{"id":2077131,"date":"2023-10-23T20:26:15","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T00:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/embarrassing-issue-at-climate-pledge-arena-leaves-nhl-teams-playing-in-half-dark-stadium\/"},"modified":"2023-10-23T20:31:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T00:31:07","slug":"embarrassing-issue-at-climate-pledge-arena-leaves-nhl-teams-playing-in-half-dark-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/embarrassing-issue-at-climate-pledge-arena-leaves-nhl-teams-playing-in-half-dark-stadium\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL teams play in dimly lit &#8216;Climate Pledge Arena&#8217; due to embarrassing issue."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fembarrassing-issue-at-climate-pledge-arena-leaves-nhl-teams-playing-in-half-dark-stadium%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2077131&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Embarrassing Issue at &#8216;Climate Pledge Arena&#8217; Leaves NHL Teams \u2062Playing in Half-Dark Stadium<\/h2>\n<p>There\u200b are few things more ignominious than a professional sports team, ostensibly owned by a person or people with copious amounts \u2063of\u2063 money,\u200b playing in a dilapidated \u200carena.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s embarrassing across any sports league, be it the\u2064 NBA, NFL, MLB or NHL.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, \u2062there are few things more ignominious than a \u201cgreen\u201d alternative, \u2062ostensibly built to save energy and the planet, failing to \u2064provide adequate power \u2014\u200c even if it\u2019s only \u200bperceived that way.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s embarrassing across any green initiative, be it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-study-electric-vehicles-cost-charge-filling-car-gas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">electric vehicles<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sweden-axes-unprofitable-uk-wind-farm-plans-defiance-globalists-green-energy-agenda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">windmills<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Those two ignominious and embarrassing\u200c threads collided in professional hockey during a Saturday tilt between the New York Rangers and Seattle Kraken.<\/p>\n<p>That game, which \u2062was played in Seattle, featured a pathetic lighting incident that forced the teams to switch sides.<\/p>\n<p>As \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/thehockeynews.com\/nhl\/seattle-kraken\/news\/kraken-cant-light-lamps-in-4-1-home-loss-to-rangers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hockey News reports<\/a>, just 69 \u200cseconds into the game, the lights above \u2062Rangers goalie Jonathan Quick\u2062 \u201cstopped working.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Due to \u2062the dimmed\u200b lights on just one side of the ice, the NHL made the controversial call to have \u200dthe teams switch sides\u2063 mid-period (instead of\u200b between periods.)<\/p>\n<p>After Seattle scored the first goal with Quick\u2019s vision technically compromised with \u200cthe dimmed\u200c ice, the NHL made \u2064the call \u200cto switch sides\u2026 \u200cand wouldn\u2019t \u200dyou know it? Kraken goalie Philipp Grubauer promptly gave up a goal, tying \u2064the game 1-1, under the dimmed side of the rink.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">schultzy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fvlgRtXUX4\">pic.twitter.com\/fvlgRtXUX4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Seattle Kraken (@SeattleKraken) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeattleKraken\/status\/1715922437567869309?\">October 22, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"in\">BreadSnipe. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TWuj5CX7LT\">pic.twitter.com\/TWuj5CX7LT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New York Rangers \u200c(@NYRangers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYRangers\/status\/1715922984383467943?\">October 22, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The plan, per both\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/new-york-rangers-seattle-kraken-situation-room-lighting-issue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the NHL<\/a> and \u2064the Kraken PA announcer, was for\u2064 the teams to switch off \u200dat the 10-minute (halfway) mark of each period to make \u200bit fairer until the lights \u2062were fixed.<\/p>\n<p>They never got \u2063fixed, and both teams awkwardly navigated \u200caround \u200bthis impromptu wrinkle\u200b for \u2062the \u2063duration of the Kraken\u2019s 4-1 loss to the \u2062Rangers.<\/p>\n<p>It was enough for Quick to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nhl-goalie-roasts-woke-climate-pledge-arena-electrical-issues-wreak-havoc-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">take a shot<\/a> at the whole debacle \u2014 and this \u2062is where that second thread comes in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought, you know, it\u2019s Climate Pledge Arena, maybe they were using energy-efficient bulbs or something,\u201d Quick said, according to New\u2062 York hockey reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StapeAthletic\/status\/1715956200532324754\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arthur Staple on \u200dX<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the Seattle Kraken play in an arena called \u201cClimate Pledge Arena,\u201d and yes,\u2064 it\u2019s every bit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/major-seattle-arena-renamed-honor-paris-climate-accord\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leftist\u200b pandering<\/a> you think\u2063 it is, as the\u200d arena is named in reference to the controversial Paris Climate\u2062 Accords.