I was wondering the same thing and I was getting very pissed off to say the least. After coooling off a little, I realized it had something to do with the Pittsburg vs. Ottawa game going into triple overtime. Once that game was done, the Sharks game in HD came on. That being said, again I wish DISH would get around to allocating more space for the local sports HD channels. I thought they said they would address this over a year ago, and now they are totally mum on the subject. When they pull crap like this, they come off looking like a 2 bit operation.