Chris Lerch

Boston College has ended North Dakota’s season each of the past two years in this very game – the NCAA semifinals. In 2005 North Dakota ended BC’s season in the regional final. But is that enough to make a rivalry? “I think it’s a different feeling,” said BC defenseman Mike Brennan yesterday. “I mean, playing … Read more

Warmups are underway at the Pepsi Center. Here’s your line charts for today’s game: Boston College (Visiting Team) Forwards: Gerbe–Gibbons–Smith Price–Bertram–Gannon (starting) Whitney–Greene–Ferriero Kucharski–Lombardi–Orpik Defense: Aiello-Brennan Filangieri-Kunes Petrecki-Sneep (starting) Goal: Muse North Dakota (Home Team) Forwards: Duncan–Oshie–Kozek Watkins–Kaip–Frattin (starting) Miller–VandeVelde–Martens Radke–Zajac–Malone Defense: Chorney–Bina Finley–Genoway (starting) Jones–Marto Goal: Lamoureux

…has no life? It’s still two hours until they drop the puck here in Denver, but I and most of the USCHO crew are on site. I’m up in the pressbox, testing the wireless, which is going to be kind of important in terms of liveblogging ;). I’m the only one up here now, looking … Read more

Welcome to the 2008 edition of the Frozen Four Blog. It’s my pleasure again to bring you an up-to-the-minute account of the goings on in Denver. While the real action doesn’t start until tomorrow, our coverage begins today as the four teams practice and hold press conferences. Michigan is at the podium right now, the … Read more

To St. Norbert, which finally broke through after so many close calls. Just a dominating defensive performance by the Green Knights, who never lost their poise. What can you say about Kyle Jones? Never before has a goalie not been scored on in a D-III Frozen Four. St. Norbert allowed just 43 goals this season … Read more

Lots more later. A well-earned victory by Tim Coghlin’s squad. Kyle Jones becomes the first goalie in D-III Frozen Four history to allow zero goals, posting his 24th and 25 career shutouts.

…on Plattsburgh. We’re midway through the third period and the Cards are having trouble getting to the net. St. Norbert is 25-0-3 this season when leading after two periods. Of course, when you only lose one game all season, ya gotta figure…

St. Norbert leads 2-0 after two periods, with Marc Belanger getting the second SNC goal off a power-play rush with a nice wrist shot that beat Bryan Hince cleanly. The Green Knights weathered a five-minute hitting from behind major to Pete Fylling and will have 1:15 of 5×3 to start the third period. Plattsburgh came … Read more

It took 148 minutes and 51 seconds of championship hockey, but the Green Knights finally broke through with a deflection by Ryan Peterson to make it 1-0 SNC. We’re now midway through the contest.

And we’re still scoreless. Plattsburgh will start the period with 44 seconds of power play to work with. Both goaltenders came up big at times, including a big glove save from Bryan Hince on Marc Belanger with about 2:45 to go in the period.