Union Hockey vs. Yale, ECACHL Playoffs - March 4, 2006
On into overtime and into the night and into the morning, tied at 2.
Ready for the overtime facoff, Union's fifth consecutive overtime playoff game.
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One overtime didn't solve anything, so we go to period 5 for the first time in Union's Division I history.
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Two overtimes didn't decide anything, so here they come for a third.
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How often do you see a 6 up there?
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Penalty on Jean-Francois Boucher. The goon.
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Followed quickly by a make-up call.
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And now a Union penalty to kill.
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Amazingly, the players still have enough energy for a little pushing and shoving and even a punch or two late in period 6.
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Discussion with the captains.
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Trouble for Union late in the 6th, one of the linesmen called Torren Delforte for a 5-minute major penalty for a hit from behind.
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And this penalty carries on into the 4th overtime.
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Union killed the major and here we are in the middle of the 7th period. Pictures stop here because who really thinks to bring enough batteries for 7 periods of hockey?
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After retreiving one more set of batteries from the car during the 7th intermission, a picture of Kris Mayotte leading the team onto the ice for the 8th period.
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An 8 on the board. Through 140 minutes of hockey, tie score and even shots.
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Yale picks up a shorthanded goal early in the 5th overtime to win the game and the series.
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Historic scoreboard as the longest game comes to an end.
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Early Sunday morning stick salute.
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That's it for 2005-06.
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