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...someone who grew up in the area what it means to play in the Beanpot. He'll grope for words, maybe mumble something about "pride" or "electricity in the air." Then, a pause. As a kid, he played street hockey every day in sub-freezing weather, using the curbs for boards and garbage cans or a Rube Goldberg wooden contraption for a net; made his parents wake up at four in the morning to shuttle him to some dingy arena when ice time is cheaper and the Pee Wee team can practice; stared transfixed as Bobby Orr led the Bruins...
...every February..two trips to the Garden. "It's the Beanpot," he says finally. "You know. What...
Dave Burke of Harvard grew up that way. "I dreamed about playing in the Beanpot all my life," he said this week, recalling that he had attended the tournament every year with his family "as far back as I can remember." Recruited heavily by local colleges and lured with free Beanpot tickets ("the seats got better and better"), Burke nonetheless decided to go to Notre Dame, which he "really dug." In fact, he had already completed the initial acceptance...
...then Harvard coach Billy Cleary started dangling the prospect of playing in the Beanpot instead of just watching it. Did Burke really want to spend four years in South Bend, Indiana, where the word "Beanpot" draws a blank stare instead of glazed eyes? He did not. "I'd sacrifice almost anything just to win a Beanpot," the sophomore center says...
Burke is not alone. The 28th Beanpot Tournament gets underway tonight with Northeastern shooting for the moon (B.U.) at 6 p.m., followed by this season's number one college hockey phenomenon, B.C., against a youthful but determined Harvard squad in the showcase contest at nine. The performances of the four traditional rivals so far this season run the gamut from the East's best (B.C.) to worst (Northeastern), but you can throw those out now. Grabbing the beans doesn't involve standings or records...