April 12, 2024
BC Personifies Season-Long Mantra in Frozen Four Win
by Avash Kalra/Senior Writer (@AvashKalra)
(photo: Rich Gagnon)
SAINT PAUL, Minn. Maybe there aren’t too many similarities between college hockey games in the year 2024 and ancient Roman warfare in the time of Mark Antony.
Then again, maybe there are.
The top overall seed Boston College Eagles shut down Michigan, 4-0, in the national semifinals on Thursday night. Before and after the game, as they have all season, they wore t-shirts with the text ‘SHIELDS UP’ displayed on the back. It’s in place of a nameplate, and in the spirit of a ‘team-first’ mentality, that’s fitting.
Over 2000 years ago, the testudo or tortoise formation was a shield wall formation used by Roman legions in…
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