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Women's Beanpot 2013 -- The Year's Only Competitive Beanpot

TonyTheTiger20

TonyTheTiger20

#SOAR
A few observations:

1) To Harvard, BU, and NU: I hate you, your goalies are sieves, and you have inferior hockey teams.

End of observations.

No but seriously has there ever been a more highly anticipated Beanpot in terms of competitiveness, men's OR women's?

Anyone know if BC will have Skarupa back? I haven't heard a thing.
 
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Can't wait to see tonight's polls. Last week's poll showed three Beanpot teams in the top four nationally, with NU at #11. The SLU tie may drop Harvard to #5, which after all is where it has been in RPI, Rutter and other statistical measures recently, but even so, three teams in the top five is awfully good.

Unprecedented, though...does anyone know?
 
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Yes, I'm pretty sure 2,3,5, and 11 represents the highest average ranking ever for the four teams, and I'm positive 2,3,and 5 is the best for the top three, and that 2 and 3 is the best for the top two. In the era since all four teams were varsity, you always had more WCHA teams at the top of the polls to keep that average down. And in seasons when Harvard was No. 1 like 1999, 2000, 2003, and 2008, the other teams weren't that good -- and 2008 was a bit of anomaly in that sense.

I'd argue the best Beanpot field to date was two years ago, when both BU and BC made the Frozen Four, and BU placed better in the NCAA tournament (2nd) than in the Beanpot. Last year is probably the best win percentage of the four teams, since they were all pretty solid -- top three in Hockey East and #2 in the ECAC.
 
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TonyTheTiger20 said:
A few observations:

1) To Harvard, BU, and NU: I hate you, your goalies are sieves, and you have inferior hockey teams.

End of observations.

No but seriously has there ever been a more highly anticipated Beanpot in terms of competitiveness, men's OR women's?

Anyone know if BC will have Skarupa back? I haven't heard a thing.
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Grant...aka TTT...you should really base your comments on actual hockey knowledge, not BC school spirit. (not saying supporting your Alma Mater is a bad thing) and Skarupa sufferd a separated shoulder..likely not making public the extent of the injury for a reason..if not serious..she is likely on the mend for more important contests at the season end ..if there is damage..being a freshman, it's likely up to her doctors, parents, trainer and coaching staff to decide on the best course of action for her health and future
 
myStuff said:
Grant...aka TTT...you should really base your comments on actual hockey knowledge, not BC school spirit. (not saying supporting your Alma Mater is a bad thing)
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Aw lighten up, this is my tame side :p

The Beanpot is not about hockey knowledge. It is about BEATING THOSE OTHER BOSTON TEAMS and making sure they know darn well that BC owns them.
 
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TonyTheTiger20 said:
A few observations:

1) To Harvard, BU, and NU: I hate you, your goalies are sieves, and you have inferior hockey teams.

End of observations.

No but seriously has there ever been a more highly anticipated Beanpot in terms of competitiveness, men's OR women's?

Anyone know if BC will have Skarupa back? I haven't heard a thing.
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May the odds never be in your favor.

Tomorrow will be interesting. I think bc will roll over Harvard. Then in primetime I could se NU skating by bu. IT will depend on which NU team shows up. Both of the last two contests at bu were close and were lost in a short period of sloppiness.

Is anyone else going? Or are you all relying on our free streaming?
 
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NUWH DogHouse said:
May the odds never be in your favor.

Tomorrow will be interesting. I think bc will roll over Harvard. Then in primetime I could se NU skating by bu. IT will depend on which NU team shows up. Both of the last two contests at bu were close and were lost in a short period of sloppiness.

Is anyone else going? Or are you all relying on our free streaming?
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I hate to waste the free streaming, but alas, I will forgo it for the live event. See ya there~
 
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Should be a doozy, with no real favorite.
 
