By Scott Guthrie and Sam Fiske<\/p>\n
Fans who stayed up to watch the Blackhawks\u2019 thrilling triple-overtime playoff win over Anaheim, might have had to start their Wednesday morning workday with a triple espresso.<\/p>\n
When the final horn sounded at 1:15 a.m. Chicago time, the
\nBlackhawks had defeated the Ducks 3-2 in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals, the longest game in Blackhawks\u2019 history.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was kind of just a marathon watching it,\u201d said Andy Michalek, 22, who viewed the game with his roommates. \u201cIt was more of a relief that it was over so that I could finally take a shower and go to bed and get ready for [today].\u201d<\/p>\n
Michalek wasn\u2019t alone. Approximately 361,000 Chicago households were watching the game at 1:15 a.m. according to television ratings obtained by the Chicago Tribune. The game scored a 12.4 overnight rating in Chicago, with 1 point equaling roughly 35,000 homes or approximately 434,000 total.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was pretty much I had to stay up,\u201d said Devin Joyner, manager at Foot Locker in the Loop. Although he stayed up to watch the game, Joyner said he still had to be at work early Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cLife of a store manager, right?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Not everyone could justify staying up for the epic overtime win. Rachel Damerjian, a DePaul student, said she turned the game off at 12:45 a.m.<\/p>\n
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