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Tempe, AZ (SportsNetwork.com) - The Washington Huskies and Oklahoma State Cowboys will close out the Jan. 2 slate of bowl games as they clash head-to- head in the 26th annual TicketCity Cactus Bowl at Sun Devil Stadium. Washington comes into the contest having won its last two games against Oregon State (37-13) and Washington State (31-13). The Huskies are 8-5 overall, and sport a 4-2 mark on the road. Its the fifth straight season in which Washington has participated in a bowl game, and the 35th in program history. This is the Huskies first-ever appearance in the Cactus Bowl. Oklahoma State suffered through a five-game losing streak toward the end of the regular season, and needed an overtime win over in-state rival Oklahoma (38-35) to qualify for a bowl game. This will be the Cowboys ninth consecutive bowl game appearance, as the Pokes enter this game sporting a 16-9 record in bowl games all-time. Washington and Oklahoma State have faced each other just twice in the all-time series between the sides, with each team winning once. The Huskies took the first matchup in 1980, and the Cowboys defeated Washington in the 1985 season opener at Husky Stadium. Washington brings some of the most versatile players in the nation into this matchup with Oklahoma State. The Huskies have been a strong offensive team this season, averaging 30.8 ppg and 390.2 total offensive ypg in the 13 contests played. Quarterback Cyler Miles has proven to be a strong leader for the Huskies, having passed for 2,129 yards, 16 touchdowns and just three interceptions in 11 games. His 66.7 completion percentage and 144.2 passer efficiency rating are also strong indicators. In the run game, Washington sports some unusual methods. Tailback Dwayne Washington leads the team this season with 655 yards and nine touchdowns on the ground, while Miles has added 280 yards and four touchdowns of his own in the run game. But Hornung Award winner and top linebacker Shaq Thompson also gets involved in the run game, having amassed 456 yards and a pair of scores on 61 carries. Miles has spread the ball around heavily in the passing game, as only John Ross (four touchdowns) has more than three receiving scores. Jaydon Mickens leads the team entering the contest with 53 receptions, 535 yards and three touchdowns. Joshua Perkins also has hauled in three scores through the air in 11 games played. Defense has been a strong suit for the Huskies this season, as they sport one of the best linebacking corps in the entire country. The teams defense allows opponents to score just 24.4 ppg this season, and has limited opposing run games to 121.9 rushing ypg. The last time Washington surrendered more than 27 points to an opponent was back on Nov. 8 against a potent UCLA team, which resulted in a 44-30 Huskies loss. John Timu is the one who leads Washington in tackles this season, having registered 96 through 13 games. But strong performances from Danny Shelton (89 tackles, 16.5 tackles for loss, nine sacks) and Andrew Hudson (14.5 tackles for loss, 11.5 sacks) have helped boost the Huskies pass rush threat. HauOli Kikaha ranks second nationally in tackles for loss (24) and sacks (18), while Thompson topped the country with four defensive touchdowns. Those strong players will try to get after a tough Oklahoma State offense. I think (Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy) has done a wonderful job of building that program, Washington coach Chris Petersen said. The whole thing - the facilities they have, where theyve come from and what Theyre doing now I think is impressive. Oklahoma States offense wasnt unbelievably potent in 2014, averaging 27.4 ppg and 371.0 offensive ypg. But the Pokes were solid under the leadership of quarterback Daxx Garman, who threw for 2,041 yards, 12 touchdowns and 12 interceptions in nine games played. Garman is listed as questionable however, for the Cactus Bowl after suffering a concussion in the teams final game against Oklahoma. Three different quarterbacks have seen time this season in Garman, Mason Rudolph (four touchdown passes, three interceptions) and J.W. Walsh. Running back Tyreek Hill was dismissed from the team following the regular season. Hill provided a sturdy backup option to Desmond Roland, who led the team on the ground in 2014 with 647 yards, 10 touchdowns and a 64.7 rushing ypg average. Roland and Hill combined to average over 100 ypg rushing, accounting for a large majority of the teams 135.3 yards per outing. David Glidden led Oklahoma State with 40 reception this season, though the junior receiver only hauled in two scores in 12 games. James Washington was the one who topped the Cowboys in receiving touchdowns, making five scoring grabs over the course of the season. Brandon Sheperd (four touchdowns) and Jhajuan Seales (three touchdowns) also had sizeable roles in the receiving game. Defense was an issue for most of the season for Oklahoma State, which allowed opponents to score 32.0 ppg this season. The teams defense struggled mightily to contain any opponent during the stretch of five consecutive losses, surrendering at least 34 points in four of those defeats and at least 42 points in three of them. The Pokes are giving up 437.2 offensive ypg as well, which has slowed them down. Jordan Stearns leads the team with 98 tackles on the season, while Ryan Simmons has built up 93 tackles with 11 tackles for loss in 12 games played. Between Simmons, Josh Furman (12 tackles for loss, six sacks) and Emmanuel Ogbah (17 tackles for loss, 11 sacks), the Cowboys have some strong pieces there. But with just one fumble recovery all season long, Oklahoma State has been exceptionally poor at forcing turnovers. 