I’ll be liveblogging the finals from the pressbox high atop the Scottrade Center. As with the semifinals, there will be a separate blog post for each period. Reload to see updates as each period progresses.

Here are the line charts:

Michigan State Forwards:

Kennedy-Abdelkader-Crowder

Lerg-Mueller-McKenzie (starters)

Schepke-Sucharski-Sprague

Lawrence-McClellan (Michigan State using an extra defenseman)

Michigan State Defense:

Graham-Dunne

Gentile-Snavely

Howells-Vukovic (starters)

Ratchuk

Michigan State Goal:

Lerg

Boston College Forwards:

Gerbe-Smith-Bradford

Rooney-Bertram-Ferriero

Price-Greene-Gannon (starters)

Kucharski-Lombardi-Orpik

Boston College Defense:

Boyle-Brennan

Filangieri-Motherwell (starters)

O”hanley-Sneep

Boston College Goal:

Schneider

0:00: It’s on.

4:46: Not many whistles, but no good scoring chances, either. Just one SOG so far.

9:46: The tempo favors Michigan State so far, but the Spartans take an interference penalty (Snavely).

11:46: Nice job on the PK by the Spartans and we’re back to even strength.

14:57: best chance so far for either squad. BC’s brock Bradford goes hard to the net, and after a scramble, Lerg gets his stick on the goal line, stopping a sliding puck that got under him. A review confirms no goal.

17:34: Now it’s the Eagles’ turn to take a penalty – Bertram for holding the stick.

17:51: A shorthanded chance by BC ends with a pushing and shoving in front of the Spartan net. Gerbe (BC) and Graham (State) go off.

19:27: Schnieder with a big glove save to keep things scoreless.

20:00: The first period is in the books. Shots in favor of BC 13-6, but the play was much closer than that.

I’ll be back in a new blog post with second period action.