4.12.2007

Sedin! Sedin! Henrik Sedin!!

Overtime pools during the NHL playoffs are a tradition dating back to the Ticker days in Jersey City.

It's simple: You put in $2 to start, and you pick one player from each team. The more people who get in, the pot grows. For each overtime, everyone has to "buck up" -- add $1 to the pile.

Over some 11-plus years in this business -- give or take -- I have never (Altruda chimes in "ev-ev-ev-AH") won one of these until 2:34 CST this morning.

I can say this now: For $42, I love Henrik Sedin unabashedly. A 10-goal scorer in the regular season, he scored with 1:54 to play in the fourth -- yes, fourth overtime to beat Dallas 5-4 early Wednesday morning.

From Gurnee-based blogstatician -- bitter over the fact that Markus Naslund failed to show up in 78-plaus extra minutes -- Chris Altruda was bitter, along with fellow betters Ethan Cooperson, Chris Antonacci, Civil War apologist Mike Votta and non-hockey fan Matt Becker.

Because you'll want to know ...

Stanley Cup playoff games that have gone past two overtimes, with date, score, round, time of overtime and game-winning goal:
--March 24, 1936 - Detroit 1, Montreal Maroons 0, semifinal, 116 minutes, 30 seconds, Mud Bruneteau.
--April 3, 1933 - Toronto 1, Boston 0, semifinal, 104:46, Ken Doraty.
--May 4, 2000 - Philadelphia 2, Pittsburgh 1, conference semifinal, 92:01, Keith Primeau.
--April 24, 2003 - Anaheim 4, Dallas 3, conference semifinal, 80:48, Petr Sykora.
--April 24, 1996 - Pittsburgh 3, Washington 2, conference quarterfinal, 79:15, Petr Nedved.
--April 11, 2007 - Vancouver 5, Dallas 4, conference quarterfinal, 78:06, Henrik Sedin.
--March 23, 1943 - Toronto 3, Detroit 2, semifinal, 70:18, Jack McLean.
--March 28, 1930 - Montreal Canadiens 2, N.Y. Rangers 1, semifinal, 68:52, Gus Rivers.
--April 18, 1987 - N.Y. Islanders 3, Washington 2, division semifinal, 68:47, Pat LaFontaine.
--April 27, 1994 - Buffalo 1, New Jersey 0, conference quarterfinal, 65:43, Dave Hannan.
--March 27, 1951 - Montreal Canadiens 3, Detroit 2, semifinal, 61:09, Maurice Richard.
--March 27, 1938 - N.Y. Americans 3, N.Y. Rangers 2, quarterfinal, 60:40, Lorne Carr.
--March 26, 1932 - N.Y. Rangers 4, Montreal Canadiens 3, semifinal, 59:32, Fred Cook.
--March 21, 1939 - Boston 2, N.Y. Rangers 1, semifinal, 59:25, Mel Hill.
--April 27, 1999 - Dallas 3, Edmonton 2, conference quarterfinal, 57:34, Joe Nieuwendyk.
--May 15, 1990 - Edmonton 3, Boston 2, final, 55:13, Petr Klima.
--x-June 19, 1999 - Dallas 2, Buffalo 1, final, 54:51, Brett Hull.
--June 8, 2002 - Detroit 3, Carolina 2, final, 54:47, Igor Larionov.
--April 16, 2003 - Philadelphia 3, Toronto 2, quarterfinal, 53:54, Mark Recchi.
--April 9, 1931 - Chicago 3, Montreal Canadiens 2, final, 53:50, Cy Wentworth.
--March 26, 1961 - Chicago 2, Montreal Canadiens 1, semifinal, 52:12, Murray Balfour.
--April 1, 1937 - Detroit 2, Montreal Canadiens 1, semifinal, 51:49, Hec Kilrea.
--March 26, 1930 - Montreal Canadiens 3, Chicago 2, quarterfinal, 51:43, Howie Morenz.
--May 2, 2003 - New Jersey 2, Tampa Bay 1, conference semifinal, 51:12, Grant Marshall.
--April 23, 1996 - Chicago 2, Calgary 1, conference quarterfinal, 50:02, Joe Murphy.
--April 2, 1939 - Boston 2, N.Y. Rangers 1, semifinal, 48:00, Mel Hill.
--April 24, 1997 - Montreal Canadiens 4, New Jersey 3, conference quarterfinal, 47:37, Patrice Brisebois.
--June 8, 2000 - Dallas 1, New Jersey 0, final, 46:21, Mike Modano.
--March 20, 1930 - Boston 2, Montreal Maroons 1, 45:35, semifinal, Harry Oliver.
--March 22, 1949 - Detroit 2, Montreal Canadiens 1, semifinal, 44:52, Max McNab.
--x-June 10, 1996 - Colorado 1, Florida 0, Stanley Cup winner, 44:31, Uwe Krupp.
--May 4, 2002 - Toronto 3, Ottawa, 2, conference semifinal, 44:30, Gary Roberts.
--April 20, 2003 - Tampa Bay 2, Washington 1, conference quarterfinal, 44:03, Martin St. Louis.
--April 10, 2003 - Anaheim 2, Detroit 1, conference quarterfinal, 43:18, Paul Kariya.
--March 27, 1960 - Toronto 5, Detroit 4, semifinal, 43:00, Frank Mahovlich.
--April 17, 2004 - Vancouver 5, Calgary 4, conference quarterfinal, 42:28, Brendan Morrison.
--May 10, 2006 - Edmonton 3, San Jose 2, conference semifinal, 42:24, Shawn Horcoff.
--March 29, 1951 - Montreal Canadiens 1, Detroit 0, semifinal, 42:20, Maurice Richard.
--May 4, 1997 - Detroit 3, Anaheim 2, conference semifinal, 41:31, Slava Kozlov.
--April 29, 1971 - N.Y. Rangers 3, Chicago 2, semifinal, 41:29, Pete Stemkowski.

x-goal won Stanley Cup.

1 comment:

The Girl in Black said...

Two posts in two days... AND you won money? I'm not sure I even know you anymore!

Though that could be because you never call, never write... don't even post on my blog anymore. sniffle, sniffle. First Hinrich is getting married, now you've abandoned me... guilt, guilt, guilt.

I still need your new address!