BC is too good

Boston College is good. Too good. The Eagles won their 4th National Title in Men's D1 Hockey this Saturday night with a 5-0 victory over the Wisconsin Badgers. The college of just under 1,000 undegraduates and 4,000 grad students has produced one of the greatest programs in sports that you may not know much about. Coach Jerry York took over the program in 1994 and had instant success. Since 1998 the program has been a college hockey mecca. Drool on this...

Since 1998:

• Winners of 4 Hockey East (HEA) conference titles (2001, 2003, 2004, 2005)
• Winners of 7 Hockey East Tournament titles (1998, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010)
• 11 NCAA tournament appearances in 13 seasons
• The Eagles have been in College Hockey's Frozen Four 9 times
• Played in the Championship Game 7 out of 9 times
• BC has won 3 National championships over this stretch (2001, 2008, 2010)

This team has set the gold standard in college hockey and is producing talent that can compete at the next level; Over 50 players have been drafted into NHL from BC and 16 are currently playing in the league. Coach Jerry York has more wins that any current active coach with 850 which is second all time to Michigan State's Ron Mason (924). York has 4 total Championships, 3 with BC and 1 with former team, Bowling Green. The Eagles skated into the Frozen four this past weekend as an underdog vs the #1 overall seed & #2 nationally ranked Miami(OH) Red-hawks and promptly destroyed them 7-1. Saturday night had the Eagles matched up with the #1 nationally ranked and #3 overall seed Badgers; The Eagles delivered scoring 4 goals in the 3rd period to bury the favored Wisconsin squad. Goaltender John Muse made 20 saves and recored the shutout to make his NCAA tournament record 8-0. The Frozen Four was held in Detroit, MI this year and Saturday's game recorded a record for an indoor college hockey game with 37,592 fans in attendance. Boston College is going to be around for a long time and winning is something that has become a yearly tradition for this team. When it comes to college hockey, this is one team to keep a sharp eye on.

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