Saturday night for game 1, we decided to go out to a sports bar. My Grandpa was feeling all of his 90 years of age so he stayed home, my grandma was game for it though. So, me in my Winter Classic sweater, my grandma in her away sweater, my sister and mother in hawks hats arrive at the joint to much jeering. The Flyers fans were not overly mean and my grandma was certainly egged them on the whole time (she is a fiesty lady). Since this was game 1, it was a seesaw of points and boos from the Flyers fans half the time followed by boos from us half the time.
UNFORTUNATELY, unknown to either fan groups, the bar runs UFC fight night at 10 regardless of other events going on. When the TV's were changed for 2nd period intermission, lots of bitching started. All I wanted was for the owners to let us know WAY ahead of time that this was going to happen. At no time were we told that we would be cut off for this. I shook some Flyer fans' hands as I walked out as we wished for a good series. We raced home, listening to the game on AM radio, and finished the game at home.
I did tell the manager that I will never frequent this game for a sporting event again for fear of some program change mid game. He promised me that game 2 would be uninterrupted, to which I said "sure" and walked out.