Word: beanpots
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Tonight's the night. With a win over the favored Boston College Eagles at Boston Garden, the Harvard hockey team can eclipse four years of waiting and a season of frustration by capturing the 29th annual Beanpot tournament...
...Beanpot play as well as the numbers do not bode well for Harvard. Though the squads are 8-8 overall, B.C. has taken four of five finals against the Crimson. Last year, in a stirring opening night battle, Harvard jumped out to a 3-0 first period lead against B.C. but the Eagles slowly but surely whittled away, and ultimately left the ice with...
...five years and also hopes to redeem last February's final round loss to Northeastern, giving the Huskies their first title ever. The Eagles, burned once, figure to hit the ice not cocky but confident, cognizant of the job to be done but still expectant of a well-earned Beanpot...
...Bright Center, just to show they could do it again, the icemen produced seven goals against St. Lawrence--four by freshman Phil Falcone and three by sophomore right wing Greg Olson, who now leads the team with 11. The win ended Harvard's seven game ECAC losing streak (Beanpot contests don't count in the standings). The Eagles, on the other hand, dropped a 5-2 decision to Providence Friday night at McHugh Forum. Chances are that it didn't do wonders for their confidence...
That's good for the icemen because on Sheehy's birthday this year--Monday night--they will be attempting to win Harvard's first Beanpot championship since 1977. Sheehy and his teammates will take the ice at 8 p.m. before an expected capacity crowd at the Boston Garden, and try to knock off a Boston College sextet, the team with the fewest losses in the country (two). The festivities start at 5 p.m. with the B.U. Northeastern consolation game, and, if Harvard wins, will continue well into the night, highlighted by the traditional concert on the Red Line...