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Third-ranked (yep, No. 3!) Northeastern against No. 12 Boston College. The Eagles are the home team in this one, so they’ll get the last change and — more importantly — wear the flattering whites. They saved the best for last tonight, from the national anthem singer (stylistically solid, aesthetically stunning, and most importantly, considerately brief) … Read more
With time expiring … or expired … Alex Biega ripped a shot right through Millan. The entire arena went nuts, understandably: BU fans thought they’d won (one ref signaled no goal, with review pending). Harvard (a.k.a. Northeastern and the slowly emerging Boston College) fans cheered out of incredulous hope and surprise … … but when … Read more
Can this game get any more dramatic? The Terrier power play worked the umbrella for a couple bids, then fed it back outside for Jason Lawrence. The senior winger ripped the wide-open shot from the top of the left-wing circle over Hoyle’s glove. The normally pass-happy Lawrence changed it up a bit, and the white-clad … Read more
P.O. Michaud (mee-SHOW) scored for the third straight game, and this one was a doozie. Now tied again at three, there are 130 seconds of regulation play left to decide who advances to the finals … and who plays the dreaded “Early Game” next week. Of all people, Harvard captain Jimmy Fraser sits for a … Read more
The players on the ice may have just been victimized by the actions of their faithful. Mere minutes after the Dogs broke the draw — and the fans jeered their early-arriving Northeastern counterparts in a confoundingly crass and offensive manner — Harvard put the Scarlet & White butts back in their seats with a Pier-Olivier … Read more
… BU fans demonstrate that they, too, have no class. Moments after their Terriers broke the deadlock, the Dog Pound felt they had to rub it into their antagonizing NU neighbors as only the brightest students in Beantown could: “F*** you Huskies” is not an appropriate celebratory chant. It’s downright embarrassing, and on an internationally … Read more
Harvard netminder Matt Hoyle just made an off-balance trapper save on BU superstar Colin Wilson’s whiffling snapshot. The Terriers appear to be turning it on once more, not surrendering a Harvard shot in a number of minutes. And the Crimson crack: Zach Cohen curled in hard from the left-wing boards, and wristed a puck past … Read more
Terrier sophomore Joe Pereira just got plowed head/shoulder-first into the boards low to Hoyle’s right by junior defenseman Ian Tallett. The play looked awful in real-time, the contact itself looked punishable, and yet the stripes pocketed their whistles. Human error is what it is, but when there is such a universal outcry against hits to … Read more
Apart from the Yip minor and the growing restlessness of the natives in the stands, precious little has occurred in the third period. Apparently there have been five shots registered in the third, but for the life of me I can’t recall any of them.
… the festivities at the end of the second frame never would’ve happened. No, not the tussle; that’s just hockey. I’m talking about what has become an overlooked tradition of sorts in college hockey: the post-period goalie support group. Most teams, BU included, have emptied their benches at the final buzzer and taken to the … Read more
As the second period expires and each team holding deuces, some tempers flared against the Harvard half-boards. A half-dozen players mixed it up a bit — this being college hockey and everyone wearing cages, you knew it wouldn’t amount to anything Lucic-like in the Garden — but it’s good to see that this isn’t mere … Read more
No, the score hasn’t changed, but the teams just traded practically identical opportunities. First, BU nearly parlayed a 3×2 rush into the tie-breaking goal, but then Harvard nearly did the same thing in a proceeding 2×1. Someone in the Northeastern section just declared in no uncertain terms (or volume), “this is so boring!” Somebody get … Read more
Shutout? Matt Hoyle and his Harvard Crimson might be lucky to force overtime. Bonino scored his second goal in two minutes, deftly toe-dragging the puck past overcommitted Hoyle and knotting the game at two apiece … though calling it an uphill climb for Harvard is likely an understatement. As I move to press “publish”, the … Read more
And just like that, the journalistic jinx kills Hoyle’s shutout. With 7:47 on the board, senior captain John McCarthy spun a feed from the left-wing corner up soph Nick Bonino, standing just inside the left-wing dot. The center popped the one-timer home past the butterflied goalie, bringing the building to a seat-rattling roar. Gut check … Read more
… chant the heady Huskies to their BU counterparts. And with good cause: coach Teddy Donato’s Crimson are dodging every wrench, arrow, and kitchen sink that the Terriers have thrown their way. This game looks like it could break open at any moment, but so far so good for the Cantabridgians and their erstwhile cohorts … Read more
… so go the fans. While Harvard doesn’t bring enough to speak of, the NU representatives have taken to informing BU icon Sasquatch (hirsute alumnus Brian Zive) that he sucks, and co-opted a couple traditional BU chants/cheers to the dismay of the neighbors. And there’s the first “let’s go Harvard” chant of the evening. Hint: … Read more
Finally healthy on a consistent basis, Terrier senior forward Brandon Yip has had an outstanding year as the big-bodied power forward on this well-rounded squad. Unfortunately for BU, he won’t be of any help for the next two minutes. Harvard is back on the power play.
About forty shots in, and Harvard breaks Millan (1.47 goals-against average/.937 save percentage) once more. I think it’s safe to say that the Crimson aren’t star-struck by the top team in the nation.
On a side note (and isn’t that what blogs are for?), Harvard’s band has improved by about a light year since I attended my first Beanpot nine years back. Once ripe fodder for playing stuff you’d hear at a Renaissance Faire, they have caught up culturally. Well, enough, anyhow. (They’re playing Britney Spears’ “Poison” at … Read more
With the final seconds of the period winding away, the Dogs have really turned it on. A half dozen “OHHH”s and “AWWW”s emanate from the candy stripers, and to make matters worse, Harvard’s Alex Biega took a hit to the lower body (as I’m sure we’ll hear it described) and slowly limped his way off … Read more