Dallas Finishes Off San Jose

Hockey Marathons

Posted 5/6/2008 on KK Hockey

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: more...

Links of the Day 5/5/08

Posted 5/5/2008 on The Victoria Times

Happy Cinco De Mayo! Probably the holiday that residents of Victoria relate the least to. Closer to Mexico, Dallas played the eighth longest game in NHL history, knocking off the Sharks to win their series. Oddly, it's only the third longest game in Stars history. Just a little exercise in the standing of the various writers here. Steve? Linked to by SI? Ryan? Given negative votes on Ballhype.

On these dates in playoff history

Posted 4/28/2008 on Skate 2 Stick

It happened on 4-27 and 4-28 in NHL Playoff History April 27, 1994 Buffalo Sabres center Dave Hannan scored at 5:43 of the fourth overtime period in a 1-0 home win over the New Jersey Devils in Game Six of their Eastern Conference Quarter-final series. This game was the sixth (now ninth) longest in NHL history, beginning at 7:39 p.m. and concluding at 1:51 a.m.—six hours and 12 minutes ...

Stars win in 4OT, finally oust Sharks (AP)

Published 5/5/2008 on Yahoo! Sports - NHL News

The Dallas Stars have finally made it back to the Western Conference finals. It took the eighth longest game in NHL history to do it. Brenden Morrow scored a power play goal 9:03 into the fourth overtime as the Stars eliminated the pesky San ...

NHL Capsules

Published 5/5/2008 on NHL.com News in English

DALLAS (AP) -The Dallas Stars have finally made it back to the Western Conference finals. It took the eighth longest game in NHL history to do it. Brenden Morrow scored a power-play goal 9:03 into the fourth overtime as the Stars eliminated the ...

Stars Bounce Sharks in Fourth Overtime

Published 5/5/2008 on washingtonpost.com - NHL

Brenden Morrow scores a power play goal 9:03 into the fourth overtime as the Stars eliminate the San Jose Sharks, 2-1, in the longest game in the NHL playoffs this season and the longest in San Jose history.