176 minutes and 30 seconds
Jack Adams - 1936Jack Adams coached the Red Wings to their first Stanley Cup victory in 1936. The Wings defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in a five game series in which the Wings won in four. They won their first Cup on the road in Toronto on April 11th, 1936 with a final score of 3-2.
On March 24, 1936, the Red Wings defeated the Montreal Maroons 1-0 with 2:30 left in the SIXTH overtime; longest game in NHL history.
Nickname was "Mud".
The longest National Hockey League game was played March 24, 1936 between the Montreal Maroons and the Detroit Red Wings in the semifinals of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The game went five full overtime periods and 16:30 into the sixth overtime period before Mud Bruneteau scored for Detroit to give them a 1-0 victory. Total time of the game was 176 minutes, 30 seconds.
The longest National Hockey League game was played March 24, 1936 between the Montreal Maroons and the Detroit Red Wings in the semifinals of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The game went five full overtime periods and 16:30 into the sixth overtime period before Mud Bruneteau scored for Detroit to give them a 1-0 victory. Total time of the game was 176 minutes, 30 seconds.
The longest game in NHL history was a Stanley Cup semifinal playoff game between the Detroit Red Wings and the Montreal Maroons on March 24, 1936. Red Wings rookie RW Modere "Mud" Bruneteau scored the only goal of the game at the 16:30 mark of the sixth overtime period - 116:30 of total elapsed overtime. The Red Wings went on to win the next three games in the playoff series to advance to the finals, where they defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs, three games to one, to win the Stanley Cup.
The longest NHL game was played March 24, 1936 between the Montreal Maroons and the Detroit Red Wings in the semifinals of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The game went five full overtime periods and 16:30 into the sixth overtime period before Mud Bruneteau scored for Detroit to give them a 1-0 victory. Total time of the game was 176 minutes, 30 seconds.
This remains the longest game in NHL history. The winning goal was scored by Modere "Mud" Bruneteau at 116:30 of overtime.
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In the NHL, as many as are needed to break the tie. The longest NHL game was played March 24, 1936 between the Montreal Maroons and the Detroit Red Wings in the semifinals of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The game went five full overtime periods and 16:30 into the sixth overtime period before Mud Bruneteau scored for Detroit to give them a 1-0 victory. Total time of the game was 176 minutes, 30 seconds.
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