Scores and a little bit o my own color commentary. Clarkson 5 SLU 4 BU 4 Maine 3 OT Well folks the game between the Black Bears & Terriers was a rouser!! BU took the lead in the first period (Tickets said 5:30 start when it was really 5PM, BU was kind and waited till just after my arrival to score right in front of my seats). Maine tied it up and that was it for the first. The second was scoreless. Early in the 3rd Maine went ahead by a 2-1 margin. BU came back and tied it, then went ahead 3-2 with 2:15 left. Looked like it would end that way, but just 18 seconds later Maine tied it to sen it to OT. BU scored on a one time shot off a beautiful feed (sorry but I didn't take notes and can't remember the names) from the right faceoff circle to a man on the left side. Maines goalie Snow played excellent in the early going making a lot of *TOUGH* saves and really keeping them in it. They probably should have won, but BU never folded in what was a very physical game. BU definitely deserves a bid to the NCAA finals, which I guess they get by winning the tournament. Maine played Awesome and also belongs in the final 12, aas does BC despite their early fall in the tournament. BU has shown that they are unbeatable in the Gahden, winning both the beanpot and the HE final against strong opponents. I don't know what they're like on the road, so if they get a good seed I would say watch out for this team they know how to win the big game and could show up in the final four if they don't get seeded too poorly and have to play Someone like LSSU early on. In the ECAC game. Well Clarkson posted a 3-0 lead in the first and looked like they would romp. Then they fell asleep and SLU capitalized on it coming back to tie it up. I believe it was Clarkson that went back into the lead before SLU again tied it at 4. Early in the 3rd period Clarkson scored the winning goal on a questionable call by the goal judge. The SLU goalie made a great grab of a puck shot up over him whilke he was lying down. He slid backward onto the goal line. I was seated right near the SLU goal line about 12 rows off ice. From my vantage point and that of the instant replay camera it did not look like the puck was in. The goal judge turned the light on rather late, and in my opinion had a view that was obstructed by the goalies body. The referee did not see the play as an SLU defenseman and a Clarkson player were between him and the play. In this case having not seen the play he could not wave off the goal and let the goal judges ruling stand. The SLU Goalie was very very pissed at this and had the goal judge not been behind the glass he would be in trouble. I was sort of rooting for Clarkson to score again so they could claim a title they've waited long for on something other than this unfortunate note. They didn't, rather they fell back into the same kind of defensive posture they showed with the early 3 goal lead. Congratulations to Clarkson, but I don't feel that they clearly earned the crown in this game, though they do have the strength of their season behind them. Having watched the ECAC the last 6 years (4 as color commentator for WRPI) I can say this is the weakest ECAC I have seen. I don't find it surprising that Clarkson is only ranked 8th. If I recall right SLU was not the 2nd place team in the division, Cornell was. Cornell's loss to SLU doesn't help their chances for a final 12 bid, and even though they beat Cornell, a second place finish probably doesn't do much good for SLU (see last year.. RPI beat Cornell and finished 2nd to COlgate but still staayed home). I would say that Clarkson is the only ECAC team deserving of a bid. Has it happened in the 12 team system that a conference only sends one team to the finals?? IMHO ECAC should only have one and HE should get 3. Jay H