The Beanpot is here! Tonight, Monday night at 8pm, the Huskies take on the bu terriers in the 1st round. If ever there is a showcase in NU futility, this is it. The Beanpot is an annual 4 team tournament in Boston, the biggest college hockey tournament of the year other than the NCAAs. Northeastern has not won this 4 team tournament since 1988. That's 27 consecutive times our cross town rivals have held this trophy over our heads.
Every year we believe we will win, and every year we don't. This tournament means a LOT to Northeastern, and the day we win again will be a giant party on campus.
As much as Northeastern could be a basketball school, as much money as there is in basketball and TV revenue, and exposure to mainstream sports media, Northeastern remains a hockey school to this day. We pack thousands of students into the arena every year, and are LOUD. Maybe I'm biased, but Northeastern fans are the loudest every single year, there's so much passion and built up desperation to finally win this thing again.
You an check out a couple clips of recent Beanpot championships:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v65Vu4T1_qg&t=2m6s (vs a #1 bu team that is arguably the best in college hockey history)
And well, now that I think about it, if you want to watch us lose more games you can follow the links on youtube, it's always the same story. In the last 7 years, we've lost in the championship in 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, and 2015, twice in overtime.
But I still believe. I think this is the year. We're on a 6 game winning streak, and haven't lost a game since mid-December. Let's go boys! Lucy don't pull the football away again this time..
-Oh and in case any of our CAA brothers feel like watching the game for some reason, it's on NESN, channel 628 on DirecTV, many sports bars get it.