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Torin Snydeman went flying over Boston College’s Michael Matheson here, but Northeastern soared into the Beanpot final (photo: Melissa Wade).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BOSTON<\/b> — Entering Tuesday night, Boston College had silenced the Northeastern Huskies’ dreams of a Beanpot title four straight times, thrice in a championship final.<\/p>\n

So naturally, Huskies fans had to wait a while to get a small measure of revenge. First, through a one-day delay after a storm dumped another two feet of snow on gridlocked Boston. Then, through a 90-minute delay from the other semifinal’s double-overtime antics.<\/p>\n

[scg_html_beanpot2015]They waited through three periods of, at times, tepid hockey, with the game on a knife’s edge. Neither side wanted to make the mistake.<\/p>\n

They waited until the final 94 seconds of regulation.<\/p>\n

Then, sheer ecstasy.<\/p>\n

That the Huskies are even at .500 is quite the story in its own right.<\/p>\n

That they’re on to the Beanpot championship to face Boston University? It adds to an impressive turnaround from an 0-8-1 start in November, which Huskies coach Jim Madigan said his players were convinced would turn around.<\/p>\n

“To a man in the locker room, the guys thought we were a good team,” Madigan said. “There was no in-house bickering or bitching when losing occurred. Now, we’re growing and maturing as a team, still with a long horizon in front of us, but we’re finding ways to win smarter and later.”<\/p>\n

Later, indeed. It was the Huskies’ 16th third-period goal in the last 11 games, and it came on a stage that rarely shows the Huskies on the winning end.<\/p>\n

Most of the nagging problems that seem to bite Northeastern in this tournament weren’t there this time.<\/p>\n

Ineffective power play? The Huskies scored two goals on their first three power-play chances.<\/p>\n

Discipline problems? Boston College took each of the game’s first five penalties. Northeastern took only one all night.<\/p>\n

Bad luck? Even when Clay Witt had trouble on a save or two, the puck squibbed wide.<\/p>\n

Sure, the familiar bugaboos re-emerged.<\/p>\n

The odd-man rushes piled up in the second period. The turnovers became more plentiful.<\/p>\n

The Eagles did score a short-handed goal, which — though not as prevalent as Northeastern fans might have you believe — still strikes at the heart of deep-seated fears: that the hex hovering over this tournament would continue another year.<\/p>\n

“When you lose games to Boston College, it does something to your confidence,” Madigan said. “A lot of the preparation going this week was the mental part — the believability, and the confidence we can beat this club. I like the way our kids showed resolve in coming up with the win.”<\/p>\n

In the final nail-biting minutes, the unlikeliest scorer in Dustin Darou became the hero. And the Huskies finally vanquished one of their crosstown foes.<\/p>\n

“We knew coming into the game we needed to get to three,” Madigan said. “We haven’t been able to get to three goals against [BC goalie Thatcher] Demko much in the last few years. … It took three [tonight], and obviously we got the win.”<\/p>\n

The win snapped an eight-game winless drought against the Eagles and was only the fourth victory against BC in Northeastern’s last 23 tries.<\/p>\n

It snapped another streak, too: Boston College’s streak of five consecutive Beanpot trophies ended before the Eagles could even fully defend their title, relegated to the consolation game for the first time since 2009.<\/p>\n

And for the Huskies, who once again are playing with house money, it’s on to next Monday night and a collision with their bitter rivals, Boston University.<\/p>\n

Perhaps a collision course with destiny, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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