Overtime (ice hockey)
Overtime is a method of determining a winner in an ice hockey game when the score is tied after regulation.
If league rules dictate a finite time in which overtime may be played, with no penalty shoot-out to follow, the game's winning team may or may not be necessarily determined.
(The World Hockey Association had used a 10-minute, sudden death regular season overtime period during its seven-year existence.)
The first regular-season game decided by overtime was on October 8, 1983, as the New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 8–7.
[2] In 1987–88 and since 1995, the American Hockey League has awarded teams one point in the standings for an overtime loss (OTL).
In many leagues (including the NHL for regular-season games since the 2005–06 season) and in international competitions, a failure to reach a decision in a single overtime may lead to a shootout.
In the ECHL, the AHL, and the Southern Professional Hockey League, regular season overtime periods are played three on three for one five-minute period, with penalties resulting in the opponents skating one additional player on ice (up to two additional players) for each penalty.
[7] In international competition, shootouts (or more formally, game-winning shots (GWS), and, in some European countries, bullets, or bullits[8][9]), are often used.
However, all playoff & bronze medal games of IIHF top level championships (especially the Olympics) are decided by five round shootouts.
Both shooters and goalies commonly consult their teammates and coaches for advice on the opposing player's style of play.
Former NHL forwards Markus Näslund and Brett Hull are two players commonly referred to as snipers.
This is almost exclusively performed when a shooter either has a high level of confidence in their shot or they attempt to catch the goalie by surprise.
This is a list of all National Hockey League (NHL) playoff games that went into at least three overtimes (winning team is bold).
The Lehigh Valley Phantoms beat the Charlotte Checkers, 2–1, at Bojangles Coliseum on a goal by Alex Krushelnyski at 6:48 of quintuple overtime.
Morgan McHaffie scored at 7:14 of sextuple overtime to lead the Queen's Golden Gaels to a 2–1 win over the host Guelph Gryphons in the first game of the best-of-three OUA women's hockey final, March 2, 2011.
The game, which lasted 167 minutes and 14 seconds, including 107:14 of extra time, is the longest on record in CIS or NCAA hockey – women's or men's.
It was the seventh game of the Turner Cup Final between the hometown Fort Wayne Komets and Port Huron Icehawks.
The Komets would win again the following year with an easy game five victory at home, which was the first time in franchise history they won back-to-back championships.
UMass beat Notre Dame, 4–3, in the Hockey East first round with 8:18 left in quintuple overtime.
Quinnipiac University beat Union College, 3–2, in the ECAC Quarterfinals, as Greg Holt scored with 9:38 left in quintuple overtime.
Yale University beat Union College, 3–2, in the ECAC Hockey League first-round playoff game after 81:35 of overtime.
Unlikely hero Darryl Plandowski scores in the third overtime period and fifth hour of play to give the Wildcats the title.
On March 26, 2006, the Wisconsin Badgers beat the Cornell Big Red 1–0 at 11:13 into the third overtime at the Midwest Regional Final in the NCAA Tournament at the Resch Center in Green Bay.
In the first round of the 2008 WCHA hockey tournament featuring the fourth-seeded Minnesota State University, Mankato Mavericks hosting the seventh-seeded University of Minnesota Golden Gophers, the Friday and Sunday games both went into double overtime, and the Saturday night game went into one overtime.
[43] The semi-final game for the 2007 RBC Cup, saw the host Prince George Spruce Kings taking on the Camrose Kodiaks.
The Spruce Kings broke a 2–2 tie just over six minutes into quintuple overtime to win 3–2 and clinch a berth in the RBC Cup Final against the Aurora Tigers.
Jason Yuel of the Spruce Kings scored the winner while goaltender Jordan White stopped 91 of 93 shots for the victory.
On February 10, 2007, the Toronto Jr. Canadiens defeated the Pickering Panthers, 4–3, to take a 2–0 series lead in the first round of the OPJHL playoffs, after 104:32 of overtime.
February 1999, the St. Catharines Falcons defeated the Port Colborne Sailors 7–6 to take a 2–1 series lead in the semi-finals of the Golden Horseshoe Jr. B Hockey League playoffs.
It is the longest junior hockey game sanctioned by Hockey Canada On February 20, 2020, in Black River Falls, Wisconsin, Black River Falls Co-op vs. Viroqua Co-op girls went a total of six overtimes - a combination of 8 and 12 minute overtimes - total elapsed playtime of 122 minutes, 51 seconds, a new US High School Record.
