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March 24, 2002

'This Is For Him!'
by Dave Hendrickson/Hockey East Correspondent

WORCESTER, Mass. - When the final buzzer sounded, Maine had closed out a
return to the Frozen Four with a 4-3 win over Boston University. Captain
Peter Metcalf took the Shawn Walsh jersey that has hung behind the Black
Bear bench every game since the legendary coach's death six months ago and
skated onto the ice.

What Metcalf did next was not part of the team's ritual involving the
jersey; it instead came instinctively from the heart. He circled near the
Maine net and held the jersey aloft. As he continued to traverse the Black
Bear zone, fans who were already on their feet cheering the team's win grew
louder in their applause.

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