FOR SOME OF US IT'S THE LONGEST WIN:

The Longest Loss: Colgate Takes Opener in 4 OTs (Bruce Wood, 3/15/03, Valley News)

Freshman Kyle Wilson tipped a wide shot from P.J. Yedon into the left corner of the net 1:05 into the fourth overtime last night at Thompson Arena to give Colgate a 4-3 win over Dartmouth and a 1-0 lead in the ECAC Division I men's hockey tournament quarterfinals after the longest game in the history of either school.

Senior goalie Nick Boucher broke a 36-year-old Dartmouth record for saves with 65 before Wilson's goal ended a game that lasted 121:05, easily surpassing the previous Big Green record of 94:15 set in last year's 5-4 double-overtime win against the Raiders in the first round of the ECACs.

The same two teams were involved in the only other double OT game in Dartmouth history, a 4-3 Colgate win in the 1993 playoffs.

The Big Green (17-12-1) and the Raiders (17-17-4) return to action tonight at 7. A Dartmouth victory would force a third and deciding game tomorrow night, also at 7.

Posted by Orrin Judd at March 15, 2003 1:26 PM