we’ll need the player and the circumstances.
Game 7’s are special events, but it seems hockey Game 7’s are especially so.
And when they proceed to overtime, well, forget about it.
Double-overtime? Be still my beating heart.
And a scoreless tie through regulation – and a 20-minute overtime session! – and next goal wins?
Incredible!
That’s what occurred May 16, 1996, in Detroit’s Joe Louis Arena where the host Red Wings and visiting St. Louis Blues played without a goal (and only five penalties total; none after the 8-minute mark of the second period). As the talking hockey heads are want to tell us, get the puck on net and see what happens.
That’s what Detroit’s Steve Yzerman did 1:15 into the second overtime, firing a slapshot just inside the blue line that found the back of the net.
Cue the bedlam, the Red Wings were heading back to the Stanley Cup Finals for a second of four straight seasons.
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