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Silk achieved a little more than just skating on to the hallowed ice. In the six games of his Beanpot career--Silk had to skip his senior year to play on the Olympic team--he connected for 12 points, a total which puts him in the top-15 all-time Beanpot scorers. Of course, playing on two tourney-winning teams isn't a bad dividend either...
...really do miss it," Silk says. Not playing in the Beanpot in order to play in the Olympics and the pros may not be the ultimate sacrifice, but there were good times in the tournament...
...while not exactly meteoric, has been rapid. Three seasons of respectable play at Northeastern for the bruising six-ft, 200-lb. winger brought 20 goals, 24 assists and a list of bonecrunching checks you couldn't fit on a roll of adding machine paper. They didn't bring much Beanpot distinction for Nilan, whose tournament achievements include missing the final game of the 1978 Beanpot while sitting out a suspension for a fight at Colgate, getting four penalties in another Beanpot outing, and going pro in the Huskies' only victorious year...
...have any Beanpot memories I really cherish," Nilan says, shifting conversation toward some of his other collegiate performances. But when he speaks of the whole tournament, beyond his own record in it, the West Roxbury native voices feelings for it that echo Silk's: "The Beanpot itself is a great tournament. I feel it's the greatest one in the country, with all its tradition and everything." And, like Silk, he says he grew up eagerly awaiting the day he would get to skate out on the Garden...
...life after the Beanpot, the Canadiens sent Nilan to their Nova Scotia farm team in 1979 to hone his skills and then called upon his services in February of that year. He has remained in the NHL ever since. He saw regular action last year, but this year has played sporadically. Yet, when he talks about his stats, you know they are as respectable and by intimidating...