Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Beanpot 2009. In the inimitable words of local PA legend Jim Prior, the teams are ready … so let’s play hockey!

The TDBankNorthDunkinDonutsSullivanTireThunderDomeArena already houses a respectable quarter-capacity, no doubt bred in part by Boston University’s new No. 1 ranking in the poll. BU’s Dog Pound is out in all its candy-cane colored glory, and Harvard is well-represented by it’s two-dozen-piece band.

Crimson threw the first blow with a couple near-misses, but now it’s the Terriers on the power play and  the Crimson on their heels.