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...Beanpot Hockey Tournament is in one sense an opportunity to determine which of the four Hub hockey teams is the best. But that's missing the point; the best teams never win--the worst one often does--and winning doesn't really seem to be the central feature of the competition...
What's at stake in the Beanpot is the respect of the common hockey community. Only once a year do the devoted gather together to pay tribute to a sport and a city and the result is a celebration that promises only...
There's nothing so special and so distinctive about the Beanpot Tournament as its emphasis on the positives of sport; the players are there to have fun, in a great old tradition-filled building, with the chance to dream perchance that one day they may return proudly clad in the sweater of a professional team...
...desire to earn neighborhood bragging rights by beating up the local bully is what the Beanpot tournament is all about...
...Beanpot is a notorious boon for underdogs, but this year, all four of the teams sport winning records and three of them--B.C., Harvard and Northeastern--are ranked in the top 10 in most national polls...