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WASHINGTON - The game was over. Had to be, right?
Trailing by two goals as the final minute began to tick away, Boston University clearly was going to have to wait to add to its collection of national hockey titles. And Miami University was on the verge of its first NCAA championship in any team sport.
Except all of a sudden, everything changed Saturday night. BU’s Nick Bonino had a goal and an assist in the last 60 seconds to somehow force overtime, and the top-seeded Terriers won 4-3 on a shot that sailed in off a RedHawks player in the extra session.
Boston U. collected its first title since 1995, and No. 5 overall.
“Wow. What a hockey game. What a finish,” BU coach Jack Parker said. “All I can think of is it’s the greatest comeback I’ve been involved in.”
That’s quite a statement from a 64-year-old coach who set a record for most tournament victories with his 30th.
“The way we did it gave Coach a heart attack, but I wouldn’t want it any other way,” said Hobey Baker Award winner Matt Gilroy, whose deft pass set up Bonino’s tying goal with 17.4 seconds remaining in regulation.
“The dramatics of it. What just happened now — I’m still in awe of it.”
As well he should be. After all, it’s not often a team gets to feel as though it celebrates a championship twice in one night.
First, BU went wild after erasing its late 3-1 deficit. And then the Terriers went through a more prolonged victory party — including an elaborate team dance session in the locker room — after Colby Cohen scored the winning goal.
“I saw it go in, and that was it. I don’t remember anything after that,” said Cohen, chosen as the Frozen Four’s most outstanding player. “It’s an unbelievable feeling.”
His slap shot ricocheted off sliding Miami defenseman Kevin Roeder’s leg 11:47 into OT, fluttering over goalie Cody Reichard’s shoulder and into the upper-right corner.
“It’s just a real tough way to go down,” said Reichard, a freshman.
BU’s goalie, Kieran Millan, also is a freshman, and both were superb. Millan made 29 saves; Reichard made 28.
Reichard dropped to his knees at game’s end. Roeder remained on the ice, too, for several moments, while BU players piled atop each other at the other end.
“It was a bad bounce that hit my pad and rolled in, and that’s what the game of hockey brings to you,” Roeder said. “We’re not ashamed of anything that just happened.”
Boston U. (35-6-4), which set a school record for victories in a season, was playing in its 10th NCAA final. Miami (23-13-4) had never been beyond the round of eight in the hockey tournament.
What some might have figured would be a mismatch wound up close as could be. An indication of the disparity in the finalists’ hockey traditions: While BU grad and 1980 U.S. Olympic “Miracle on Ice” captain Mike Eruzione was shown on the above-ice video board rooting for his Terriers, the buzz among RedHawks fans was whether or not two-time Super Bowl champion and former Miami quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was in attendance.
Miami was the bottom seed in the West Regional of the 16-team tournament. BU, meanwhile, was ranked No. 1 during the regular season and entered the NCAAs as the favorite after winning the vaunted Hockey East’s regular-season and playoff titles.
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