Nova Scotia crowned co-champions Saturday night.
The province's female Peewee AA championship ended in a 1-1 tie after seven overtime periods failed to declare a winner, according to the Canadian Press. The TASA Ducks and Pictou County Selects - featuring Nova Scotia's best 10- and 11-year-old female players - are both winners.
Peter Twohig, Hockey Nova Scotia's regional director for females, said Saturday's events were unprecedented.
"The game went on, and went on, and went on," he said. "I’ve seen a lot of triple-overtime games, but I've never seen anything like I watched (Saturday).
"It was amazing to me to watch throughout overtime. They were playing with heart and determination. They’re really exceptional athletes."
The game began at 11:30 a.m. local time, and was called five hours later when "it was getting clear to me a lot of the girls were at their limit - their physical limit, and also their psychological limit too," Twohig said.
After 10 periods of hockey, a shootout wouldn't have been fair, and it was thought another game would be scheduled. But the teams and coaches huddled together and came up with a better idea: co-champions.
"We've always had a provincial champion. And in my mind, we have a champion this year - we just have champions," Garth Isenor, president of Hockey Nova Scotia said.
