{"id":543620,"date":"2026-04-06T10:50:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T10:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/543620\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T10:50:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T10:50:21","slug":"wild-moment-nhl-broadcast-is-interrupted-as-woman-goes-into-labor-at-arena-during-golden-knights-oilers-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/543620\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild moment NHL broadcast is interrupted as woman goes into LABOR at arena during Golden Knights-Oilers game"},"content":{"rendered":"

AN Edmonton Oilers fan gave birth mid-game during their NHL clash with the Vegas Golden Knights.<\/p>\n

During the second period, the soon-to-be mother went into labor and eventually gave birth at the arena. <\/p>\n

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An Edmonton Oilers fan gave birth at the NHL match on Saturday night<\/p>\n

The fan went into labor in the second period and later gave birth at the arenaCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

The Oilers lost 5-1 to the Golden KnightsCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

Play-by-play announcer Jack Michaels broke the news of the unexpected labor on Sportnet\u2019s \u2018Hockey<\/a> Night In Canada<\/a>\u2018 broadcast of the Saturday NHL<\/a> clash. <\/p>\n

Michaels said on air: \u201cBreaking news: We have word that someone has gone into labor here tonight.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a baby being born on the seventh floor at Rogers Place as we speak.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo someone\u2019s going to have a great story to tell. <\/p>\n

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SKATING ON THIN ICE<\/p>\n

NHL game in huge delay after issue with ICE during Golden Knights game<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt would be nice to have the mother join us on \u2018After Hours\u2019 to describe what\u2019s happened. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut that could be asking a bit much.\u201d<\/p>\n

But it won\u2019t be a night to remember for all the Edmonton fans after their team lost 5-1. <\/p>\n

Jack Eichel totaled three points with three assists, while Brett Howden scored a goal with two assists. <\/p>\n

Evan Bouchard scored the lone goal for the Oilers.<\/p>\n

The Vegas outfit are 3-0 since bringing in veteran coach John Tortorella instead of Bruce Cassidy.<\/p>\n

And they could face the Oilers again in the second round of the play-offs if both sides win their first-round series. <\/p>\n

The Oilers have not commented on the condition of the mother or the child. <\/p>\n

And while the new mother did not join that evening\u2019s broadcast, there are still five games on Edmonton\u2019s regular schedule before the NHL play-offs. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s not even the first time this decade a fan has gone into labor mid-game.<\/p>\n

Back in 2023, a relative of Cleveland Browns<\/a> star David Bell gave birth inside Lucas Oil Stadium during a clash with the Indianapolis Colts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The mom-to-be went into labor as she arrived at the ground \u2013 FOUR days before her due date.<\/p>\n

And back in 2015, a baby was delivered inside Petco Park during a San Francisco Giants vs San Diego Padres game.<\/p>\n

Incredibly, the delivery was handled by an on-site nurse who was also a qualified midwife, near the Padres\u2019 team store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AN Edmonton Oilers fan gave birth mid-game during their NHL clash with the Vegas Golden Knights. During the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":543621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5125],"tags":[198,146,5300,5,285,4,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-543620","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edmonton-oilers","8":"tag-edmonton","9":"tag-edmonton-oilers","10":"tag-edmontonoilers","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-national-hockey-league","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-oilers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116357382465402483","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/543621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}