Hats off to Marquette High School and Orchard Lake St. Mary’s High School, both in Michigan. The two teams were named co-champions in the Michigan high school hockey state championships. Why were they named co-champs? Because the officials felt that it was dangerous for the players to continue playing another overtime period after completing the EIGHT prior! You can read two articles about the event: HERE and HERE. (In case you don’t want to read them, they were worried about the safety of the players. Also, regulation periods in Michigan high school hockey are 15 minutes, and overtime periods are 8 minutes.)
The two teams even posed TOGETHER with the trophy! How cool is that?
I am sure deep down there is some disappointment on both sides, but it was obviously the smartest, and safest thing to do. And I am glad to see that both sides have been displaying very good sportsmanship about it.
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