NCAA tournament preview: Who can stop Boston College?

This article is presented by Everything College Hockey

In a season full of highly impressive results, the opposing coaches' quotes about the quality of the Boston College Eagles' roster and performances piled up game after game.

One, more than any other I heard, is reflective of everything the No. 1 team in the country brings to the table.

BC coach Greg Brown told reporters after a 5-1 road win at UMass in February that the Minutemen did a good job of slowing them down in the early going. Apprised of this quote, UMass coach Greg Carvel was almost incredulous. 

"He thought we slowed them down?" Carvel asked. "Phew, I don't want to see them when they're going fast. That was the biggest factor. They're a talented team, and they can tic-tac it through the neutral zone like no other team that we've