ALBANY, N.Y. – Scott Clemmensen could see it coming from the other end of the ice because he has seen it so many times during practice at Boston College. Chuck Kobasew was closer to the play and had the same thought.

So they waited for Krys Kolanos to make the move.

"I was getting tired near the end of a shift so I gave it to him," Kobasew said. "I knew if he got around the defenseman he could pull off his move. He's so patient with the puck."

	Krys Kolanos, center, kisses the championship plaque after his goal in overtime gave Boston College its first national title in 52 years.

Kolanos took a pass from his linemate, drove hard around defenseman Aaron Schneekloth in the left faceoff circle, moved the puck from his backhand to his forehand as he skated through the slot and waited for North Dakota goaltender Karl Goehring to commit.

Goehring made what turned out to be a futile swipe at the puck with his stick, and Kolanos buried the game-winner at 4:43 of overtime to give Boston College a 3-2 win and its first national championship since 1949.

"It was quick transition in the neutral zone and Kobs gave it to me and I had some speed," Kolanos said. "The defense backed off a little bit so I was able to see what I had. I knew I had a step on him so that's why I wheeled around him wide and I was able to slide it under the tender's stick and tuck it home. He was close, he's a quick guy, but fortunately I got the best of him that time.

"That's a move I practice quite often and I guess I'd have to say that's my bread and butter."

In the postgame celebration, Clemmensen expressed a slight touch of frustration when describing what it's like to defend Kolanos' move.

"I hate it when he does it because it makes you so mad as a goalie," Clemmensen said. "He scores on me all the time in practice. When he got around the defenseman I knew he was going to do it. I've seen him do it before in games and he scores pretty much every time.

"That's a great move. You can't fault Goehring for trying to poke check on that move. The problem is Krys is so patient with the puck. He's so fluid. He's got that Mario Lemieux-type attitude where some people want to pull the trigger but he just waits, waits, waits and forces the goalie to make the first move and then he puts it in."

That's what he did to Goehring and the result prevented North Dakota from becoming the first repeat champion since Boston University in 1971 and 1972.

Adding some irony to the loss for UND is that Kolanos, a sophomore from Calgary, Alberta, and Kobasew, a freshman from Osoyoos, British Columbia, were both very close to wearing a Fighting Sioux sweater for their college careers. Each went to Grand Forks first during their recruiting visits but ultimately decided on Boston College.

"It got right down to the last weekend, either BC or North Dakota for both of them," North Dakota coach Dean Blais recalled. "It was just real tough to not get them because I knew they would be excellent college players and probably go on and play in the National Hockey League.

"To lose them to BC is probably better than losing to someone in our own league. But it still was tough to lose them."

Not that it's any consolation to Blais, but for his part, Kolanos said it was a tough decision.

"Those were my final two choices. It really could have gone either way. What kind of did it for me was the whole hockey culture at BC," Kolanos said. "I'm not saying North Dakota didn't have it, but at the time, BC was the right fit for me. It was a tough decision but I guess it was the right move."

Just ask Boston College.

David Albright is a senior editor at ESPN.com.