It was the game that felt like it would never end.
The opening quarterfinal of the U Sports men's hockey championship in Ottawa went to a fifth overtime before Toronto Metropolitan University's Spencer Shugrue scored at 3:33 of the period to beat Calgary's Mount Royal 5-4 on Thursday.
Shugrue jammed a puck home in a mad scramble. Officials went to video review before confirming the goal for the Bold.
The game was the longest in national university men's hockey history at 143 minutes, 33 seconds. The previous-record was 116 minutes, 11 seconds, set in 2016 when Saskatchewan beat Carleton in the fourth overtime (the first overtime in that game was 10 minutes).
The longest collegiate game on record was a six-overtime 2011 women's playoff game between Queen's and Guelph that lasted 167:14.
The longest NHL game was in 1936 when Detroit beat Montreal 1-0 in 176:30.
TMU goalies Kai Edmonds and Ryan Dubas combined for 65 saves, while Mount Royal goalie Shane Farkas also stopped 65 shots.
Thursday's game started at 1 p.m. ET and didn't end until 7:48 p.m., in part to due to a Zamboni malfunction prior to the second period that caused an extended intermission while the ice was repaired.
As a result, organizers had to push back the start of the New Brunswick-Ottawa quarterfinal by two hours after it originally was scheduled for 7 p.m.
The eighth-seeded Gee-Gees stunned No. 1 New Brunswick 3-2 in the late game, eliminating the two-time defending champs.
Ottawa will face TMU in a semifinal on Saturday.
No. 6 Moncton meets No. 3 Concordia and No. 2 Saskatchewan battles No. 7 Queen's in quarterfinals on Friday.
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