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Alec Martinezs winner at 14:43 of the second overtime was a fitting conclusion to a post-season slog that saw the Kings run a gauntlet of Western Conference heavyweights before dispatching the speedy Rangers in the final. It was the 26th game of the Los Angles playoff run, matching the single-year league record set by Philadelphia in 1987 and Calgary in 2004, who both lost seven-game series in the final. L.A. did set a record for most playoff games by a Cup winner. The Kings had to go through a murderers row in the West just to get to the final after finishing 10th in the league with a 46-26-8 record and 100 points. Los Angles had to get by San Jose (111 points), Anaheim (116) and defending champion Chicago (107) in one of the most gruelling post-season routes on record. They overcame a 3-2 series deficit in the second round against Anaheim and rallied from 2-0, 3-2 and 4-3 deficits in Game 7 of the Western Conference final in Chicago. Their latest campaign lasted 115 games, counting seven pre-season, 82 regular-season and a record 26 post-season contests. Los Angeles went 7-0 in playoff elimination games along the way. Only the 1975 Islanders won more (eight). The Kings are only the fourth team in playoff history to overcome a 3-0 series deficit in rallying to beat the Sharks in the first round. And they are the first team to play -- and win -- three Game 7s on the road in a single post-season. Throughout it all burned the belief that if the Kings played their game, they knew they were tough to beat. "We really earned it," said forward Justin Williams, named winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP after opening the scoring with his ninth goal and 25th point of the post-season. "Its been a wild year," said forward Jeff Carter. "A lot of hockey, a lot of ups and downs ... We had to dig deep. We really had to battle." Like teammate Drew Doughty, Carter won Olympic gold and hoisted the Cup in 2014. "A hell of a year," he said. "Couldnt ask for anything more." Captain Dustin Brown hoisted the Cup first, then handed it off to veteran defenceman Robyn Regehr, a spectator since suffering an injury in Game 1 of the Anaheim series. Brown sacrificed his body to get to the Cup, delivering 125 hits in the post-season. The native of Ithaca, N.Y., is the first U.S.-born captain to win multiple Stanley Cups. Family and friends packed the ice as fans pressed their nose to the glass to watch the post-game partying. Coach Darryl Sutter watched with a smile, his son Christopher -- who has Down Syndrome -- hoisting the Cup in the celebration. "You got to give these guys full marks," he said simply of his players. The Kings squandered 3-0 series leads both times en route to hoisting the Cup. But they got the job done in five games -- three wins coming via overtime -- this time compared to six against New Jersey in 2012. Los Angeles remarkable road to this Cup was long and tortuous. It was an edge-of-your-seat record-setting ride though all-comers that will be hard to beat. Martinez ended the longest game in Kings history, surpassing Game 5 of the 2013 Western Conference final (91:40), by wristing home a rebound of a Tyler Toffoli shot to seal the Cup. "I havent been married and I havent had kids but as far as Im concerned so far this is the greatest feeling in the world," Martinez said. "It came out pretty quick," he said of the rebound. "I just tried to get it on net then I blacked out." It was the 17th Stanley Cup-clinching overtime goal in NHL history. Martinez eliminated the Chicago Blackhawks in OT in Game 7 of the Western Conference final at Chicago on June 1. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, he joins Martin Gelinas (Calgary, 2004) and Adam Henrique (New Jersey, 2012) as the only players in NHL history to notch two series-clinching overtime goals in one post-season. Amazingly Los Angeles did not hold a lead in the first three games of the final. The Kings led for just 14.6 per cent of the first four games -- a 40:01 stretch that was all in Game 3. The Kings trailed 2-0 the first two games of the series but rallied both times to win in OT. The Rangers probably deserved better. "Obviously everybodys very disappointed in the outcome," said New York coach Alain Vigneault whose team went past Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Montreal en route to the Rangers first final in 20 years. "You go into this hoping that you dont regret anything. We put it out there," he added. "We gave our best shot, best effort. Three games here all went to OT. What can I say?" The never-say-die Kings, who trailed by two goals four times in the first two games of the final, proved once again that the third period is their domain. They have four victories thhis post-season when trailing after two periods.dddddddddddd And in