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Hockey is often billed as the world's fastest game. It could be just that.

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It takes a good fan to keep track of the puck as it sails up and down the ice.

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And on many occasions, a fan will miss a score.

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The puck will be in the nets before anyone realizes it.

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And on goes the light, signifying the goal.

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On a night in 1936, the Detroit Red Wings and the old Montreal Maroons met in the Stanley Cup payoff.

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Detroit had won their regular season championship in the National Hockey League.

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The Red Wings boasted of such stars as Marty Barry and Herbie Lewis.

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Montreal had its heroes too, players like Hoolie Smith and Baldy Northcutt.

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The game started and the two teams tried desperately to score a goal.

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In hockey, the team that scores first usually has the advantage.

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But it doesn't always hold true.

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The first period ended in a scoreless tie.

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In the second period, the opposing goalies were busy men, but still no goals.

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As the fans took a break before the final period got underway, they wondered who would dent the nets first.

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Montreal fans cheered their team on as the final period started.

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There were ohs and ahs as the home team missed one chance after another to score.

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But the Red Wings weren't having any luck either.

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The seconds ticked away.

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And finally, the buzzer sounded, ending the game.

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The Red Wings team had scored.

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This meant a sudden death playoff.

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Still no score.

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A second overtime period.

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Some fans left the arena, but the team struggled from one end of the ice to the other.

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The second overtime period ended in a scoreless deadlock.

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More fans headed for home.

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The third overtime started and both sides failed to score.

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The minutes ticked away.

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And another overtime period was history.

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The fourth overtime.

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And then the fifth came and went.

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Still no score.

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There were still a number of diehard fans in the seats until the sixth overtime period got underway.

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In 60 seconds, we'll return to find out if anyone scored in this hockey thrower.

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It was well past midnight as the players returned to the ice for overtime period number six.

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They looked weary and just dragged themselves onto the ice.

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The fans also retired.

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How long could it go on?

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Then, suddenly, at 16 minutes and 30 seconds of the sixth overtime, a goal.

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Heck, Kilroy had passed to Mudd Brunetaw for the score.

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Detroit had won.

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A goal had been scored after a total of 176 minutes and 30 seconds of playing time.

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And fans wearily filed out of Montreal Arena at 2.30 in the morning.

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But even though the game had dragged on for nearly five hours, they had seen one of the greatest hockey games ever played.