Goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic was in net for more than 146 minutes Wednesday for the Charlotte Checkers, facing 53 shots, allowing just two goals.
And, rather remarkably, losing.
In the longest game in American Hockey League history, the Checkers were beaten 2-1 in a fifth overtime by Lehigh Valley in Game 4 of their second-round Calder Cup playoff series. The Carolina Hurricanes’ AHL affiliate trailed 3-1 in the best-of-seven series after Alex Krushelnyski’s goal at 6:48 of the fifth OT decided it for the Phantoms.
Krushelnyski’s goal and Alex Lyon’s goaltending, that is.