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1966-Jul • Hockey Clip • 1936 NHL Playoffs - Bob Feller Radio Show · Retro Sports Radio: Classic Games from History

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  Hockey is often billed as the world's fastest game. It could be just that.
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  It takes a good fan to keep track of the puck as it sails up and down the ice.
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  And on many occasions, a fan will miss a score.
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  The puck will be in the nets before anyone realizes it.
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  And on goes the light, signifying the goal.
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  On a night in 1936, the Detroit Red Wings and the old Montreal Maroons met in the Stanley Cup payoff.
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  Detroit had won their regular season championship in the National Hockey League.
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  The Red Wings boasted of such stars as Marty Barry and Herbie Lewis.
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  Montreal had its heroes too, players like Hoolie Smith and Baldy Northcutt.
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  The game started and the two teams tried desperately to score a goal.
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  In hockey, the team that scores first usually has the advantage.
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  But it doesn't always hold true.
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  The first period ended in a scoreless tie.
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  In the second period, the opposing goalies were busy men, but still no goals.
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  As the fans took a break before the final period got underway, they wondered who would dent the nets first.
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  Montreal fans cheered their team on as the final period started.
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  There were ohs and ahs as the home team missed one chance after another to score.
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  But the Red Wings weren't having any luck either.
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  The seconds ticked away.
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  And finally, the buzzer sounded, ending the game.
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  The Red Wings team had scored.
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  This meant a sudden death playoff.
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  Still no score.
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  A second overtime period.
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  Some fans left the arena, but the team struggled from one end of the ice to the other.
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  The second overtime period ended in a scoreless deadlock.
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  More fans headed for home.
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  The third overtime started and both sides failed to score.
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  The minutes ticked away.
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  And another overtime period was history.
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  The fourth overtime.
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  And then the fifth came and went.
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  Still no score.
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  There were still a number of diehard fans in the seats until the sixth overtime period got underway.
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  In 60 seconds, we'll return to find out if anyone scored in this hockey thrower.
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  It was well past midnight as the players returned to the ice for overtime period number six.
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  They looked weary and just dragged themselves onto the ice.
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  The fans also retired.
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  How long could it go on?
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  Then, suddenly, at 16 minutes and 30 seconds of the sixth overtime, a goal.
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  Heck, Kilroy had passed to Mudd Brunetaw for the score.
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  Detroit had won.
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  A goal had been scored after a total of 176 minutes and 30 seconds of playing time.
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  And fans wearily filed out of Montreal Arena at 2.30 in the morning.
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  But even though the game had dragged on for nearly five hours, they had seen one of the greatest hockey games ever played.