The Chiefs and Americans played a couple double-OT games back-to-back earlier this week, but that was nothing compared to what the AHL's Philadelphia Phantoms and Albany River Rats did last night. They played a playoff game that went 3 minutes into the FIFTH OVERTIME before Philadelphia won it. The game is the longest in AHL history and only three NHL games have been longer.
Former WHLers in the game included Tristan Grant and Boyd Kane for the winning Phantoms, and Brett Carson, Kiel McLeod, and Brandon Sutter for the losing Rats. Sutter's actually a "current" WHLer since he played for Red Deer this year and will have to play for Red Deer again next year if he isn't in the NHL.
At the Telus Cup, both western teams won; the Winnipeg Thrashers beat the host Ottawa Valley 6-3, while the Calgary Buffaloes beat the Quebec reps 1-0. Both western teams have now clinched spots in the semifinals tomorrow. Winnipeg closes out their round-robin by playing Sudbury today with the winner of that game getting first place. Calgary finishes up against Cole Harbour this morning but will finish either 2nd or 3rd regardless of whether they win or lose, and thus will play the loser of the Winnipeg-Sudbury game in one semifinal tomorrow. Cole Harbour, Ottawa Valley, and St-Francois can all finish no better than 4th, and one of them will do that (and play the Winnipeg-Sudbury winner in a semifinal) while the other two will not make the playoffs.
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