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The Beanpot 2013 It's Anyone's Game!

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Stack said:
This is why fans not rooting for BU or BC have quite frequently in the past few years expressed little or no interest in the Beanpot. It was a great tourney when we didn't see a BU/BC final every year and also when those teams didn't consistenly blow out Harvard and Northeastern.
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Counter point: it sells out every single year.
 
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Split-N said:
The BC/BU folks might not want to hear this but really, the long-term health of the Beanpot as a signature Boston institution depends on both Northeastern and Harvard once again becoming consistently competitive. Interest in the tournament was never as high or intense as it was in the '80s when all four teams were good, any of them could beat any of the others on any given night, and the pot was literally up for grabs. If interest has waned in recent years, it's because it has become semi-predictable.
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This is why fans not rooting for BU or BC have quite frequently in the past few years expressed little or no interest in the Beanpot. It was a great tourney when we didn't see a BU/BC final every year and also when those teams didn't consistenly blow out Harvard and Northeastern. Gees when Northeastern hasn't beaten BU since 1988 there is little to get excited about. Here's hoping that Harvard and Northeastern can get back to the competive teams from the 1980s so the Beanpot can once again be meaningful for those fans that do not root for BU or BC.
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You know Northeastern has gotten to the final now 3 out of the last 5 years beating all three of the other Beanpot teams to get there. Over the last 10 seasons, counting this one, bu and bc have only played in back to back finals once. NU has done their part, even playing well and coming close in the finals, so outside of not winning it they have been competitive, no matter how the lazy sports media here portrays it.

I mean, honestly, the final 2 years ago BC 7 NU 6 in OT was an amazing game. Probably one of the more riveting games I have even seen.
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ericredaxe said:
Actually last year (the opening round at least) did not sell out.
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not according to this. the last time a round didn't sell out was the 2001 final (I'm not sure if that is correct as the year before the final had the exact number in attendance so I'm not sure the deal. If that is the case those are counted as sellouts, then you would have to go back to the Blizzard of '78 to find a year that the beanpot didn't sell out.)
 
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walrus655321 said:
There have been quite a few Fenway sellouts recently. I checked Ticketmaster and there were a ton of tickets available as recently as last week.
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I think that what they are doing (including the fenway club) is counting the tickets that are sold to stubhub and acetickets as part of sales and the 'sellout', not who was actually in attendance.
 
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Chickens@NU said:
not according to this. the last time a round didn't sell out was the 2001 final (I'm not sure if that is correct as the year before the final had the exact number in attendance so I'm not sure the deal. If that is the case those are counted as sellouts, then you would have to go back to the Blizzard of '78 to find a year that the beanpot didn't sell out.)
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Did you mean to put up a link that I'm missing?

Last years opening round has 16005 listed in the box score as attendnance. http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2012/02/06/northeastern-vs-boston-college/

Did 1560 people buy tickets and not show? It is possible but does not seem likely.
 
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walrus655321 said:
There have been quite a few Fenway sellouts recently. I checked Ticketmaster and there were a ton of tickets available as recently as last week.
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I'm sure they're counting tickets sold but it's near impossible to judge total attendance when there is 1 ticket for 2 games.

Ex: It seemed like a fire drill was going on over in sections 306-308 around 7:45 :D
 
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Let's be honest, the biggest problem is Harvard. At least NU brings a big student population to the event. Harvard brings absolutely nothing.
 
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ericredaxe said:
Did you mean to put up a link that I'm missing?

Last years opening round has 16005 listed in the box score as attendnance. http://www.uscho.com/box/mens-hockey/2012/02/06/northeastern-vs-boston-college/

Did 1560 people buy tickets and not show? It is possible but does not seem likely.
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They probably learned that whole tickets sold thing from the Red Sox. Fenway was half empty at the end of last year and some how the sellout streak continues. So 1500+ not showing up is nothing compared to how the Sox twist their numbers.
 
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J.D. said:
Let's be honest, the biggest problem is Harvard. At least NU brings a big student population to the event. Harvard brings absolutely nothing.
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and westfield state brings ONE?

Hey Scarlet, you looking to unload a ticket or 2 for Monday's games... cheap?

I guess I mis named Satan's team as "Team February" a while back, huh?

how about "Team Better-Than-Maine-But-That-Ain't-Sayin'-Much"
 
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BrocktonNU said:
They probably learned that whole tickets sold thing from the Red Sox.
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Or from ND football, who count it as a sellout even if there are single tickets available. (The so-called home sellout streak for Irish football certainly came to an end in the 2007 game against Duke, if not before, though the ND athletic department came up with various rationalizations for not admitting it.)
 
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Photo I took of the non-handshake between Parker and Vinny:

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Even more awkward considering how few people were left in line. From what I did see, seems like he is close with a few BU players even though he never played with any of them.
 
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J.D. said:
Even more awkward considering how few people were left in line. From what I did see, seems like he is close with a few BU players even though he never played with any of them.
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this years sr class would have been freshmen vincent's last year (he left after his soph season).
 
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Split-N said:
The BC/BU folks might not want to hear this but really, the long-term health of the Beanpot as a signature Boston institution depends on both Northeastern and Harvard once again becoming consistently competitive. Interest in the tournament was never as high or intense as it was in the '80s when all four teams were good, any of them could beat any of the others on any given night, and the pot was literally up for grabs. If interest has waned in recent years, it's because it has become semi-predictable. This is not a knock on either BC or BU but it is an indictment of long-term incompetence and mismanagement in the athletic depts. of both N and H.

But now, the Huskies have KRoy and seem to have a promising inbound pipeline while the Crimson looked to be stepping up until the academic scandal hit. If I'm right in sensing progress being made, I sure hope nothing happens to blow it all up. The Beanpot deserves better.
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OMG, NU has beaten BU 3 straight!, We were the only team to beat BC, not once but twice in the last year and had 2 or 3 (1) goal losses during their nearly unbeaten streak and we handled Harvard with fair ease in December, however we can't beat anyone else, with loses to Bentley and poor wins against UAB-Huntsville. If you look more closely recently we have played the local rivals fairly tight most of the time, last year we went West and beat Mich, Minn, and ND twice. Then we loose to VT 3 times.We are in last and will need help to make the HE tounament.
 
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Rossi.. this is the Beanpot thread. For the HE thread take a left..
relax.

If we win the d@mn thing this season.. the the regular season (what's left of it).. forgaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat about it.

Wait (i said this yesterday).. if we win it, we'll never be able to forget this season, regardless of the rest of this season..!
:)
 
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The #3 BU women were just upset by Northeastern to join the men's team in the BU Invitational portion of this year's Beanpot
 
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