Word: beanpots
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...witching hour, half of them shouting and half of them scowling, and all of them loud and ready to fight. They know that at one of the 200 campuses that dot the metropolitan area, it will be a long night, a long, loud night. That's what The Beanpot...
...Chris Nilan about The Beanpot. He's a former Husky defenseman who happened to play a great game during last year's classic. He's traded in his red and white uniform for rouge, bleu and blanc. Now, Nilan skates for the Montreal Canadiens, one of a dozen NHL clubs that send scouts to the Garden every February. That's what The Beanpot...
...tonight. They'll tell you that, sure, they'd like to make the playoffs, and, yeah, they'd love to win the ECACs. But the top sporting event in town is tonight, brother. Ask Fusco. Ask O'Dwyer. The season begins and ends... That's what The Beanpot...
There is certainly a case for The Beanpot as the top sports event in the city. Nothing else, not the Celtics, not the Bruins, not the Red Sox or Patriots, not even The Game matches the action of the Beanpot final, year after year. The Celtics and Bruins can miss the playoffs, the Sox and Pats can fall flat and be out of it midway through the season. But throw four college hockey teams together before the inevitable packed house twice every February, and grown men cry, babies shriek, mature college students from prestigious Eastern institutions scream, swept...
...once-a-year night. It's The Party, The Prom, The Carnival, The Game, The Event. It's the Dancing-in-the-Streets Night, the Crying-in-your-Beer Night, the night when, for six hours, Boston becomes a hockey jamboree. It's The Beanpot. See you on the T, sports...