> I seem to recall that ties that went past regular season overtime (e.g., 5
> minutes?) were counted as ties.  If that is correct it would mean multiple
> overtimes, shootouts and games resolved after five minutes in a twenty minute
> overtime would be counted as ties.  Of course, this is some fuzzy memory
> from years ago.  It could have also changed in the interim.

There have been some situations where an in-season tournament game has
also counted as a league game, and in those cases, a win after the
first five minutes of overtime would have been recorded as a tie in
the *league* standings.  Perhaps that's what you're thinking of?

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