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Done in Denver 04/12/08

It’s been my pleasure to bring you this blog. As I sit in the pressroom in the bowels of Pepsi Arena, watching the BC players file past wearing their championship hats, it’s dawning on me that I’ve seen my last of 47 college hockey games this season. I had the privilege to see both the [...]

Press Conference Thoughts 04/12/08

I’ll leave it up to my fellow USCHO.com writers to bring you all the quotes from players and coaches. Instead just some general impressions: Notre Dame was very classy in defeat. Often times a losing team will talk about what they didn’t do right and not give enough credit to the other team. Not the case [...]

Boston College - Your 2008 National Champs 04/12/08

And that’s it. Notre Dame used it timeout with about 44 seconds to go and then put Pearce back in net, conceding defeat. Time finally ran out on the Irish, who had a great, great run. Your all tournament team: G - John Muse (BC) D - Mike Brennan (BC) D - Kyle Lawson (Notre Dame) F - Ben Smith [...]

Time Running Out 04/12/08

There’s 2:20 left in regulation and the Irish still trail by three. Their net is empty. Even a power play at this point probably won’t help Notre Dame - BC has killed all 15 penalties with weekend. We just got handed the official explanation on the disallowed goal: “The puck was kicked in the net by [...]

No Goal, then a Goal 04/12/08

Notre Dame’s Kyle Lawson appeared to make this one a goal game, but after a looooong review by the video replay official Greg Shephard, it was ruled that the puck was directed off Lawson’s skate. He appeared to be try trying to stop the puck with his skate at the far crease to put the [...]

Starting the Third 04/12/08

We’re about to start the third period - still 3-1 BC. Shots through two periods are 18-13 Eagles. Sneep is out for the rest of the game.

Hey, Somebody Else Scored 04/12/08

We’ve traded goals, with the last one coming for Notre Dame. BC made it 3-0 at 8:11 on the power play. Joe Whitney took a feed from Gerbe and wristed it home. But the Irish responded just 56 seconds later on a pretty give-and-go between Kyle Lawson and Kevin Deeth. Deeth left a drop pass for [...]

Gerbe 2, Notre Dame 0 04/12/08

Gerbe does it again, diving to poke in a loose puck at the far post. He now has five goals on the weekend and seven total in the tournament, tied for highest in NCAA history. The Irish took two quick penalties, but the Eagles give one right back just six seconds into the 5×3. We’re skating [...]

BC Draws First Blood 04/12/08

1-0 BC at 2:31 of the second. Goal scored by…guess who? Gerbe finds room in the near faceoff area and one-times a backhand pass from Brian Gibbons, which beats Jordan Pearce high glove. Boston College defenseman Carl Sneep has not returned to the game since blocking a shot off of his ankle in the first period [...]

20 Minutes in the Books 04/12/08

After one, we’ve got a 0-0 tie in Denver. Shots were 7-5 in favor of BC. Most of the shots for each team have come off power plays - Notre Dame has had three to BC’s one. The Irish will start the second period with 23 seconds of man advantage to work with.