A return trip to the NCAA Division III championships, a pre-season goal of the men's ice hockey team, didn't materialize, but Colby fans couldn't have been more proud of what the Mules delivered--the first ECAC championship since the 1965-66 season, clinched with a 3-2 win over Bowdoin. Even though the team was only 4-4 after its first eight games, the championship came as no surprise to sophomore goalie Jason Cherella (Onset, Mass.), whose 27 saves in the final game earned him tournament MVP honors. "Everybody on the team knew we could do it," he said. "It was a matter of everyone coming together at the same time." First-period goals by senior Todd McGovern (Toms River, N.J.) and sophomore Terry Flynn (Scituate, Mass.) put Colby ahead after Bowdoin's early 1-0 lead. Midway through the third period, senior defenseman Bob Doak (Wayzata, Minn.), who had only two goals during the regular season, went the length of the ice and beat two Bowdoin defenders to score the game-winning goal. Other highlights of the 19-7-1 season included a 5-4 victory at Bowdoin--the Mules' first win in Dayton Arena since 1968. And senior Dan Lavergne (Bellingham, Mass.) joined the best Division I, II and III players on the ECAC-Hockey East All-Star team. Lavergne also was selected to play in the ECAC-East Division III All-Star game along with Doak and senior Nick Lamia (St. Louis, Mo.).