The longest game in collegiate history, both men's or women's, CIS and NCAA, was played this week in a playoff game for the Ontario OUA championship between the women's teams Guelph Gryphons vs Queen's Golden Gaels. Queen's prevailed 2-1 in the 6th overtime at 12:52 AM, after tying the game with 4 seconds left in regulation.
The game took 167 minutes and 14 seconds, second only to an NHL game between Detroit and Montreal in 1936, which went 176 minutes and 30 seconds.
An interesting side note, the game winner for Queen's was scored by Morgan McHaffie, who along with her twin sister and teammate, actually hails from Guelph. The McHaffie sisters are another set of twins who dominate on the scoresheet for their collegiate team--in this case following prolific careers in the PWHL. In earlier action they were also instrumental in a stunning overtime upset of Laurier, the perennial nationally highly-ranked favourites, in the previous playoff round. The twins have a combined 14 points in 5 playoff games.
Queen's will now be the Ontario representative for the CIS championship next weekend.
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The game took 167 minutes and 14 seconds, second only to an NHL game between Detroit and Montreal in 1936, which went 176 minutes and 30 seconds.
An interesting side note, the game winner for Queen's was scored by Morgan McHaffie, who along with her twin sister and teammate, actually hails from Guelph. The McHaffie sisters are another set of twins who dominate on the scoresheet for their collegiate team--in this case following prolific careers in the PWHL. In earlier action they were also instrumental in a stunning overtime upset of Laurier, the perennial nationally highly-ranked favourites, in the previous playoff round. The twins have a combined 14 points in 5 playoff games.
Queen's will now be the Ontario representative for the CIS championship next weekend.
http://swo.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/C...3/?hub=SWOHome
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