It’s long overdue to have a discussion regarding this.
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Well. That’s a new one on me.

Towards the end of the 2nd OT, Petr Sykora* told the rinkside commentator that he was going to score the winning goal. He then went out and took a penalty. But then in the middle of the 3rd OT, he scored it. Can’t say I’ve seen anything like that in hockey before. I’m sure quite a bit of that has to do with the fact that putting a commentator in between the two benches is a development that came about in the last five years. Still. Hockey players generally don’t do that, since the odds of being the one player in forty who actually scores is. . . well I was informed there would be no math. Anyway, it was pretty damn cool.

*Unlike Peter Bondra, he’s resisted the urge to buy the vowel.

Gotta love the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and the potential for these insanely long games. Tonight’s was only the sixth* in SC Finals history to hit the 3rd OT. Interestingly, in the one that went the longest, the game winning goal was scored by a man named Klima. First name, Petr. What’s in a name, eh?

*You might hear it’s the seventh such game. I say Brett Hull’s skate is still in the crease. Thus, that game has technically not ended, and does not exist. I will not let this go.

Anyway, Game Six on Wednesday night in Pittsburgh. Should be exciting.