Boston College Athletics
BC Celebrates 2012 NCAA Hockey Title
April 10, 2012 | Men's Hockey
April 10, 2012
Boston College celebrated its 2012 national hockey championship with a parade and celebration on the Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill plaza on Tuesday, April 10.
The Eagles boarded five trolleys outside Conte Forum. Led by BC's marching band and cheerleaders, the parade went a reverse route through lower campus to Commonwealth Avenue before taking a left onto Linden Lane to O'Neill Plaza for the ceremony.
Each of the program's five national championships were acknowledged chronologically and represented on Tuesday.
University President Fr. William P. Leahy, S.J., U.S. Senator John Kerry and Newton Mayor Setti Warren each addressed the crowd.
Ed Casey, Len Ceglarski, Walt Delory, Fran Harrington and Giles Threadgold, were present to represent the 1949 team that captured BC's first national championship with a 4-3 win over Dartmouth in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Bobby Allen, Justin Dziama, Tim Kelleher and Brett Petersoneach were in attendance to represent the 2001 national championship team that defeated North Dakota 3-2 in overtime in Albany, N.Y.
Kyle Kucharski, Andrew Orpik and manager Kenny Ryan each were in attendance to represent the 2008 team that captured the school's third national championship with a 4-1 win over Notre Dame in Denver, Colo.
Cam Atkinson, Matt Lombardi and Ben Smith each were in attendance to represent the 2010 team that captured the school's fourth national championship with a 5-0 win over Wisconsin in Detroit, Mich.
