Boston College, Michigan State to meet in final

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04/06/2007 - St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Nathan Gerbe had two goals and two assists as the Boston College Eagles reached the championship game by defeating the North Dakota Fighting Sioux, 6-4, in the Frozen Four.

Boston College will next due battle with Michigan State, which advanced to its first championship game since 1987 with a 4-2 win over Maine earlier on Thursday.

Dan Bertram also scored twice for the Eagles (29-11-1), while netminder Cory Schneider finished with 26 saves.

Chris Porter scored two goals and T.J. Oshie had a goal and two assists for the Fighting Sioux, who were seeking their first title since 1997. Philippe Lamoureux ended with 39 saves in net for North Dakota.

With the score tied 2-2 after two periods, Boston College took the lead with seven minutes left in the third when Gerbe skated through the North Dakota defense and found Ben Smith for the score.

After a turnover behind the Boston College net, Oshie scored a short-handed goal to tie the game with 4:38 remaining, but just 32 seconds later, Gerbe scored his second of the game on a one-timer from the slot to put the Eagles back in front for good.

Joe Rooney's empty-net goal with 50 seconds left made it 5-3 for Boston College, but Porter scored his second goal of the game on a North Dakota power play and Lamoureux was pulled for the extra attacker.

Gerber, though, iced the game with another empty net goal to seal the win.

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Big Ten Conference odds

Teams that should be in: Michigan State, Indiana
Work left to do: Illinois, Purdue, Michigan, Iowa

Behind the big two, the pecking order might be in a bit of flux. Has Michigan State passed Indiana after handling the Hoosiers in East Lansing? Where is Illinois in that mix? What looked like a four-big league last week could be morphing into five -- and even six is not unthinkable at this point if everything breaks right.

Should be in:

Michigan State [21-8 (8-6), RPI: 20, SOS: 15] The Spartans made it four-for-four on the homestand, a gigantic accomplishment that leaves them in extremely good shape. MSU is only 1-6 on the road and is at Michigan and at Wisconsin to close things out, meaning the date with the Wolverines on Tuesday looms very, very large. Beating Texas early will hold up well, as will the rout of Bradley and the win over BYU, but will 8-8 be enough? It very well could be, as the computer numbers are good, but why chance it?

Indiana [18-9 (8-6), RPI: 24, SOS: 32] Hmm ... good thing the last two are at Northwestern and home to Penn State, because IU might want to get both to feel completely safe after dropping its third in the last four, fading after halftime at Michigan State. Who knew the best nonconference win would be over Southern Illinois, which is a gift that keeps on giving for the Hoosiers. The win over Wisconsin also looks good on the mantel.

Work left to do:

Illinois [21-9 (9-6), RPI: 31, SOS: 25] A good performance at Penn State leaves the Illini in pretty good shape. Can they go to Iowa and take care of business to really look on their way? That's a huge game, as there is a possible cluster of teams that will end at 9-7. Illinois beat Bradley, but has lost to Xavier. A 9-7 mark and a semifinals trip in Chicago could be enough with the computer profile hanging in there, but it would be better not to mess around, clinching at least a tie for third.

Purdue [18-10 (7-7), RPI: 47, SOS: 28] Couldn't get it done at Iowa, but did win at Northwestern to put 9-7 squarely in sight. Where does that leave the Boilermakers, though? Even if they beat Minnesota and Northwestern at home, that won't help the computer numbers. Nonconference wins over Virginia, DePaul and Oklahoma are solid, but not spectacular. The Boilers very well might need an upset in the B10 quarters to have a legit claim.

Michigan [19-10 (7-7), RPI: 55, SOS: 53] Well, Michigan did what it needed to do, winning at Minnesota to take control of its fate. The Wolverines have Michigan State and an already-wrapped-up-the-league Ohio State at home to close, so the chances are there. Win both and we can talk. There is no marquee win yet in the profile, and the Wolverines were splattered in several games against name opponents. A mediocre computer profile fueled by a lack of road wins isn't helping, either.

Iowa [16-12 (8-6), RPI: 80, SOS: 64] For the sake of being complete, we'll add Iowa, this season's Stanford. It's plausible that the Hawkeyes could get to 10-6 (at Penn State, vs. Illinois left), but where does that leave them after a gruesome nonconference performance where the best win was over ... Toledo? Iowa State? Cornell?? If they get to 10-6, we can start to look at what they need to do in the B10 tourney, although my gut sense is that they would need to make the final and have knocked off Ohio State or Wisconsin on the way to have any real claim.

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