1936 DETROIT VS. MONTREAL

‘SIX OVERTIMES’

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ERIC ZWEIG: (hockey historian)

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As it went on, the play got

BOB DUFF: (hockey historian)

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PAUL STEWART: (former NHL referee, whose grandfather Bill officiated the game

They didn’t have Zambonis at

and whose father Bill Jr. was in attendance)

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gamBoethwittheaamlsotwoefnetneinrgtoy atnhde tfihhirgeshtMoavhreoorpoaelnlsswctilotohsw5e6ibnpehoaiinndStsta,atwn5liet4hy. Cup. The Red Wings finished At mid-season, Detroit GM Jack Adams acquired Marty Barry in a trade and predicted the Wings would win the Cup. The

Maroons made the equivalent of a trade-deadline blockbuster, waciqnnueirringLor1n9e35ChVabezoitnafroTmropthhey pMroonstpreecatl CbaynatdhieennsafmoreaoyfouTnoge fBolar keth. eThMaatr’sooans,bisgincaedvDanettarogiet countered with Normie Smith, a 28-year-old NHL rookie netminder. The game began at 8:30 p.m. on a Tuesday night.

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DOC HOLST: (sports reporter, as

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written in the Detroit Free Press)

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ZWEIG:

chances at both ends. A couple of flukes like Detroit hit a

THERE WERE PEOPLE SLEEPING BINETCHAEUSSEEAITTS,WAS TWO IN THE MORNING – Bob Duff, hockey historian

post a time or two and Chabot bonfoeapbrlbamlyesi.stTsheheseptrheuacatkraeornae caporcuoopbulapebloelyf his fault.

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The game remains scoreless through regulation time, but there are a number of decent chances. The Maroons have four power-play opportunities in regulation, and the Red Wings have two. Smith turns aside 35 shots in regulation, and Chabot stops 29. a‘Mnudd(’JoBhrunn) eStoerarue,llWgavlley tKhielrea HOLST: (in the Detroit Free Press) bLoesrtnaetCtahcakboft.tShoergraemll reuosnhed isncofroedm. Kthilerewainalgmaonsdt aslwmeopsttthe aplumckositnr, eapnedattheedn. TBhreunaetttaecaku hpaladytohfethcreoRweddgWasipnignsg’ .liTtthlepusrevdiethwirodflwinheawt woualsdtporcoovmidee…a much, much later in the game. Hec Kilrea was rammed tibnhleteoeidctheinewgb.iot(hBarohdbis) faGanrcdaeclieeft sruhsoht eodnaSnmditpho,papneddthae puck disappeared. The crowd went daffy, but fSpomurcwikthaorcudatsTlmohofeulhytMpipslauaprylaoleedoddsn.tsh’ e ZWEIG: the Detroit forwards, wbuatstrheeaDllyetroouigt hd.efense There are certainly bisnoutmterIeetchsltioinskgepcehaolalpns,lceseosm, e twheisregastmaretwinogutlodtghoink othnefnoreewvsepr.aNpoerbowdryitiens apbuottuint gthtehereirfewreheistles atowwayo,nbduetry. oYouuhsatvaert h“peoawrienrg pthlaeyt”eirnmthe 1w9a3y0ws,ebusteniot t oindathy.e Ifut’lsl-aclomuorst tplrieksesa, if aonte, bamrinigsipnoguurpintgheitir dI defoen’stethtiontkrythteoyperveesnsuhraedyaou. term for what we think of as a power play today.

As overtime begins, there’s no real reason to think it will be a long, drawn-out affair. Scoring was definitely more difficult and offense harder to come by in those days, but nobody thought this game would go anywhere near as long as the longest game to that point, which had occurred three years earlier when the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Boston Bruins 1-0 after 104:46 of Covhearbtoimt e.aNndotaGblrya,ctihee Manadrootnhse’ tWhaintggsa’mBea.rry had also played in

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Some people went ahsolmeeep, binuthaeliortsoefaptse.ople fell DUFF:

Clearly, as the game goes on s–caonredleosns,atnhderoen’s–aansdenrseemtahinast everyone is going to be there for a while. The concession stands at the Forum serve coffee throughout the night to the patrons, while the players do their best to avoid collapsing from exhaustion.

THE CROWD WENT DAFFY, BUT SMITH CALMLY PULLED THE PUCK OUT OF HIS PADS

– Doc Holst, Detroit Free Press

Both teams started the sixth HOLST: (in the Detroit Free Press)

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The hardest hit in the DetroitMaroons reporter, as written in the Montreal Gazette) endurance were the

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The game finally ends at 16:30 of the sixth OT period (176:30 of playing time) when Hec Kilrea steals the puck in the neutral zone and takes it down the right side of the ice on a 2-on-1 with Bruneteau, who once worked at a Winnipeg grain company that was owned by the Adams family. Kilrea passes to Bruneteau, who scores into the top of the net.

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DUFF:

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ELMER FERGUSON: (sports

At 25 minutes past two this

reporter, as written in the Montreal Herald)

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For years, it was believed Chabot had given the gamewinning puck to Bruneteau as a keepsake. There are conflicting reports, with some saying Chabot had it delivered to the Red Wings’ dressing room, othaelrlsystaoyiBnrgunheetdeealuivtehreedneitxpt

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The Red Wings shut out the Maroons in the next game and went on to sweep the series en route to a Stanley Cup championship. Smith, who stopped 92 shots in the nine-period marathon, played only two more full seasons in the NHL. Bruneteau played 10 more years for the Red Wings in a solid if unspectacular career before going into coaching, where his first job was to help groom Terry Sawchuk for the Red Wings.