The only thing better than playoff hockey

[pokerfan]

is OT playoff hockey!

From Wiki: During the playoffs, the overtime format is an unlimited number of sudden-death, twenty-minute, five-on-five periods. While a game can theoretically continue forever, practically, only a handful of games have ever surpassed four overtime periods, and none have gone beyond six. While some media outlets have suggested adding the shootout to the playoffs, for the sake of TV-friendliness and, in the case of extremely long games, fan-friendliness, this idea has been rejected by the NHL thus far, much to the relief of hockey purists.