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Article: Bears finish six inches shy of title
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- April 12, 2004
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Six inches, and everything could have been different. Or maybe it
was five ... or even four. Six inches between goal and no-goal. Six
inches between a puck plinking off a crossbar and that same puck
slapping the back of the net. Six inches between a save on the other
end ... and the game's lone goal.
Six inches between a national championship ... and a dressing room
full of weeping Maine Black Bear hockey players.
How far is six inches?
It's the length of about half of Mike Hamilton's left skate - the
skate that crept into the crease during the first period of Saturday
night's NCAA title matchup between Maine and Denver.
Derek Damon was on the left side of the net. He gathered in a pass
... ...