ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Scott Matzka uttered the word "surreal" three times while we spoke on the phone.
This first time came in describing the emotions of assisting on the game-winning goal in the 1998 NCAA ice hockey championship game, which the University of Michigan won, 3-2, at 17:51 of the first overtime period at Boston's Fleet Center.
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"I picked up the puck in the (right) corner and kind of came out of the corner and made a pass to Chris Fox on the point," said Matzka of his teammate positioned on the other side of the ice and in front of Boston College goalie Scott Clemmensen.