Longest games in college hockey history<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nIt ended at 1:30 a.m. local time, five hours and 55 minutes after the opening faceoff.<\/p>\n
At 151:42, it was the equivalent of two and a half full games. And it was just the first game in a best-of-three series.<\/p>\n
UMass, Hockey East’s last-place finisher, can earn a spot in the quarterfinals with a win Saturday night or in a deciding third game if the Fighting Irish win Game 2.<\/p>\n
Notre Dame goaltender Cal Petersen set the NCAA record for saves in a game with 87, 51 of them coming in overtime.<\/p>\n
His counterpart, UMass’ Steve Mastalerz, made 75 saves; the Minutemen outshot the Irish 91-78.<\/p>\n
Steven Iacobellis had a hat trick for the Minutemen (11-21-2), who rallied from a 3-1 deficit in the final five minutes of the second period.<\/p>\n
Sam Herr and Vince Hinostroza scored to stake Notre Dame (15-17-5) to a 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n
Iacobellis scored his first goal on a power play in the second period before Steven Fogarty restored Notre Dame’s two-goal lead.<\/p>\n
Walsh assisted on Iacobellis’ second goal, scored with 4:21 left in the second period.<\/p>\n
And after a hooking penalty to Notre Dame’s Austin Wuthrich, Iacobellis scored with two seconds remaining in the period to tie the game.<\/p>\n
It took more than 111 minutes to get another goal.<\/p>\n
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