Cinque Overtimes

A record was tied a few days ago in one of the NHL Playoff series, yet I did not catch it until today.  In the 1951 Stanley Cup, the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Montreal Canadiens in five games to claim one of their many early championships.  The interesting part about that Stanley Cup is that all five games went to overtime.  It was a record for the most overtime games that occurred in a single playoff series, and has not been touched until a few days ago.

The Phoenix Coyotes defeated the Chicago Blackhawks by a score of 4-0 in Game 6 to win the series four games to two.  Prior to Game 6, the first five games of this series went to overtime, tying the 1951 record.

Another one worth watching from this point on will be the total number of overtime games this year.  The record for one playoff season is 28 overtimes games during the 1993 season.  With three games still remaining in the first round, this year's total is already halfway there at 14.