Eagles Steamroll #1 in Detroit to Reach Final

Boston College (#4) beat Miami of Ohio (#1) in decisive fashion at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, beating them 7-1. With the blowout win, they advanced to the championship game on Saturday against the Wisconsin Badgers (#3) at 7 p.m. This is BC’s 10th appearance in the final of the frozen four.

The Eagles continued their streak of dominance against the RedHawks in Detroit tonight with bursts of unanswered goals. This year marks the fourth year out of five that the Eagles have eliminated Miami of Ohio from the NCAA Hockey Tournament. (Ironically, BU knocked Miami (OH) out of the tourney the other year. Beantown dominance!)

Ben Smith started the scoring late in the first period to give the Eagles a 1-0 going into the first intermission. The break did not stop the Eagles’ momentum at all as they scored two goals in the first 3:10 of the second period, off the sticks of Jimmy Hayes and Joe Whitney.

The rest of the period was offensively quiet, but BC and goalie Muse continued their stellar defense, not allowing any goals. The RedHawks scored their lone goal five minutes into the third period to narrow their deficit to only two. Just when it looked like Miami (OH) may stage a comeback, things fell apart quickly for the Red Hawks. Cam Atkinson netted a goal, followed by Patch Alber and Paul Carey within a mere 90 seconds to increase the Eagles’ lead to five.

The scoring looked to be over at this point, but Ben Smith ended the game just how he started it to give the Eagles a 7-1 lead, which turned out to be the final score.

Ben Smith led the way with two goals and an assist, although this was a great overall team effort by BC. The Eagles scored their 7 goals on only 30 shots against a team that allowed an NCAA Division-I leading 1.84 goals per game in the 2010 season.

Wisconsin beat RIT 8-1 to reach the final. With both BC and Wisconsin achieving impressive wins to reach Saturday’s final, it should be a good, high-scoring game.

The final will be on Saturday, April 10, at 7 p.m. on ESPN. The #4 Boston College Eagles (28-10-3) will look to defeat the #3 Wisconsin Badgers (28-10-4). On Saturday, the Eagles will be looking to avenge their 2-1 loss in the 2006 NCAA finals against the Badgers (which was also in Detroit, but at the Joe Louis Arena).

The Eagles last won the title in 2008 and are certainly coming into this game with momentum, having won the Beanpot and Hockey East title. Not to mention, steamrolling the top-ranked team in the nation tonight.

GO EAGLES :)

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