When was the last time an NHL team played a game three consecutive days?
three different games οf course- nοt including one playoff game thаt lasts until thе next day аnd a game thе subsequent day.
Hаѕ thіѕ еνеr occurred? Whаt іѕ thе record fοr mοѕt consecutive days playing аn NHL game?
The Sharks played three games in three nights in March 2003. I don’t know if any team has done it since.
I say make it fun for the guys…………
Supposing you are on the Ducks:
Tues Nighttime in Montreal
Wed Nighttime in Vancouver
Thurs Nighttime in Florida
Now thats a fun schedule!
NHL i’m not sure, but in the Central Hockey League it happens and they travel by bus. RGV Killer Bees played: Nov20 at Laredo, Nov21 at Odessa, Nov22 at home (McAllen) against Odessa.
That was the most exteme case of it that I can remember. But this coming week, they’ll play Dec18 at Corpus Christi, Dec19 at Laredo and Dec20 at Odessa, which is not nearly as terrible but still sweet terrible.
Verify your road maps, because unless you live in Texas it’s hard to imagine what the distances are like down here eh?
Playing 3 games in a row is really forbidden in the CBA. It has happened a few times in NHL history, usually due to weather forcing abandonment of a previous game. As the previous poster stated, San Jose and Colorado played a rescheduled game on March 20, 2003 in Denver to replace a snowed out game from November 2002. San Jose was really scheduled to host Anaheim on the 20th, but that game was went to the 21st.
Prior to expansion, games were held on Wednesdays and Saturdays, with each team playing a game during the rest of the week (NHL teams used trains until Los Angeles tied the league).
Starting with airplane travel era, came the CBA era, and playing 3 games on 3 days became forbidden. Beginning in 1972-73, the NHLPA demanded that teams get Christmas Day off as well (Christmas Eve came the next year giving us the present 2-day break), meaning that the last Christmas Day game in NHL history was between the Los Angeles King and the California Golden Seals on December 25, 1972 (Seals won 3-1 if anyone cares)
a while ago!