Curtis Lazar was part of history Friday night.
Lazar, a first-round draft pick of the Ottawa Senators last June, scored the overtime winner on a deflection to send the Western Hockey League’s Edmonton Oil Kings through to the Memorial Cup final against the Guelph Storm on Sunday.
His goal, a nifty deflection in front of Val-d’Or goalie Antoine Bibeau, at 2:42 of the third overtime ended the longest game in Memorial Cup history.
Tonight's Semi-Final between EDM/VDO is officially the longest game in #MCMemorialCup #history passing OTT/KEL 2005 game that went 95:41
— Memorial Cup presented by Kia (@CHLMemorialCup) May 24, 2014
Congrats to the @EdmOilKings on their 4-3 win in Triple OT! See you in the finals against @Storm_City Sunday! #MCMemorialCup
— Memorial Cup presented by Kia (@CHLMemorialCup) May 24, 2014