ALBANY, N.Y. – Frozen out no more.

Krys Kolanos scored at 4:43 of overtime as Boston College beat defending champion North Dakota 3-2 Saturday night to give the Eagles their second NCAA hockey championship and first in 52 years. It was BC's first title in any sport since the Eagles won their first hockey championship in 1949.

	In a Bobby Orr-esque celebration move, Krys Kolanos, center, is sent flying after scoring in overtime to give BC the national crown.

"To score the goal is just icing on the cake," said Kolanos, who took a pass from Chuck Kobasew at the left point and beat goalie Karl Goehring with a forehand shot as he skated across the crease. "That's a move I practice quite often. I guess you'd have to say it's my bread and butter."

The victory erased a mountain of frustration that had been building. The Eagles (33-8-2) were in their fourth straight Frozen Four, but the first three ended in defeat. After blowing a two-goal lead in the last five minutes of regulation, it looked like another heartbreaker in the making.

"Our first reaction was – I can't believe this is happening again," said Mike Lephart, whose goal midway through the second period had given BC its two-goal lead. "But we regrouped."

BC's recent run of bad luck began in 1998 with an overtime loss in the title game to Michigan, then there was an overtime loss to Maine in the 1999 semifinals, and last year's 4-2 loss to the Fighting Sioux in the title game. BC got the ultimate revenge by beating those three teams in succession in the playoffs this year.

"It's just a hard experience to describe," said BC coach Jerry York, who has resurrected the Eagles since taking over in 1994. "You almost have to go through it. We're close to grabbing it, and to see it just disappear in an eyelash. It talks about our mental toughness."

York, who coached Bowling Green to the national championship in 1984 at Lake Placid, joins Ned Harkness as the only Division I coaches to have won a national title with two schools. Harkness guided RPI to the 1954 title and Cornell to titles in 1967 and 1970.

North Dakota (29-8-9) was seeking to become the first repeat champion since Boston University in 1971-72. Instead, the Fighting Sioux saw their five-game winning streak in title games end.

"We've had some losses at North Dakota and I personally have cried after a game," North Dakota coach Dean Blais said. "It's a tough, tough loss. But with this loss, I thought what a character-type team and year we've had. Not a lot of balance, not a lot of depth. ... We forged on, worked hard and it almost got us another national title. I'm very happy for these guys."

Chuck Kobasew, a freshman who nearly chose to attend North Dakota, sent his long-suffering senior teammates on the road to victory with a power-play goal at 5:26 of the second period. After Lephart's goal at 8:50 and with the BC defense playing well in front of goalie Scott Clemmensen, victory seemed assured.

But the Sioux still had some fight.

"We weren't going to roll over and just give up," Blais said. "We got a little bit of a break with four minutes to go."

That break came after BC was penalized for having too many men on the ice with just over four minutes left. When Brian Gionta broke his stick, he went to the BC bench for another, but Voce thought he was coming off and jumped on the ice, causing the infraction.

With nothing to lose, Blais pulled Goehring, who had 29 saves, to give the Fighting Sioux a two-man advantage, and the move paid off when Tim Skarperud deflected Travis Roche's slap shot from the top of the slot past Clemmensen with 3:42 left.

Clemmensen, who finished with 34 saves, kept the Fighting Sioux at bay with a tremendous pad save on Ryan Bayda from point-blank range with 1:23 remaining and the North Dakota goal unguarded again.

But nothing ever has come easy for the Eagles, and this game would be no different. With Blais still in a gambling mood in the final minute, keeping Goehring on the bench, Lundbohm won a crucial faceoff in the BC end and got the puck back to the point to Aaron Schneekloth. His shot through a maze of players was deflected in by Wes Dorey with 36 seconds left and forced overtime.

"I had the feeling that we had the momentum going into overtime, but they came out strong," Dorey said. "That was the biggest goal of my career, but I knew that the job wasn't done."

Deflated but still not disheartened, BC pressed the attack in overtime.

"Everyone was down a little bit the first couple of minutes," Voce said. "But coach said, 'As bad as it feels now, just think about how good it's going to feel when you get off the ice.' Everyone was like, 'This is our year. We're not losing no matter what."