Sunday night at the Hershey Bears and Lehigh Valley Phantoms game, the first ever “Whiteboard Delay” in hockey history took place in Giant Center.

A very loud fan behind the visitors bench at GC had his view obstructed by a whiteboard on the glass in front of him. We will let the photos, captions, and tweets tell the rest of the story:

Pregame and first period:



Whiteboard and towel on the glass right in front of fan wearing camouflage jersey.



Fan kicks the glass and almost hits Lehigh Valley’s assistant coach.



Lehigh Valley coaching staff looks at Hersheypark Security.



Fan argues with Hersheypark Security.

The whiteboard was removed, but returned in the second period.

Second period:

We have a delay in the game as the Phantoms have a whiteboard blocking a fans view — Chocolate Hockey (@ChocHockey) November 1, 2015

This is the first ever whiteboard delay in hockey history — Chocolate Hockey (@ChocHockey) November 1, 2015

The game we don’t think will start until the fan behind the bench will be removed from his seat? — Chocolate Hockey (@ChocHockey) November 1, 2015



Players discuss the situation with the officiating staff.

The fan is removed and the whiteboard is then taken down. This is more entertaining than the game!!! — Chocolate Hockey (@ChocHockey) November 1, 2015

RE: fan behind Phantoms bench https://t.co/XNCfcDMpcR — Chocolate Hockey (@ChocHockey) November 1, 2015

@ChocHockey he wasn’t removed, he’s in the Bears suite. — Steve (@Bearswoo) November 1, 2015

Bears statement on the events via their Facebook page:

