CHICAGO – In 1993, one for the NCAA record books as a player; in 2017 a second as head coach.
Then add another asterisk for “Monty” and “Luko” – now joined at the record-setting hip.
Saturday night, former Maine Black Bear and Montreal native, Jim Montgomery, won his second national championship, this one behind the bench as coach of the Denver Pioneers in a dramatic 3-2 win over NCHC league rival Minnesota-Duluth.
On April 3, 1993, Montgomery played one of the most memorable periods in NCAA history, when Maine entered the third period down, 4-2, to Lake Superior State.