Chris Lerch

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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.

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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.

We’re eight minutes into the first period, and neither team has had a quality chance. There are definitely more Notre Dame fans here than there were on Thursday. Most of the Michigan fans went home, while North Dakota still has a respectable contingent, which is rooting for the Irish. Notre Dame is on the first … Read more

We’re 30 minutes away from dropping the puck in Denver. Here are your lines for the final game of the 2007-2008 college hockey season: Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Visiting Team) Forwards: Thang–Ryan–Rankin Kissel–Deeth–Van Guilder (starting) Regan–Hanson–Minella Ridderwall–White–Guentzel Defense: Cole–Lawson Sheahan–Ruth (starting) Blatchford–VeNard Goal: Pearce Boston College Eagles (Home Team) Forwards: Gerbe–Gibbons–Smith Price–Bertram–Gannon (starting) Whitney–Greene–Ferriero Kucharski–Lombardi–Orpik … Read more

Everybody’s got an opinion about which players here in Denver will forego the remainder of their college careers and turn pro. I’ve been doing an informal survey of my fellow journalists and some coaches, as well as throwing in my own opinion. Here’s what I came up with: Gone: TJ Oshie (North Dakota) Andrew Kozek … Read more