Ben Smith (left) put Boston College ahead late in the first period (photo: Melissa Wade).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
At the other end, Muse was sharp, particularly late in the frame when Miami packed things into the crease. Miami still only had four shots on goal in the frame and the Eagles took the 3-0 lead to the locker room.<\/p>\n
In the third, Miami finally got on the board at 5:19 when Hartman’s shot from the right point beat Muse over the shoulder through a screen to pull the RedHawks within two at 3-1.<\/p>\n
Midway through the frame, BC struck with the dagger. Three of them, in fact.<\/p>\n
Cam Atkinson, Patch Alber (first goal of his career) and Paul Carey all scored within a span of 1:35 to take any wind out of the RedHawks’ sails.<\/p>\n
Smith scored his second goal of the game with 3:39 remaining to account for the 7-1 final.<\/p>\n
The loss for Miami ends its campaign at 29-8-7, the second most wins in school history (2007-08, 33). It’s also the fourth time in five seasons that Miami’s season ended at the hands of Boston College in the NCAA tournament. The one year Miami didn’t lose to BC, 2009, they fell to another Beantown school, Boston University.<\/p>\n
“It’s like the curse of Boston continues,” said Miami senior forward Jarod Palmer. “I don’t really know exactly what happened out there [tonight].”<\/p>\n
The Eagles, on the other hand, advance to the title game for the 10th time in school history and the seventh time under York. BC is looking for its fourth national title and third in the last 10 years. Saturday’s game versus Wisconsin will be a rematch of the 2006 final, which Wisconsin won, 2-1.<\/p>\n
“I wasn’t here in ’06 when BC played Wisconsin, but I know that was a pretty tough loss for a lot of the guys,” said Smith. “It’s exciting to be back in the national championship game. Wisconsin’s a great team and you saw that tonight. We’ll prepare and come out on Saturday night ready to go.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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