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pete stemkowski

peter david stemkowski -lrb- born august 25 , 1943 -rrb- is a former player in the national hockey league .
over fifteen seasons , he played for the toronto maple leafs , detroit red wings , new york rangers , and los angeles kings .
stemkowski is best remembered for his heroics in the 1970 -- 71 stanley cup semifinals when he scored two overtime goals for the new york rangers in an eventual series loss to the chicago black hawks .
he won the stanley cup in 1967 with the toronto maple leafs .
pete stemkowski , who played centre , is also remembered as one of the top faceoff players of the nhl .
in the 1971 semifinal against the black hawks , `` stemmer '' or `` stem '' scored the game winner in game 1 after just 1:37 of overtime .
the rangers would lose game 5 in overtime , only to be in the same position in game 6 .
facing elimination , the rangers forced a deciding seventh game when stemkowski scored at 1:29 of the third overtime -- a total of 41:29 of extra time .
the msg network special the 50 greatest moments in madison square garden history placed the game 6 triple overtime winner at number 18 .