mounting the latest comeback, they put an end to New Yorks remarkable 5-0 record in elimination games. The win improved the Kings playoff overtime record in 2014 to 5-2. Goaltender Henrik Lundqvist kept the Rangers in the game for the second outing in a row. The elegant Swede stood on his head for much of the evening, especially when push came to shove. "During the regular time he made some big saves. I thought in the overtime, though, thats when we played our better hockey of the night," said Vigneault. "Had some real good looks. Both goaltenders were outstanding." Lundqvist ended the evening face down in disbelief. He may still be shaking his head. The contest started slowly and took its time to boil, but finished in nail-biting, adrenalin-pumping end-to-end fashion. The third period was all Kings as a goal by Marian Gaborik pulled Los Angeles even at 2-2 some eight minutes in. Gaborik knocking in a rebound of a Doughty wrister from the point at 7:56. It was his 14th of the playoffs -- following a season in which he had 11 goals in 41 games. Los Angeles outshot New York 12-3 in the period and 29-15 in regulation time. The shots were 42-25 for L.A. after four periods of hockey and 51-30 when the dust settled. Overtime was a thrill ride as both teams hit the post and Los Angeles poured it on. The Kings also had to kill off a minor penalty in each overtime. New York defenceman Ryan McDonagh hit the post with a blast from the blue-line in the first OT period. Toffoli also rang a shot off the post, some 13 minutes in. Lundqvist stopped Williams twice at point-blank range during one sequence late in overtime as the Kings turned the screws. Then the Rangers mounted two assaults on the L.A. goal before Chris Kreider fired wide on a semi-breakaway. In the second overtime, a Dan Girardi shot clipped the outside of the Kings post and L.A. goalie Jonathan Quick make several key saves. Kreider and Brian Boyle scored for the Rangers in a 3:53 stretch late in the second period -- the first on the power-play, the second short-handed -- as New York clawed its way back to lead 2-1 after 40 minutes that saw just 12 shots on the L.A. goal. That New York outburst silenced the sellout crowd of 18,713 at Staples Center. The Rangers were 11-1 when leading after two periods in the playoffs and had won 39 of 43 games in that scenario including the regular season. But L.A. refused to go quietly. The Kings have outscored their opponents 30-16 in the third period this post-season, including 3-0 in the Cup final. Fridays game was the 93rd game of the 2014 playoffs, surpassing the previous single-year record of 92 established in 1991. It was also the 63rd post-season game for the Kings dating to 2012, tying the NHL record for most games over a three-year span (Dallas, 1998-00; Detroit: 2007-09). It was the 25th post-season game for the Rangers, who finished 12th in the league at 45-31-6 and 96 points but still made it to their first final in 20 years by eliminating Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Montreal. Going into Friday, the Rangers were 5-0 when facing elimination. Lundqvist led the way in such games with a 1.00 goals-against average and .971 save percentage. The Rangers record in elimination matches is now 11-3 dating back to 2012. New York hadnt got a shot on target by the time the Kings went ahead at 6:04, with Williams scoring on a deft backhand as linemates Jarret Stoll and Dwight King poked away at Lundqvist after a shot from the point by Willie Mitchell. It took New York almost eight minutes to record a shot on goal. That followed a third period in Game 4 in which they only managed one shot. It took the Kings some 27 minutes to crack double digits in shots. New York, frustrated for stretches by the L.A. forecheck, was stuck at seven. The New York power play, 1-for-19 in the final up until then, finally clicked at 15:37 of the second period as Kreider tipped in a McDonagh feed from the faceoff circle to tie it at 1-1. McDonagh threaded the pass through three Kings to set up the goal, which came on the Rangers 11th shot of the night. McDonagh, who turned 25 on Friday, becomes the first player to record a point on his birthday in the Cup final since Jari Kurri did it in 1990 for the Oilers. Boyle then scored shorthanded to give the Rangers a 2-1 lead at 19:30. The big man deftly roofed the puck after a nice curl-and-drag past Doughty, with New Yorks Dominic Moore in the penalty box for hooking. The speedy Carl Hagelin triggered the play, beating defenceman Slava Voynov to the puck, as Boyle notched his third of the post-season. The Rangers third short-handed goal of the playoffs had Moore celebrating in the box. The Kings ranked 26th in the league in average goals per game during the regular season, averaging 2.42 a game. It helped that they led the league with just 2.05 goals against per game. They found their scoring touch in the playoffs, leading all teams with an average of 3.40 goals a game going into Friday. It was the 26th overtime game of the playoffs, tied for the third-highest total in one year (the record of 28 was set in 1993). Los Angeles is the 17th team in NHL history to win the Cup in overtime and the first to do so at home since the 1908 Islanders. 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