In Case You Haven't Heard, The College Hockey Final Is Tonight

NCAA Hockey doesn't have nearly the fan base that College Basketball or Football does, but the fans they do have are diehards.

After months of College play and numerous polls and predictions right here on the Q, it's down to the final game of the year.

The Boston University Terriers almost didn't make it to the final, playing Vermont Catamounts. Vermont had looked poised to defeat the Terriers yet again, by the same 4-3 score that dominated regular season matchups.   Although the Terriers dominated the first period, the Cats were ahead, after dominating in the second.  It took a concerted effort in the final 7 minutes of the third period to first tie the game, courtesy of Chris Higgins, and then score the winner, courtesy of Colin Wilson.   The Higgins/Wilson/Lawrence line manged nine points in the game and will be key heading into today's final against Miami University in Ohio.

the Miami (OH) Redhawks game against Bemidji State Beavers seemed to be never in question, as they defeated the Beavers 4-1.  This is the first appearance by the Redhawks in the Frozen Four Final, after four straight tournament appearances.  As a matter of fact, it's the College's first appearance in ANY final, in history.

The Redhawks scored against Bemidji barely 4 minutes into the first period and never looked back, scoring their second goal only   4 1/2 minutes later.  Although the Beavers, got it within one a minute later, that would be the only goal they managed in the game.  Miami dominated throughout the game, scoring twice more and moving on to the final.

The game gets underway at 7pm ET tonight on ESPN, or if you have Silverlight installed on your computer, you can listen to the game

It isn't football and it isn't basketball, but it still should be a great game.