Say what you will about Boston College athletics but their men's hockey program is a beast.
For the third straight year, the Eagles will play in the national championship game, thanks to a 6-1 whitewash of North Dakota last night in Denver.
Boston College scored four goals in the first period and held a 6-0 lead before the Fighting Sioux (28-11-4) scored a garbage-time goal with a minute and change left in the game.
Eagles junior forward and Hobey Baker finalist Nathan Gerbe had a monster game with three goals and an assist. His goals were short-handed, power play and even-strength. He follows in the recent trend of pint-sized BC forwards. Gerbe can skate with the best of them though, he blew by the bigger and slower Sioux defenseman constantly.
Boston College freshman goalie Johnny Muse made 28 saves, badly outplaying North Dakota senior (and Hobey Baker finalist) Jean-Philippe Lamoureux, who had 19 saves.
North Dakota has now lost to BC three years in a row in the Frozen Four. It's going to be a long off-season in Grand Forks.
Believe it or not, BC will face Notre Dame in the final tomorrow night. The first No. 4 seed to make the Frozen Four, the Irish advanced to the championship by defeating top-seed Michigan, 5-4 in overtime.
So wake up Grandpa and the boys down on State Street, Boston College is playing in a championship game. Hopefully, it ends up better than the last two (where they lost to Wisconsin and Michigan State respectively). Drinks on me if at Rogies if the Eagles do it.
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