Championship Game :
Hockey East (NCAA Men's Ice Hockey) 
Providence College Friars
Boston College Eagles
Hockey East Championship Game 
Saturday, March 17, 2001 
FleetCenter; Boston, Massachusetts


Game Story
by Mike Gastonguay (sportsWIRE)
 

It's a hands down fact.
Boston College is the most dominant school in Hockey East.
 

Jerry York's boys have been the number one team in the confrence since we began this season's coverage. They've held on to that mark all through the regular season keeping a sizeable distance from the other top schools in the confrence standings. They were responsible for ending BU's six year Bean Pot reign. They easily captured the regular season title. 
 

They've done it all!!
And they now have another trophy to add to the shelf.
 

Providence followed the tourney's theme to the T.
Start strong, End Weak.
 

In all three tournament games, the team who scored first lost. 
 

Providence scored first. They lost.
 

But there will be a tommorow for the Friars. They were selected for the NCAA Tournament and they will face off against Wisconsin in the west regional.
 

As for the champs, the Hockey East title has it's privilages. They claimed a first round bye in the east regionals and they will face off against the winner of the Maine/Minnesota game in the tournament first round.
 

As far as next Hockey East season, there should be a definate "shift of power" in the conference as many of UNH's and BC's seniors will move on in the world of hockey. This should make for a very intresting future when the puck drops again this fall.

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