The Boston Red Sox haven't won a World Series title in 82 years, always losing the close ones, frustrating their fans. This inability to win the big one grates on the faithful after awhile. If misery loves company, Boston College isn't alone its sorrow. They aren't the only ones crying in their clam chowder today. Just think how our friends in Minnesota must feel, as the Sioux have won five NCAA titles since the Gophers last claimed one in 1979.
Nothing seems to come easy in college hockey.
No team has repeated as national champion since 1972. This is a tough ride, folks, and tough is what North Dakota seems to be about. Yet there was Commodore on Saturday, scoring just his fifth goal of the season to start the ball rolling toward another Sioux championship. If the big guy can do that, the Sioux seemed to say, so can we. They did, in dazzling fashion, rendering a Boston College team with three Hobey Baker Award finalists on its roster virtually ineffective in the closing period dominated by the Sioux.