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Well, maybe not for most. But for sophomore forward Dan Murphy, thoughts of Crimson success quickly faded to thoughts of the Minutemen and Black Bears, then tied at one and headed into an extra frame.
Nearly midway through the period, the record for longest Hockey East championship already set, Black Bears defenseman Matthew Deschamps sent a wrister screeching towards Gabe Winer’s net and off Murphy’s stick into the net.
Then it all fell apart in a slow, agonizing death. Maine cut it to two, then one, then tied it. Then came the guillotine. With 4:10 left, Greg Moore beat Dov Grumet-Morris from atop the left circle for a 5-4 Black Bears win that tied the largest...
But the Black Bears surged in the third, like you figured a team that has made six straight NCAA tournaments would. They outshot Harvard, 14-7. They hustled. They generated rushes without giving up many in return. They got good goaltending.
But all of this doesn’t make this loss any easier to take. The Crimson had, in the words of Black Bears coach Tim Whitehead, "thoroughly outplayed" the best team in the land. Maine goaltender Jimmy Howard—he of the nation-leading 1.05 goals-against average...