Boston College Outlasts Yale 9-7; Reaches 23rd Frozen Four

SB Nation's Boston College blog, BC Interruption, has the recap as the Eagles dispatched the Yale Bulldogs by a ridiculous score of 9-7 to win the Northeast Regional and advance to the Frozen Four. It's BC's 23rd ever Frozen Four.

Here's Brian from BCI:

You couldn't have scripted a stranger game, that's for sure.

The Eagles built up a 9-4 lead midway through the third period and slowly watched as Yale scored 3 unanswered to cut the lead to 2. Fortunately, that was all the scoring in this one as the Eagles advance to 2010 Frozen Four at Ford Field in Detroit.

Cam Atkinson led the scoring with a hat trick and an assist, while linemate Joe Whitney notched 2 goals and 2 assists. BC's first line of Atkinson-Whitney-Gibbons registered over half of the Eagles points on the night (10 of 19).

While a few of the 7 Yale goals couldn't be helped, John Muse could be described as shaky at his best. His play was very inconsistent, allowing Yale to capitalize on a few long rebounds, much like he gave up in the Alaska game. The more disturbing trend has to be Muse's performance over his last three games. His 1 goal given up in the first round against Alaska is the only thing keeping his GAA below 6 in his last 3 starts (4.66). Muse did have some timely stops and finished the night stopping 32 of 39 Bulldog shots. He improves to 17-8-2 on the year and a perfect 6-0-0 in the NCAA Tournament.