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Read the last sentence of my post.
is the NU/BU game. The 2019 Beanpot would merit its own thread if the four Hub teams collectively had more than a dozen fans. Remember, “water polo is no longer just a California sport.” . . . . Oh, sorry! I must have been listening to the IVY intermission PR. That stuff gets in your head. All about student-athletes, ya know?
Harvard with two needed conference gimmes this weekend, with more or less a full bench (Tresca still out). KDR not dressed today, but two goals yesterday, Reddington. The other great thing about the Yale game was watching Petrie almost complete a 720 around the opponent’s goal. I think she’s going to be the Crimson’s next Pucci, as far as exciting end-to-end puck carrying goes, regardless of position. In any case, a much-needed tune-up for the opening round of the Beanpot, coming Tuesday to an Allston rink near you!
What once looked like chopped liver for Northeastern now has the makings of a pretty compelling tournament. Someone will know when three nationally-ranked teams last appeared in the Beanpot. The main event is Harvard/BC (the same BC that’s “always on the rise” according to the wonderful line by the otherwise colorless color guy). The undercard
(I think the Beanpot usually brings out all the bands, but Harvard’s won’t expect as many sieve opportunities as today, so who knows?)
In 2015, BC was No. 1, Harvard was No. 4, and BU was No. 6 (and Northeastern had Coyne). The next year, BC was No.1, Northeastern was No. 5, and Harvard was receiving votes. Both the Crimson and the Terriers had been ranked earlier in the year.
-one. I’ll leave it to T3 to tell us what version of BC showed up (were you there?) but the Harvard they played was not # 23, 24 or 25 in the nation. It was a healthy, rejuvenated team, undeterred by the prospect of high-flying Eagles, and skating with relentless determination. It wasn’t “grit,” because you never felt that they felt down. It was not all pretty, plenty of gaffs for a team that could finish to pounce on, but Reed was very pretty, the D increasingly confident, and the forwards not afraid to make plays when there didn’t appear to be any to be made. And when you do that, you SCORE! The Crimson were doing the flying tonight. The handwriting that was on the wall at 19:18 of the first period was erased at 8:10 of the second, and then just kept getting edited. One, two, three, fourrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
(A number of freshmen parents from far and wide were at Bright to experience their first Beanpot. Very gratifying.)
I don't know where this stat comes from. Yes, Harvard has a tie with Princeton, a top-10 team. The other two ties were with UNH, who hasn't been ranked this year, and SLU, who was long since done being ranked by late January when Harvard played the Saints. The announcers last night kept mentioning the two ties with Wisconsin. Those games were tied heading into OT, but not after OT. So I don't know what the 0-6-2 should really be, but there's only one tie.