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TonyTheTiger20 said:
Aw lighten up, this is my tame side :p

The Beanpot is not about hockey knowledge. It is about BEATING THOSE OTHER BOSTON TEAMS and making sure they know darn well that BC owns them.
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:D haha ...OK..from a real hockey point of view..I do believe Harvard is over rated and NU isn't in the same ball park as the rest of the pack ;)
 
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myStuff said:
:D haha ...OK..from a real hockey point of view..I do believe Harvard is over rated and NU isn't in the same ball park as the rest of the pack ;)
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I'm not sure I'd call Harvard "overrated" ... they seem about right where they are in 5th, behind Cornell but ahead of the rest of the pack.

Northeastern is definitely a step behind, especially lately as they've had some injury issues and I believe are missing a goalie (I think?) who is playing in Europe at the moment.
 
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TonyTheTiger20 said:
I'm not sure I'd call Harvard "overrated" ... they seem about right where they are in 5th, behind Cornell but ahead of the rest of the pack.

Northeastern is definitely a step behind, especially lately as they've had some injury issues and I believe are missing a goalie (I think?) who is playing in Europe at the moment.
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We have a forward in Europe qualifying the Czechs for Sochi. And yes some injuries.

Though I vehemently disagree with the statement we aren't in the same league as the other teams. We have played bu close twice in a row at their house and the games against bc while definitely wins for bc were closer than the scores showed.
 
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NUWH DogHouse said:
We have a forward in Europe qualifying the Czechs for Sochi. And yes some injuries.

Though I vehemently disagree with the statement we aren't in the same league as the other teams. We have played bu close twice in a row at their house and the games against bc while definitely wins for bc were closer than the scores showed.
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I don't have any ties to either BC or NU however, I did watch their last match up...from a completely unbiased point of view..NU didn't have a prayer ..sorry if that does follow your thinking but it is an honest unbiased hockey knowledge based opinion
 
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myStuff said:
I don't have any ties to either BC or NU however, I did watch their last match up...from a completely unbiased point of view..NU didn't have a prayer ..sorry if that does follow your thinking but it is an honest unbiased hockey knowledge based opinion
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I'm assuming you mean BU? I watched that game too, and I don't know what you were watching. BU didn't dominate that game by any stretch of the imagination.

http://hockeyeastonline.com/women/boxes13.php?wbu_noe1.f02
 
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TonyTheTiger20 said:
I'm not sure I'd call Harvard "overrated" ... they seem about right where they are in 5th, behind Cornell but ahead of the rest of the pack.
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The difference between BC, BU, Cornell and Harvard is fairly small. While I have been on the Harvard bandwagon as the ECAC team to beat since early season play, was impressed with the Big Red when I saw them live recently. A vastly improved squad since the start of the season. Either way this years Beanpot is extremely hard to predict, and will have significant impact on which teams will be home seeds for the NCAA tourney.

TonyTheTiger20 said:
Northeastern is definitely a step behind, especially lately as they've had some injury issues and I believe are missing a goalie (I think?) who is playing in Europe at the moment.
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That Goalie you are "thinking off" is most likely the Swiss player that was a senior LAST season. This season, their main goaler is from La Belle Province, aka Quebec, Canada.
 
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OnMAA said:
That Goalie you are "thinking off" is most likely the Swiss player that was a senior LAST season. This season, their main goaler is from La Belle Province, aka Quebec, Canada.
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Trying to figure out all of the various ways that TTT is thinking off is a hopeless task.
 
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myStuff said:
I do believe Harvard is over rated
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Haven't they been for the last several years?

I'll be watching the games especially to see Harvard who I haven't yet seen this year...I've seen the others. Not anticipating being impressed by Harvard but will be glad if I am.

Am anticipating once again being impressed with Northeastern's excellent video quality!
 
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Blackbeard said:
Not anticipating being impressed by Harvard but will be glad if I am.
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I was impressed by Harvard the one time I watched the Crimson play, but that was against Northeastern and the Huskies have since proved themselves incapable of beating anyone from Boston.
 
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