For a little change of pace from the earlier defensive battles, how about a dozen goals, and a good, old-fashioned demolition on ice?

Boston College scored only 19 seconds into the game, but was either too busy reading their own PR from that point on, or else Colorado College just stepped it up about six levels.  Or maybe both.

Within eight minutes of the BC score, the CC line of Jaden Schwartz, brother Rylan Schwartz, and Stephen Schultz (bratwurst, anyone?) tallied three goals, one apiece, to throw the Eagles out of their cozy nest and into a deep hole.  Freshman Wing Jaden Schwartz, who hails from Wilcox, Sask., scored two goals on the night, and contributed with two assists.  Drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the first round, 14th overall, Jaden Schwartz seemed to be auditioning in front of any locals at the game, played in St. Louis, for a quick climb up the ladder to the Blues NHL team.

To add insult to BC’s first period injury, David Civitarese scored a late, short-handed goal to give CC a 4-1 lead after one.

In the second, BC woke up and started to push up the ice offensively, most notably in short-handed situations.  Midway through the second, BC’s Paul Carrey scored to make it 4-2.  But the Tigers from Colorado Springs were not finished.  First, Jaden Schwartz took out his own trash, popping in a rebound off his own shot, just as he had done when he scored in the first, to make it 5-3.  Mr. Hustle or what?  Next, Alexander Krushelnyski (you have to love a name like that, huh?) took the assist off of a Civitarese-forced BC turnover, to score yet another short handed goal.  Then came another score from a feed off of a BC turnover, this time to William Rapuzzi, and the Tigers were feasting on the Eagles to the tune of 7-2 at the end of two.

In the third, BC managed to score two, but CC scored yet another, and the Eagles simply never got back into their nest, but rather were buried in the hole CC had confined them to in the first period, and as the teams lined up to shake hands, the scoreboard read 8-4.  8-4?  No, 8-4!!!

Wow! Is this an upset or what?  I suppose when 31 out of 35 people in the pool had BC to win, you could call that an upset.  How about 25 out of 35 had them in their Frozen Four?  That was 14 of 35 in the final game, and 11 of 35, about a third of the entire pool, to win it all?  I suppose, considering all of that, this would be called an upset!

Please note that the tournament bracket is now on the site, up above to the right; you can click on the link.

That’s all for now.  Stay tuned, and go RedHawks!