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Hockey Marathons

by Alanah McGinley on 05/05/08 at 09:29 PM ET
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From David Yasvinski at the National Post,

Sunday’s game was the longest since the Vancouver Canucks beat the Stars 5-4 at the 78:06 mark of overtime on April 12, 2007, but it was well short of the almost two hours of extra time Detroit needed to beat Montreal 1-0 on March 24, 1936.

A look at the 10 longest overtime games in NHL history:

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No Messing Around in OT

by Alanah McGinley on 05/04/08 at 10:47 PM ET
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From Darren Dreger at TSN,

Six of the 13 overtime games last year were decided in the first overtime period, while the remaining seven needed a second overtime period or longer.

No such marathons this year with the average overtime this year clocking in at 6:48, with 13 of the 14 games decided in the first 12 minutes and three ended by the winning teams first shot.

No one is complaining, but it’s a trend that is difficult to explain.  Experts are required, coaches, managers, NHL executives.

One NHL coach contends lackluster goaltending is the reason why OT’s are ending so quickly. There may be something to that. Goalies have combined for a weak .880 save percentage in overtime this spring.

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Of course now that Dreger’s addressed this, the basis of Murphy’s Law would argue that at least two games in the coming round are destined to go 6 periods or more, just to make up for the shortfall. 

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