It was four days after the fact and Brian Dumoulin’s feet were still hovering above the ground.

And why shouldn’t they?

After all, having most of his young life in pursuit of a Frozen Four championship, why not allow the Boston College freshman a few days to savor and celebrate the one he and his Golden Eagles teammates captured

Saturday night in Detroit.

“I don’t think I’ll ever come down,” said the former Biddeford High standout, speaking by phone from the BC campus. “We want to go out there and try to win it again. That one last game meant our whole season. Every game that we played. Every practice. That’s what we worked for. It’s just good to know that we came out victorious.”

Not that BC’s 5-0 win over highly favored Wisconsin was a tap in. The Golden Eagles clung to a slim 1-0 lead for two periods, then

exploded for four goals in the third to put away their second championship in three years, and third in the last 10.

Dumoulin said that as the game wore on, the feeling among the Eagles was that victory was inevitable.

“I was waiting for it,” he said. “We had scored so many goals during the season that we knew that sometime, we were going to have an explosion. That’s what we had done during the season. Score goal after goal after goal. It was just an awesome game, and I’ll remember it for the rest of my life.”

It may have been easier for Dumoulin to stay in the moment while working the puck up the ice at Ford Field, than for the horde of

supporters who made the trip from Biddeford to cheer him on.

“It was the most nervous I have ever been for Brian playing a game of hockey,” said Dumoulin’s father, Pete. “I wanted it bad for him but more for the seniors. Looking at them you realize how quick four years go by and college is done for them. We were too close not to get one more for them so they can end on top.”

Dumoulin already knew something about finishing on top, having been part of championship teams ”“ two with Biddeford, one with the New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs ”“ in the previous three years.

But this, this was something else.

When the final horn sounded and the Eagles flew into one big pile, Dumoulin said he was left speechless.

“I didn’t know what to say,” he said. “It was just amazing to look around and just everyone on the team’s faces. How excited they were. We had such a good team, such good leadership, such good coaching, that it

was just awesome to look around and see. My brothers on that team, just smiling and hugging after we had just done what we had wanted to.”

The waves of emotion that roiled on the ice were matched by those felt by Dumoulin’s mother, Deb.

“When I saw Brian in the celebration mob,” she said, “I was just in awe that he won another championship. Four in four years.  I watched him stand back from the crowd of boys and take it all in just like he did after the high school state championships. I am just overwhelmed by the how much Brian has thrived at Boston College in such a short time athletically, academically and spiritually.”

In the wake of the Eagles’ triumph, Dumoulin said that he was inundated with congratulatory text messages, many of them from his old stomping grounds.

He said that having such overwhelming support from his home town meant a great deal to him.

“I played for Biddeford High School for three years,” he said. “I developed a relationship with the city, and won two state championships there. We helped the program there.”

Dumoulin finished the season with a plus-40 rating, tops among all college players in the country, and was also named to the Frozen Four All-Tournament team.

“It’s great to be recognized,” he said, “but I couldn’t do it without the other 23 guys on the team. Individual (honors) reflect how the team plays.”

— Contact Staff Writer Dan Hickling at dhickling@journaltribune.com.