Boston College defeated Notre Dame 4-1 to win the Men's NCAA Hockey Championship in Denver, CO on Saturday. Nathan Gerbe broke a scoreless tie early in second period to put the Eagles up 1-0. He followed that with a power play goal three minutes later. Joe Whitney then netted a goal of his own, also on the power play, less than three minutes after that.
Notre Dame scored a minute later to make it a 3-1 game. In the third period, a play ruled as a goal by the on-ice official was overturned by instant replay after a lengthy delay. In a controversial decision, the Irish had a goal taken off the board that they had thought cut the BC lead to 3-2 with 15 minutes left to play. (In my opinion, it was a bad call, but the Irish will receive no sympathy from this BC Alumni. That would be like feeling bad for the Yankees.)
Gerbe finished with 2 goals and an assist, and was named the tournament MVP. Some day, someone will have to explain to me how despite leading the nation in scoring with 35 goals and 32 assists and leading his team to a National Championship, Gerbe finished second in the Hobe Baker voting.
As we Eagle fans like to say, "We root for two teams: BC and whoever is playing Notre Dame." Happily, last Saturday, both happened to be the same. The Eagles won, and it was for the National Championship.
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