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May 12, 2012 in Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Maroons, New York Rangers, NHL playoffs, Washington Capitals Tags: longest NHL playoff games, Mud Bruneteau
I haven’t exactly been a faithful watcher of the playoffs so far, but I’ve decided to record the Caps-Rangers seventh game tonight and watch it at midnight when I get home from work. I think it should be interesting, and as a bonus, I’d like to see some serious overtime.
For years, except when the Habs are playing, I’ve hoped for a record breaking 7 periods or more of overtime hockey. The longest game ever was on March 24th, 1936, when Detroit’s Mud Bruneteau scored in the sixth overtime period, 116.50 minutes of extra play, to give his Wings a 1-0 win in game one against the Montreal Maroons, and I want to see something like that. That game ended at 2:25 a.m, and what a beauty it must have been.
That’s what I want to happen. A game that goes until about four in the morning. Most people are asleep in the stands. The players are skating in slow motion. The TV announcer dozes off. All that. Just to make things different. To see history being made.
There’s been some classics over the years. Like these, from SportsIllustrated.com
| Date | Result | Round | OT | GWG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-24-36 | Detroit 1, Mtl. Maroons 0 | semifinal | 116:30 | Mud Bruneteau |
| 4-3-33 | Toronto 1, Boston 0 | semifinal | 104:46 | Ken Doraty |
| 5-4-00 | Philly 2, Pitt. 1 | conf. semis | 92:01 | Keith Primeau |
| 4-24-96 | Pitt. 3, Wash. 2 | conf. quarters | 79:15 | Petr Nedved |
| 3-23-43 | Toronto 3, Detroit 2 | semifinal | 70:18 | Jack McLean |
| 3-28-30 | Mtl. Cdns 2, N.Y.R. 1 | semifinal | 68:52 | Gus Rivers |
| 4-18-87 | N.Y.I. 3, Wash. 2 | first round | 68:47 | Pat LaFontaine |
| 4-27-94 | Buffalo 1, N.J. 0 | first round | 65:43 | Dave Hannan |
| 3-27-51 | Mtl. Cdns 3, Detroit 2 | semifinal | 61:09 | Maurice Richard |
| 3-27-38 | N.Y.A. 3, N.Y.R. 2 | quarterfinal | 60:40 | Lorne Carr |
| 3-26-32 | N.Y.R. 4, Mtl. Cdns 3 | semifinal | 59:32 | Fred Cook |
| 3-21-39 | Boston 2, N.Y.R. 1 | semifinal | 59:25 | Mel Hill |
| 4-17-99 | Dallas 3, Edm. 2 | first round | 57:34 | Joe Nieuwendyk |
| 5-15-90 | Edmonton 3, Boston 2 | final | 55:13 | Petr Klima |
| 6-19-99 | Dallas 2, Buffalo 1 | final | 54:51 | Brett Hull |
| 4-9-31 | Chicago 3, Mtl. Cdns. 2 | final | 53:50 | Cy Wentworth |
| 3-26-61 | Chicago 2, Mtl. Cdns. 1 | semifinal | 52:12 | Murray Balfour |
| 4-1-37 | Detroit 2, Mtl. Cdns. 1 | semifinal | 51:49 | Hec Kilrea |
| 3-26-30 | Chicago 2, Mtl. Cdns. 2 | quarterfinal | 51:43 | Howie Morenz |
| 4-23-96 | Chicago 2, Calgary 1 | first round | 50:02 | Joe Murphy |
| 4-2-39 | Boston 2, N.Y.R. 1 | semifinal | 48:00 | Mel Hill |
| 4-24-97 | Mtl. Cdns. 4, N.J. 3 | first round | 47:37 | Patrice Brisebois |
| 6-8-00 | Dallas 1, N.J. 0 | final | 46:21 | Mike Modano |
| 3-20-30 | Boston 2, Mtl. Maroons 1 | semifinal | 45:35 | Harry Oliver |
| 3-22-49 | Detroit 2, Mtl. Cdns. 1 | semifinal | 44:52 | Max McNab |
| 6-10-96 | Colorado 1, Florida 0 | final | 44:31 | Uwe Krupp |
| 3-27-60 | Toronto 5, Detroit 4 | semifinal | 43:00 | Frank Mahovlich |
| 3-29-51 | Mtl. Cdns. 1, Detroit 0 | semifinal | 42:20 | Maurice Richard |
| 5-4-97 | Detroit 3, Anaheim 2 | quarterfinal | 41:31 | Slava Kozlov |
| 4-29-71 | N.Y.R. 3, Chicago 2 | semifinal | 41:29 | Pete Stemkowski |
May 13th, 2012 at 6:34 am
I knew a fellow who absolutely hated hockey. Wouldn’t even pretend to have an interest in it until his father-in-law came in to town for their first visit. They sat down together to watch the game with my friend thinking the pain would be over rather quickly and he would have done his duty as far as the visit went. That was the night Petr Nedved scored in the fourth overtime for Pittsburgh. You can still see the misery in his eyes whenever a person reminds him of the day.
May 13th, 2012 at 10:09 am
Don, great! These are the hockey gods having a laugh.They’re a crazy bunch.
May 13th, 2012 at 11:57 am
Dennis I’m confused, I know it’s easy to do.
First Theoren Fleury showed that at 5’6″ that size doesn’t matter. But here length matters; winning after a long overtime makes the victory much sweeter.
May 13th, 2012 at 2:39 pm
Chris, I’m confused 99% of the time. Today I put toast in the toaster to make a sandwich and I only put one slice in.