Article: Bears finish six inches shy of title

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.

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