Thursday, April 12, 2007
It lasted HOW LONG?!?
| For those who felt I may have been exaggerating last night about the demands of hockey (both playing at watching) you may wish to have a look at some results from last night:Vancouver beats Dallas in 4 OT and San Jose beats Nashville in 2 OT. So 4 games into the playoffs and we've already had two games go into multiple overtimes, and one game was over five hours long. Thankfully, I never even got started on the Vancouver game. I never would have made it to work this morning. If 138 minutes of playing time (basically like 2 back to back games and then some) sounds painful, keep in mind it's not even close to the record. The NHL's Longest game is 6 OT. Thats like playing 3 games in a row. Ouch! Back in 2002, Macon was involved in the longest game in CHL history. I wasn't there but I listened to the entire thing on the radio. The game was so long that my friend Kim and I woke up the next morning and drove to the Centreplex to meet the team bus as it arrived from Fayetteville, and then we drove on to work. We talked briefly to the goalie, Brian Elder, who said he was angry at the loss and was going to play in the next game, that night, no matter what our coach thought. In the article, if you click through the pictures on the right side, you'll see a close up of (then) Fayetteville coach David "Low-Rider" Lohrei. In the background you can see Assistant Coach for Macon (and a friend of mine) Joe Suk, and also barely see Macon coach, Graeme Townshend. While digging up the web sites for the longest games, I found This web site. While the information is certainly interesting and useful, I was quite impressed with the web site's address. Now why didn't I think of that? Now as for me, Tonights games include the Red Wings' opener against Calgary. In fact it is starting right now. So you'll pardon me for bailing out. I have a sack full of chili cheese Krystals and some hockey to catch up with!  |
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