DENVER (TICKER) ?Nathan Gerbe took out his frustrations on Notre Dame.
One day after coming up short for the Hobey Baker Award, Gerbe scored two goals and set up two others to lead Boston College to a 4-1 triumph over Notre Dame on Saturday for its third NCAA hockey championship.
Ben Smith added a goal and two assists and Brian Gibbons set up a pair of tallies for the Eagles (25-11-8), which had lost in the title game each of the previous two years.
Freshman John Muse made 20 saves for Boston College, which also won the national championship in 1949 and 2001.
Kevin Deeth scored the lone goal for the Fighting Irish (27-16-4), who pulled off huge upsets over New Hampshire, defending champion Michigan State and top-ranked Michigan to reach the title game for the first time in school history.
Gerbe, who recorded a hat trick in Boston College?s 6-1 triumph over North Dakota on Thursday, watched Michigan?s Kevin Porter walk away with the Hobey Baker Award on Friday. The junior made Notre Dame pay, snapping a scoreless tie with goals 3:14 apart early in the second period.
Gerbe then set up Joe Whitney?s power-play tally at 8:11 before making a backhand pass from behind the net to Smith, who beat goaltender Jordan Pearce with a one-timer that glanced off a defenseman?s stick at 5:31 of the third to cap the scoring.
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