Regular season champs

The tenth-ranked UNH men's ice hockey team scored three-straight goals in the third period, including the game-tying goal by sophomore defenseman Blake Kessel with 3:55 left in regulation, to earn a 3-3 overtime tie aganst No. 5 Boston College. 

The tie clinched UNH's eighth Hockey East regular season title, and third in the last four years.

Trailing 3-0 heading into the third period, the Wildcats finally got on the board when John Henrion fired a shot from the right circle past Milner to cut the BC lead to 3-1 just 1:46 into the final period. 

The Wildcats scored their second consecutive tally, this time at 8:33 of the third, when sophomore Kevin McCarey buried a long shot in the net off assists by juniors Phil DeSimone and Mike Beck to cut the deficit to one. 

UNH continued to put the pressure on the Eagles and as a result BC's Joe Whitney went in the penalty box for tripping at 14:38 of the third. The Wildcats took advantage, scoring their third-straight goal at 16:05 when sophomore Kessel took a pass from senior Bobby Butler, skated in from straight on and blasted a hard shot past Milner to tie the game at 3-3 and send the sellout crowd into hysteria. 

The Kessel goal sent the game into overtime, the 11th overtime game of the season for UNH, and after a strong three-goal Wildcat third period, BC led the shot totals by just one, 28-27, with Foster stopping 25 BC shots and Milner posting 24 saves. 

Overtime featured several big saves by Brian Foster as BC turned up the pressure and UNH nearly earned the victory on a breakaway bid by UNH junior Paul Thompson, but time expired and UNH was Hockey East regular season champions. 

BC drew first blood at 12:26 of the first period when freshman Chris Kreider scored following a shot by senior Ben Smith that was deflected out in front and Kreider stuffed the puck in the net past Foster for the 1-0 advantage. 

The Eagles jumped out to a 2-0 lead at 4:15 of the second period when senior Matt Lombardi took a pass from freshman Brian Dumoulin out by the left circle and he fired a long shot past Foster. Also credited with an assist was Barry Almeida. 

BC quickly made it 3-0 at 5:47 of the second period when sophomore Tommy Cross scored off assists by Ben Smith and Edwin Shea, and the game remained scoreless until the third.

Foster finished with 30 saves for the game and moves to 15-10-7, while Milner had 26 and is now 9-2-1 for the Ealges. BC outshot UNH in the game, 33-29. The Wildcats were 1-2 on the power play, while BC was 0-1 with a delayed penalty goal.