clad audience.
"I think it'll definitely go seven," Hoover said. "There's no way they'll go into Philly and beat the Flyers on Saturday. It's going seven."
The victory was especially sweet for Jillian Knowles (senior-life sciences), who pointed to the intrastate rivalry as the main reason for her exuberance.
Knowles said she lives with roommates from the Pittsburgh area and was pleased the series was extended -- at least for two days.
"Today was great," she said. "It's very difficult having a divided apartment, and I always root hard for the Flyers to keep the apartment balanced... It's definitely going to be a nail-biter now."
But Knowles will be faced with a decision come Saturday afternoon when the Penguins and Flyers continue their series at 3 p.m. -- one hour after the Blue-White game kicks off at Beaver Stadium.
Knowles said she would be at the football game while constantly looking at her phone for updates.
Penguins fan Joe Bryan, however, wasn't quite as torn about going to the football game.
"No way," Bryan (junior-math) said. "No prayer. We'll be downtown at a bar watching the Pens win in six."