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I would like to thank DirecTV tonight for screwing me out of the first five minutes of the third period of the Dallas-San Jose game. I flipped over during the second intermission to catch the end of Mystery, Alaska in just enough time to see Connor Banks ring one off the crossbar as the final seconds ticked off to see the Mystery boys drop one to the New York Rangers. And after getting my 3-year-old a sip of milk after he woke up, I flipped back over only to see Tracy Ullman fold up her laptop computer while in bed, then complain about cramps before putting the still warm computer in her abdominal region. I then got to see previews of some show called The Secret Life of a Call Girl, The Weeds, Penn and Teller’s Bullsh!! and the opening minutes of The Tudors. Normally I might now complain about seeing some of the previews for a cable smut show or two 
. . .
However, I certainly didn’t want to miss the opening minutes of the third period of a tightly contested game that was 2-1 after 40 minutes. After realizing the switch back to Versus was going to come about as quickly as my five-year-old when I call him to clean up his bedroom, I pulled up the computer to NHL.com and saw that Brad Richards scored in the opening minute to tie the game 
Then just as I’m trying to pull up the DirecTV website and find a number for customer service to call in my complaint, the channel switches back to Versus just in enough time to show the replay of Mike Modano scoring to make it 3-2.... 
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Anybody else encounter this problem tonight? Was it just DirecTV? Was it a glitch with Versus? Let me know if this was just an isolated case or not!!!!!
Posted by Cookie, Valrico, FL on 04/28 at 02:59 PM
I’m in Hillborough County with Verizon and did not have any problems. What a night for Brad. I’m thrilled for him.
Posted by Niki, on 04/28 at 12:52 PM
I missed the Stars-Sharks game last night (I was in an ice-less Forum watching Bon Jovi) so I only have the stats from the game to assess who played well and who didn’t. With that in mind, could someone tell me why, after a four-point night, Richie wasn’t one of the Stars of the Game?
Posted by Dan F, Auburndale, FL on 04/28 at 12:30 PM
Yes, EE, i had the same problem on my DirecTV. I too was very upset! I was thinking it was just my TV messing up or something. I’m getting rid of DirecTV and going to Brighthouse when my Centre Ice expires.
Posted by Pattie, Pinellas Park on 04/28 at 10:05 AM
My regular old VS on Brighthouse here in Pinellas was fine, Thank God! In Dallas some of the fans were on Direct TV and got what you got. And I complain about Brighthouse. Not this week!
Go Brad!
Go Stars!
Posted by Brent, Lutz on 04/28 at 10:02 AM
Great steal by #91 and awesome HD shots on Verus Brighthouse. Sorry about DirectTV issues. Never have figured out why people in FL buy a provider who’s signal is ‘iffy’ in thunderstorms and during hockey season.
Posted by Brittany, Orlando on 04/28 at 09:30 AM
My Vs was fine here in Orlando on BrightHouse. That is a very strange thing to happen, and couldn’t have come at a worse time.
Posted by Chris C, Lakeland on 04/28 at 09:30 AM
I watched the 1st period and 1/2 of 2nd and went to bed, then couldn’t sleep...and put the TV on bout an hr later and there was 30 secs left in the game..But has anyone had the sound cut out during the commercials on Versus on DirecTV. ( not that its a bad thing ) But wondering if its me or everybody???
Posted by Meg Sanderson, Ohio on 04/28 at 03:13 AM
I didn’t have any problems with versus on cable in Ohio, so it must have been a directTV problem. That really sucks. Richard’s goal was a pretty nice one, too.
Posted by Kevin Escribano, pasadena,ca on 04/28 at 01:29 AM
I didn’t have any problems with my DirecTv. I live in California and don’t know if that made a difference.
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Posted by Jay, jax on 04/28 at 03:11 PM
Same thing happened to me also, and I’m here in Jacksonville. At first I thought it was a commercial for Showtime until it about 3 minutes later and it was still on!