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Beanpot LXV - Does Anything Else Even Matter?

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Thiessen'sBetter said:
Haven't watched Harvard much this year, they're clearly a very good team, but how in the hell did you lose to RPI 4-0? It'd be cool with that team showing up on Monday.
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Harvard has an elite top six and some excellent defenders, but doesn't have much scoring depth and has gotten lackluster goaltending at times (though Madsen has been terrific in recent games, to be fair). They are capable of dominating games and overwhelming opponents - they account for 55.5% of even strength shots in their games, which is one of the best figures in the country - but have been inconsistent (a hallmark of the Donato era, according to some of their posters here).

In fact, you can look at their games against two of the other Boston schools as evidence of this: They pretty thoroughly beat BC, 5-2, before losing to BU 5-3 in a game BU controlled for the most part. I saw them in person for the first time this year last weekend and was impressed (as always) with their speed, cycling ability, and propensity to hold Brown and Yale to taking mostly perimeter and low danger shots.

I wouldn't be surprised to see them win the Beanpot. I also wouldn't be surprised to see them lose to Northeastern.
 
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kdiff77 said:
Harvard has an elite top six and some excellent defenders, but doesn't have much scoring depth and has gotten lackluster goaltending at times
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That sounds like a great description of Northeastern if you change "lackluster" to "horrendous".
 
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That BC-Harvard score was a little misleading. A closer game than that. Fell apart for a few minutes for BC in the 3rd. Regardless, I think Harvard killed BC at Conte a couple years ago and still lost to them in the Pot. I won't believe in Harvard until they actually do it. The good news for both of those teams is they will only have to beat either BC or BU and not both. Not that that has mattered in the past 20+ years.
 
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kdiff77 said:
This will be my sixth straight year going to the Beanpot as a neutral. Always a great time! Hoping to see a BU-Harvard final, as those are the two most fun teams to watch IMO. I won't be upset if NU makes the final, however, as their fans always come out in force and create an awesome atmosphere that really elevates the experience.

Let's hope the snow doesn't ruin everything (again).
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BC brings twice as many fans as Northeastern OR BU, in fact, the past couple years we've had even more than 2 X their student sections but yet you say you've been to 6 straight? What were you looking at? You'll have another chance to count the sections Monday. We had 8 last year compared to barely 3 for BU and a full 3 for NU (first night)
 
sterlippo1 said:
BC brings twice as many fans as Northeastern OR BU, in fact, the past couple years we've had even more than 2 X their student sections but yet you say you've been to 6 straight? What were you looking at? You'll have another chance to count the sections Monday. We had 8 last year compared to barely 3 for BU and a full 3 for NU (first night)
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We're doing this again? Possible snow in the forecast and a student section measuring contest, I just need an article about how this is finally NU's year, a Sasquatch sighting and a BC fan talking about "trophy season" for bingo!
 
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sterlippo1 said:
BC brings twice as many fans as Northeastern OR BU, in fact, the past couple years we've had even more than 2 X their student sections but yet you say you've been to 6 straight? What were you looking at? You'll have another chance to count the sections Monday. We had 8 last year compared to barely 3 for BU and a full 3 for NU (first night)
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..someone get him a tissue.. quick
:)
 
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Thiessen'sBetter said:
We're doing this again? Possible snow in the forecast and a student section measuring contest, I just need an article about how this is finally NU's year, a Sasquatch sighting and a BC fan talking about "trophy season" for bingo!
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This is definitely NU's year!!
 
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sterlippo1 said:
BC brings twice as many fans as Northeastern OR BU, in fact, the past couple years we've had even more than 2 X their student sections but yet you say you've been to 6 straight? What were you looking at? You'll have another chance to count the sections Monday. We had 8 last year compared to barely 3 for BU and a full 3 for NU (first night)
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Still the quietest section. Does it count as the largest section if you don't know they're there? NU brings the loudest and most involved students.
 
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BC's Beanpot section was 15k last year. Anyone saying otherwise is dealing in Alternative Facts.
 
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The only thing i want to see in the beanpot is an actual student section for harvard. Although it is funny seeing some of the BU and NU dregs come together when harvard plays BC and mosh pit it up near the harvard band.
 
sterlippo1 said:
BC brings twice as many fans as Northeastern OR BU, in fact, the past couple years we've had even more than 2 X their student sections but yet you say you've been to 6 straight? What were you looking at? You'll have another chance to count the sections Monday. We had 8 last year compared to barely 3 for BU and a full 3 for NU (first night)
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Northeastern brought 10 sections of students to the 2015 final. I know, because I sat in the midst of it (purely by accident; they took over the section where my seats were).

I have no idea why you came to pick a fight when all I said was that a final involving Northeastern and one of BC and BU would have a better atmosphere than one with Harvard. Get lost.
 
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kdiff77 said:
Northeastern brought 10 sections of students to the 2015 final. I know, because I sat in the midst of it (purely by accident; they took over the section where my seats were).

I have no idea why you came to pick a fight when all I said was that a final involving Northeastern and one of BC and BU would have a better atmosphere than one with Harvard. Get lost.
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Northeastern brought 10 sections of students to the 2015 final.
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I sat underneath that balcony. They were definitely rockin'. ;)
 
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