And you Champs, the MSU Spartans!! Once again the Q is wrong

Well for the second year in the row the BC Eagles lost in the national championship game. Leading 1-0 with 10 minutes to play BC had the title in the sights. But then MSU ties up the game. Just as it looked the game was going into overtime, MSU scored with 18.9 seconds left to take a 2-1 lead, and an empty netter with 1.2 seconds left would give the Spartans a well deserved national championship. This was the first tile since 1986 for MSU, and their third overall. Most people gave MSU little chance of winning this game, but as they had shown all tourney long this team had incredible heart and never gave up. They fought hard since the opening face off. Came out and controlled the tempo of the game. BC would swing the momentum back there way and would take the lead on a power play goal by Brook Bradford, though on the scoring sheet is has Brian Boyle but it was Bradford I think. Once again the Spartans would not die, and would tie the game at the 9:53 mark with a power play goal of their own when Tim Kennedy would get one by Corey Schneider. The next 9 minuets would be back and forth hockey, with the Spartans showing a new life and played more physical hockey then BC. BC would have a golden opportunities with about 5 minutes left, but Jeff Lerg would make a great save on Boyle, that would turn the swing to MSU for good. Then came the goal heard around the college hockey world. Justin Abedelkader would fight hard in front of the net with two BC players around him he would get a rebound and put it over Schneider’s shoulder to give the Spartans the title. The Spartans played a more physical game then BC all game long and showed they were not intimidated.
So once again I was wrong in my predications. But this time I was happy that I was. I am very happy for MSU. I did want them to win. I will admit it I am very happy to see BC lose, I usually don’t root against a team, but for some reason do against BC. This was their second straight lost in the finals, first time since 1963-64 that a team lost in back to back championship game. All the hype was how this was going to be BC year, they were the hottest team in the country and MSU backed there way into the tourney, they were 4th in so called weak CCHA, they did not play well down the stretch. But the Spartans showed they had a little more heart then the Eagles and they wanted it more. The played till the finals whistle. BC overall might have had more talent, but MSU had more heart and overall were the better team when it counted, and that is how you become a champion. Its not thinking you are going to win, its going out and playing to win. Congratulations to the Spartans on well earned championship, the first by a CCHA team since 1998 when Michigan beat BC.