<\/p>\n<p>To be clear, there is nothing suggesting\u200c that anything\u200b related \u200dto green\u200b or alternative energy \u2063contributed to the amateurish lighting issues \u2063at Climate Pledge Arena \u2014 but it\u2019s undeniable\u2064 that they use \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/climatepledgearena.com\/sustainability\/#RenewableEnergy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sustainable<\/a>\u201d \u2063energy.<\/p>\n<p>And that makes it a \u200cmatter of perception.<\/p>\n<p>It\u200c doesn\u2019t matter whether or not green energy \u2062contributed to the faulty lighting.<\/p>\n<p>What matters is \u200bthat that connection will be made \u2014 subliminally\u2064 and fairly \u200cor not \u2064\u2014 by people.<\/p>\n<p>And \u200dgiven that\u200c green energy\u2019s most prolific mouthpiece\u200b is busy\u200c getting\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/greta-thunberg-arrested-london\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">herself arrested<\/a> these days, the last thing they need is \u2062more negative\u200c press or questions raining down on their heads.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"author_subscription_pitch\">.author_subscription_pitch p{margin:5px;}<\/p>\n<p><em><b>An Urgent\u200c Note from\u200c Our Staff:<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Western\u2062 Journal\u2062 has \u200bbeen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pfizer-recruits-super-bowl-champ-to-be-official-spokesman-for-covid-booster\/\" title=\"Pfizer hires Super Bowl champ as COVID booster spokesperson.\">labeled \u201cdangerous\u201d simply<\/a> \u200dbecause we have a biblical worldview and speak the \u200dtruth about \u2063what is happening in America.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We refuse to let Big \u2064Tech and \u200dwoke advertisers dictate the content\u2063 we share \u2064with our community. 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Your\u200d support means we can continue to expose false narratives and defend\u200b traditional American\u2064 values.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please stand with us\u200c by donating today<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Thank you\u2062 for your support!<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/embarrassing-issue-climate-pledge-arena-leaves-nhl-teams-playing-half-dark-stadium\/\">Embarrassing Issue at &#8216;Climate Pledge Arena&#8217; Leaves NHL Teams\u2064 Playing in Half-Dark Stadium<\/a> \u200b appeared first on\u200b <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u200b What lessons can \u2062be learned from\u200c the incident at Climate Pledge Arena in terms \u200dof the \u2063planning and preparation required for implementing green initiatives?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Sternjournal.com\/aoc-demands-double-white-house-solar-power\/&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;>double the \u2062solar power in the White\u200b House<\/a> and the Biden\u2064 administration is pushing for \ufeffclean energy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/goldman-sachs-commits-to-reach-net-zero-carbon-emissions-by-2030\/\" title=\"Goldman Sachs Commits To Reach Net-Zero Carbon Emissions By 2030\">climate change initiatives<\/a>, this embarrassing incident\u200b at Climate Pledge Arena could be seen as a \u200dsetback for the\u200b green \u2063movement. It provides an opportunity for critics of renewable energy to further their arguments and undermine the progress made in transitioning to sustainable alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>The incident also\u200b highlights the importance of thorough planning and preparation when implementing green initiatives. Climate \u2062Pledge\u200b Arena was built with the\u2064 aim of being an environmentally friendly venue, but the lighting issue raises questions about the\u200d effectiveness of its \u200bsustainable energy sources\u200b and infrastructure. Such\u200b incidents can\u200c cause\u200d skepticism \u2062about the viability and reliability \u200bof green technologies, \u2063potentially slowing down \u2064efforts\u200b to transition \u200bto\u200c cleaner energy sources.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the embarrassing lighting\u2062 incident not only \u2064brings negative attention to Climate Pledge Arena and the Seattle\u2063 Kraken but also reflects poorly on the NHL\u200c as a whole.\u200c Professional \u2062sports leagues\u2064 need to ensure that their venues are equipped with reliable facilities and infrastructure to avoid such embarrassing situations. Playing in a half-dark stadium \u2064not only affects\u200d the players&#8217; performance but also diminishes the overall fan experience.<\/p>\n<p>Moving forward, it is crucial \u200cfor Climate Pledge Arena and the NHL \u2062to address and rectify the lighting issue promptly. This \u200bincident serves as a reminder\u2063 that the transition to sustainable and green\u2062 alternatives should not compromise the quality and reliability of essential services. It highlights the need for \u200bthorough testing\u200d and maintenance \u200bof facilities\u200d to ensure smooth\u2064 operations and prevent\u2063 embarrassing mishaps.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the embarrassing lighting incident at Climate\u2063 Pledge Arena during a game between the Seattle Kraken and \u2064the New York Rangers underscores the importance of reliable infrastructure and thorough planning when implementing green \u2064initiatives. It raises\u200d questions about the effectiveness of sustainable energy sources and \u200dreflects poorly on the\u2063 NHL\u200d as a whole. Moving forward, it is essential for Climate Pledge Arena and the NHL to address and rectify the issue \u200bpromptly to avoid further damage to their \u200creputation and the progress\u2064 made \u2062in promoting sustainable alternatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s nothing more shameful than a wealthy-owned sports team playing in a rundown arena. It&#8217;s embarrassing in any league &#8211; NBA, NFL, MLB, or NHL. 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