Saturday's Frozen Four title game (7 p.m. ET, ESPN) between Boston College (32-8-2) and North Dakota (29-7-9) is all that's standing in the way of Eagles' first national championship since 1949.

The high-powered Eagles are the highest scoring team in the nation at better than four goals a game, and they are 25-0 when scoring four or more goals – so the offense wouldn't appear to be in question.

The question is whether goalie Scott Clemmensen (29-7-2, 2.13, .913 save percentage) can come up with the result that has eluded him in these critical situations.

He's lost three close games in the Frozen Four: a pair of overtime losses to Michigan (3-2) and Maine (2-1), plus last year's 4-2 title-game loss to North Dakota that included an empty-netter at the end.

"Our objective is to win national championships, and we have not done that the last three years," coach Jerry York said. "We've been real close to winning that thing three times in a row. It's not that we've been here and been overmatched.

"We're within eyelashes of being a three-repeat going for a fourth this season."

That's little consolation to Clemmensen, who has been a big reason why BC has advanced to its fourth consecutive Frozen Four but who has also had to shoulder much of the blame for the Eagles going home without a title in the first three.

Clemmensen has avenged two of his season-ending losses by beating Maine and Michigan so far in the NCAA Tournament. All that's left is North Dakota, and it doesn't matter if it's a highlight-worthy performance as long as the final result has BC on the winning side.

"I'm happy with the way I've played, but I'd trade it for a championship," Clemmensen said. "I don't care about the score. It could be 10-9, I don't care. I just want to win.

"I really believe it's only a matter of time before we break through."

And his teammates believe Clemmensen can carry BC to that final goal of the season.

"Clem is the glue to our team. Most of the success we've had this year is directly attributed to Clem," senior assistant captain Bobby Allen said. "He's probably one of the most underrated kids in the country. He doesn't get a lot of the credit he deserves. But he gets credit from his teammates, we all know how special he is to our club.

"We call him Mr. March on our team because his record speaks for itself. It would be nice for him to go out on top, we really want to get that win for him. Getting the big one for Clem is definitely one of our goals."

Over his four years at BC, Clemmensen is 26-1-1 in the month of March, but his April numbers (3-3) pale by comparison. In NCAA Tournament play, Clemmensen is now the all-time saves leader with 133, and he's tied with Michigan's Marty Turco for the most wins (nine).

"For this group of guys, everyone knows that's our last goal of the season to accomplish and we have a chance to do that Saturday night," senior captain Brian Gionta said. "And every championship game we've been in we haven't lost it so far this year."

Saturday night will mark the fourth championship game for the Eagles this season. In addition to the Beanpot and Hockey East tournaments, BC also won the season-opening Maverick Stampede in October.

Three down. The biggest goal still to go. In more ways than one.

David Albright is a senior editor at ESPN.com.