Boston College and Boston University fans have flocked to Minnesota for the Frozen Four, as the Eagles and Terriers both advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Championship for just the fourth time in the history of the tournament.No. 1 BC is making its 26th overall Frozen Four appearance, while No. 2 BU reached the national semifinals for the second straight year and 24th time in total.People who traveled from Boston to Saint Paul were hoping the Eagles and Terriers each win in the semifinals, so the rivals can meet in the national championship game — and occurrence that has happened just once before. “That year of ’78, I swear we got more press than the Bruins or the Celtics,” said former Boston University star Jack O’Callahan, who was a member of the 1980 gold-medal winning United States hockey team that pulled off the “Miracle on Ice.””For the schools, it’s phenomenal to have both teams being at the top of the heap,” said Rob Riley, co-captain of the 1977-78 Boston College hockey team. “It’s really, really difficult to get this far, obviously, and I think it’s not going to happen very often.”In the 1978 national championship game, the Terriers came away with the title and bragging rights with a 5-3 victory against the Eagles.”There’s nothing like winning. Winning is everything,” O’Callahan said. “No one remembers who comes in second, right?”Boston College punched its ticket to the title game with a 4-0 win over the Michigan Wolverines.But the Battle of Commonwealth Avenue won’t be happening for a fifth time this season, as Boston University lost to the No. 3 Denver Pioneers in overtime by a score of 2-1. The national championship game between BC and Denver is scheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday.Previous coverage:
Boston College and Boston University fans have flocked to Minnesota for the Frozen Four, as the Eagles and Terriers both advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Championship for just the fourth time in the history of the tournament.
No. 1 BC is making its 26th overall Frozen Four appearance, while No. 2 BU reached the national semifinals for the second straight year and 24th time in total.
People who traveled from Boston to Saint Paul were hoping the Eagles and Terriers each win in the semifinals, so the rivals can meet in the national championship game — and occurrence that has happened just once before.
“That year of ’78, I swear we got more press than the Bruins or the Celtics,” said former Boston University star Jack O’Callahan, who was a member of the 1980 gold-medal winning United States hockey team that pulled off the “Miracle on Ice.”
“For the schools, it’s phenomenal to have both teams being at the top of the heap,” said Rob Riley, co-captain of the 1977-78 Boston College hockey team. “It’s really, really difficult to get this far, obviously, and I think it’s not going to happen very often.”
In the 1978 national championship game, the Terriers came away with the title and bragging rights with a 5-3 victory against the Eagles.
“There’s nothing like winning. Winning is everything,” O’Callahan said. “No one remembers who comes in second, right?”
Boston College punched its ticket to the title game with a 4-0 win over the Michigan Wolverines.
But the Battle of Commonwealth Avenue won’t be happening for a fifth time this season, as Boston University lost to the No. 3 Denver Pioneers in overtime by a score of 2-1.
The national championship game between BC and Denver is scheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday.
Previous coverage:
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