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Dallas Finishes Off San Jose
Published 5/5/2008 by Alanah at KK Hockey
...and it ‘only’ took 129 minutes and 3 seconds, the 8th longest game in Stanley Cup Playoffs history (so sayeth TSN). From Richard Durrett at the Dallas News blog: The half asleep AAC is now fully awake. Stars headed to the Western Conference Finals. Wow. What a game. Third longest game in Stars playoff history. Quite fitting that captain Brenden Morrow got it. He’s been leading this team during the playoffs. He got it on the PP. Marty Turco was sensational. So was Evgeni Nabokov. ...

Top Shelf: Overtime Eliminations
Published 5/5/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... Dallas 2, San Jose 1 (4OT): The Stars became the last team to earn a conference final berth by winning a marathon game that that stretched into the fourth overtime period. Brenden Morrow’s power play goal ended the 5-hour, 14-minute game before a half-asleep American Airlines Center. That was roughly at 2:15 a.m. EDT, 1:15 a.m. in Dallas. It was the eighth-longest NHL playoff game. The teams combined for 117 shots on goal, 142 hits and 104 faceoffs. Dallas clinches series 4-2. ...