TAMPA – Here I sit, the day after. The day after I witnessed the longest hockey game I’ve ever watched. Though some friends tease me about my advanced age. Full disclosure, I’m 59. Fuller disclosure, I’ll be 60 in about a month.
I watched my first NHL game in 1966. Yes, that was the last season the original 6. I mean I actually saw Gordie Howe play 13 years in the league. Yet, in the 54 years of watching playoff hockey, I’ve never watched every second of a game this long.
How could I? We just witnessed the fourth longest playoff game in NHL history. Over 90 minutes of overtime before Brayd...
