It was a long night in Loveland.
Veteran Darryl Bootland scored at 2:31 of triple overtime Sunday night — late Sunday night — to give the Colorado Eagles a 5-4 win over the Utah Grizzlies at the Budweiser Events Center, tying the first-round ECHL series at one game apiece.
That was Bootland’s second goal of the game. The 34-year-old winger, who has played 32 NHL games in his journeyman’s career that also has included stints in the AHL, is in his second season with Colorado.
The next three games in the Utah-Colorado series are at West Valley City, Utah, beginning with Game 3 Thursday.