St. Louis Blues fans were treated to a historic night when they witnessed the longest game in team history in game one of their first round playoff series vs. the defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks.

Steve Ott and David Backes set up sniper Alex Steen for the OT GWG just 26 seconds into the third overtime to give the Blues a 4-3 win and a 1-0 series lead.

Steen: "(Ott) kind of had a peek right before I came in. I felt like he knew I was coming. Both 'Backs' and him, great plays on that goal."

— Lou Korac (@lkorac10) April 18, 2014

Jaden Schwartz forced OT when he scored his first career goal in the Stanley Cup Playoffs with 1:45 left in regulation to tie the score at 3-3.

Ryan Miller was shaky in the early going. After allowing 3 goals on first 7 shots, Miller stopped 35 shots in a row. Miller stopped 39 out of 42 shots that he faced. Corey Crawford made 48 saves on 52 shots faced.


Game 2 will take place in St. Louis on Saturday afternoon.



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The IHF World Championships will be played in Minsk Belarus later this month.

NHLers and North American born players would rather be fighting tooth and nail for a kick at Lord Stanley's Cup rather than playing for the IIHF World Championships, however, its a honor to represent one's country in international competition. Last Spring, Buffalo Sabres goalie Jhonas Enroth led his Sweden team to IIHF Worlds gold medal greatness in Stockholm, Sweden.

Team Canada announced its roster for the tourney on Thursday. Canada's roster is largely comprised of Washington Capitals, Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Ottawa Senators, Florida Panthers, and Buffalo Sabres.




Goaltenders

30 Ben Scrivens
Edmonton Oilers
34 James Reimer
Toronto Maple Leafs

Defense

3 Marc Methot
Ottawa Senators
4 Ryan Ellis
Nashville Predators
5 Jason Garrison
Vancouver Canucks
6 Kevin Bieksa
Vancouver Canucks
24 Morgan Rielly
Toronto Maple Leafs
44 Erik Gudbranson
Florida Panthers
57 Tyler Myers
Buffalo Sabres


Forwards


7 Kyle Turris
Ottawa Senators
11 Jonathan Huberdeau
Florida Panthers
14 Alex Burrows
Vancouver Canucks
19 Cody Hodgson
Buffalo Sabres
20 Troy Brouwer
Washington Capitals
23 Sean Monahan
Calgary Flames
25 Jason Chimera
Washington Capitals
42 Joel Ward
Washington Capitals
43 Nazem Kadri
Toronto Maple Leafs
55 Mark Scheifele
Winnipeg Jets
71 David Perron
Edmonton Oilers


Group A includes:


Canada, Italy, Czech Republic, Norway, Denmark, Slovakia, France and Sweden.


Group B is comprised of:

Belarus, Latvia, Finland, Russia, Germany, Switzerland, Kazakhstan, and USA.




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