'Frozen Frenzy' live blog from ESPN studios

12:30 a.m.

They're off the air 5 1/2 hours after going on.

The "Frozen Frenzy" is over despite two games still going on.

John Buccigross and Kevin Weekes were told about 20 minutes ago that when they do go off the air they need to push viewers to ESPN for the Vegas Golden Knights and Philadelphia Flyers, and to let them know that they will get updates on the Arizona Coyotes and Los Angeles Kings there.

They did that and signed off.

What an experience up here at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut. To be in the studio and control room, bouncing back and forth, describing the action here as it unfolded, hopefully it brought the readers of this live blog inside the ins and outs of how a night like this plays out.

The chaos was obvious and the energy created by it was awesome. Listening to the producers drive traffic, hearing what Buccigross and Weekes were hearing, and watching them deliver on live television with almost no breaks for five and a half hours was a unique experience.

Producer Mark Schuman driving the traffic and directing Buccigross and Weekes was interesting to watch. We see the broadcast on television, but we never know what the hosts are hearing in their ears. This blog filled that gap.

The goal for the "Frozen Frenzy" was to get lucky with goals on as many live look ins as possible. They got lucky a lot. They wanted to show every goal. They did, either live or on a quick rewind.

Power plays. Overtime. Hits. Injuries. Inside looks at The Situation Room, the Department of Player Safety, and NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman's home. It was all part of it.

But easily the best part of the night was the high drama played out over eight minutes from 10:57-11:05, when the Detroit Red Wings and Seattle Kraken were in overtime and the Anaheim Ducks and Columbus Blue Jackets were in the last two minutes of regulation.

That was high drama and the producers, as much as they did their jobs and did it well, turned into fans watching in the control room, hoping for an overtime goal in Detroit, and for overtime in Columbus. They got both, and then got the overtime goal in Columbus as well.

At the time they signed off there were 98 goals scored, six off the NHL record for most goals scored in a single day.

There is one game Wednesday.