UMass, Notre Dame play record game

[bluedigger]

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Shane Walsh scored the winning goal in the fifth overtime to lead UMass to a 4-3 victory over Notre Dame in the longest game in NCAA Division I ice hockey history.

The first-round Hockey East tournament matchup lasted 151 minutes, 42 seconds, ending early Saturday morning and surpassing the previous mark of 150:22 in five overtimes, set by Quinnipiac and Union in an Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference quarterfinal game on March 12, 2010.

"I'm awfully proud and happy for our guys," said UMass coach John Micheletto, whose 12th-seeded Minutemen won their first Hockey East tournament game since 2009.

Notre Dame's Cal Petersen, a Buffalo Sabres prospect, set a Division I record with 87 saves, eclipsing the previous mark of 78, set by RPI's Dick Greenlaw against Boston University in 1965. UMass' Steve Mastalerz finished with 75 saves in the victory.

http://espn.go.com/boston/college-sports/story/_/id/12437548/massachusetts-minutemen-beat-notre-dame-fighting-irish-longest-division-hockey-game

They have to play again less than 18 hours later.

[KamaAina]

1. Well, I'm sure joeybee will be awfully proud of Cal Petersen.

[joeybee12]

2. He should have had 79!!!

[Myrina]

3. Petersen is one helluva goalie

He was netminding for the USHL Waterloo Blackhawks against my Indiana Ice in last year's Clark Cup finals and he made us work our asses off for every goal.

I wish Notre Dame hockey would get as much coverage here in central IN as Notre Dame football does ... sigh.