A long time ago in a past life of mine, a coach once told me that the journey defines championship teams better than wins and losses.
Playing for Boston College hockey means playing with national championship expectations and aspirations every season. Given the events of their respective offseasons, however, tempered analysts' and experts' thoughts about the Eagles. This was going to be the year, they said, that BC would go quietly into the night, a one-year respite from a maroon and gold colored national radar.
Instead, BC became a factor straight up until the bitter end. The women's team won both the Beanpot and Hockey East, the latter in dramatic overtime fashion (twice!