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Local Pens Fans Rally For Game 4

POSTED: 11:09 pm EDT May 15, 2008
UPDATED: 11:48 pm EDT May 15, 2008

With lawn chairs and Crosby jerseys in tow, about 150 hockey fans in Blair County headed outdoors at Galactic Ice in Altoona to watch game four.

"Every time I'm at the rink, I'm sitting inside where it's cold. So sitting outside in the parking lot, having a couple burgers, is a good deal," said Phil DeVorris.

With excitement that spread right out of Pittsburgh and into the Alleghenies. the local fans kept trickling in Thursday night. They were calling themselves a hockey family, and the rally at the rink was a family affair.

While the fans cheered on each move their favorites made, the Pens weren't No. 1 in all of their hearts.

"I'm a Flyers fan. I hear it every day from people in school, and everywhere I go, people make fun of me for it," said Michael Stell.

Donations from the rally will help support Blair County's youth hockey league. Organizers said they'll keep riding the Pens' train as long as they can, so they're planning another rally after they clinch their spot in the Stanley Cup finals.

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