Word: beanpots
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only banner that meant anything for me last night was the one that said "Beanpot Tournament Since 1952", and I was about one period late for the consolation game, so I needed get to work. I wasn't carrying my note pad and tape recorder for nothing...
...game, I could almost count the number of non-ushers in the building on one hand. One thing about Boston hockey fans--they know a lemon when they see one. Number three in the nation against number five is one thing; the dregs of Hockey East sloshing through the Beanpot consolation game is another...
...unfailingly accommodating to their fans. At earlier Bruin games this year, I had already met some of the great voices in hockey: Mike Emrick and Bill Clement (Flyers) Sam Rosen and John Davidson (Rangers), and Pat Foley and Dale Tallon (Blackhawks). So during the first break in the Beanpot final, it was up to the booth again, this time to meet Sean McDonough...
What common ground did Terrier and Crimson fans meet upon during the Beanpot finals? Well, we did get two unified groans last night--both connected with the NHI, scoreboard. The Bruins lost to Pittsburgh 4-0--that got a moan of disapproval. But it was the Ottawa-Buffalo score that was so surprising; 4-2 Senators, and the crowd chuckled in delight. Look out, Sabre fans--Ottawa is only 42 points from your fourth playoff spot in the Adams division...
...amazing what a coat, a tie, a steno pad and an attitude can do for you...just as I had snuck into the press room earlier, I got through security and onto the BU bench to watch Drury and Coach Ronn Tomassoni raise the Beanpot on high from up close...