GUSTAFSSON'S OVERTIME GOAL ICES NCAA TITLE FOR MAINE : MAINE 3, NEW HAMPSHIRE 2.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Two Hockey East Hockey East Association is a college athletic conference which operates in New England. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference. Hockey East came into existence in 1984 for men's hockey when most of its current members split apart from what is rivals who split their four regular-season meetings played on even terms again Saturday night for the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association championship at the Pond. It took 10:50 of overtime to decide it, when Marcus Gustafsson knocked in a rebound of his own shot to give Maine a 3-2 victory over New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). for the Black Bears' second national hockey title. The victory was a redemption of sorts for Maine, which lost 6-1 and 4-1 in the final two regular-season games against New Hampshire to finish second behind the Wildcats, three points back, in the Hockey East standings. The Bears won despite squandering squan·der tr.v. squan·dered, squan·der·ing, squan·ders 1. To spend wastefully or extravagantly; dissipate. See Synonyms at waste. 2. a two-goal lead. Maine goaltender Alfie Michaud Alfie Michaud (born November 6, 1976 in Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played briefly in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Vancouver Canucks. , named the Frozen Four's Most Outstanding Player, kept his team in the game with 46 saves. Although outshot 48-39 for the game, Maine went on the attack in overtime, getting off nine shots to New Hampshire's five. Goalie Ty Conklin Ty Conklin (born March 30, 1976, Anchorage, Alaska) is a goaltender with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, the American Hockey League affiliate of the National Hockey League's Pittsburgh Penguins. made a string of spectacular saves in the extra period before Gustafsson wristed the puck past him. ``Cory Larose got the puck on the half-boards and he centered it,'' Gustafsson said of the winning sequence. ``I was shooting down the center, going for the net. I shot right away, the rebound came out, and I put it in the net.'' Conklin, who had 36 saves, broke his stick over the goal pipe after allowing the deciding goal. ``Both of them are terrific goalies,'' said Maine coach Shawn Walsh said. ``I told Ty after the game that he'd be back in a game like this. Both guys got help from the posts, but their positions were great. ``Alfie was smooth again. He saw the puck very well.'' Maine was banned from the NCAA tournament in 1996 and 1997 for violating NCAA recruiting and other rules. The Black Bears won the 1993 national championship and lost in 1995 to Boston University. The 1993 champions were led by Paul Kariya, who now plays for the Mighty Ducks, and this year's champion was led by his brother, Steve. ``It's just an unbelievable feeling,'' Steve Kariya said after following in his brother's footsteps by winning an NCAA title. OVERTIME FINALS 1954 RPI RPI - Rockwell Protocol Interface 5, Minnesota 4 1959 No. Dakota 4, Michigan St. 3 1977 Wisconsin 6, Michigan 5 1984 Bowling Green 5, Minn.-Duluth 4, 4OT 1988 Lk Superior St. 4, St. Lawrence 3 1989 Harvard 4, Minnesota 3 1991 No. Michigan 8, Boston U. 7, 3OT 1996 Michigan 3, Colorado College 2 1998 Michigan 3, Boston College 2 1999 Maine 3, New Hampshire 2 CAPTION(S): Box BOX: OVERTIME FINALS (see text) |
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