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By Pete Conrad, Staff Writer Updated 10:58 AM Sunday, April 12, 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Miami University’s hockey team came agonizingly close to winning the school’s first national championship Saturday night, April 11, but the top-ranked Boston University Terriers scored two goals in the final minute of regulation and won 4-3 in overtime at the Verizon Center.

“It was a heck of a hockey game,” Miami coach Enrico Blasi said. “Somebody had to lose. Unfortunately, it wasn’t meant to be for us.”

It was a devastating loss for the RedHawks, who were making Miami’s first-ever trip to hockey’s Frozen Four and became the first team in school history, in any sport, to make a championship game appearance.

“Nobody gave us a chance a few weeks ago,” said Blasi, whose team nearly didn’t make the NCAA Tournament’s 16-team field after failing to make it past the quarterfinals of its own conference tournament.

“I’m proud of them,” he added. “It doesn’t feel good right now, but the sun will come up tomorrow and the guys will realize what they’ve done.”

The RedHawks, who trailed 1-0 after one period, rallied to take a 3-1 lead on the strength of goals by Gary Steffes, Tommy Wingels and, with 4:08 left in regulation, Trent Vogelhuber.

Boston answered with goals by Zach Cohen with 59.5 seconds remaining and Nick Bonino’s goal with 22.4 seconds on the clock tied the score. The Terriers won it on a goal by Colby Cohen (Zach’s brother) 11:47 into the overtime period.

Contact this reporter at (513) 820-2197 or pconrad@coxohio.com.

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