Husky rookie Kevin Roy picked the right day to get his first collegiate hat trick, leading Northeastern to a first-round Beanpot win over crosstown rivals Boston University Terriers, 3-2. With 29 points on the season, Roy broke former Husky Brodie Reid's freshman scoring record.
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As much of campus grieves over the Patriots’ AFC Championship game defeat, there is something else approaching besides Super Bowl XLVII in a couple of weeks. That, of course, is the 62nd annual Beanpot Tournament.
Let’s talk about hockey. Not the Bruins, and not the recent Max Nicastro scandal down on Commonwealth Avenue, but good old in-our-own-backyard Husky hockey. You know the kind: disappointing, then hope-inducing, then extraordinary… and then heartbreaking again. We saw the...
For the first time since 2008, the men’s hockey team finished fourth in the Beanpot Championship after losing to Harvard College 3-2 in the consolation game Monday night at TD Garden.
Head coach Jim Madigan had one word for the Huskies’ performance: “embarrassing.”
Less than a week after the women’s hockey team brought home its first Beanpot title since 1998, the men’s hockey team finished in fourth place in tournament after losing to Harvard University, 3-2, tonight at TD Garden.
For the first time in 14 years, the Northeastern Huskies took home the Beanpot title after defeating Boston University 4-3 in overtime.
The scoring lead changed sides on multiple occasions and sent the game into overtime, but in the end it was the duo of freshman forward Kendall Coyne and junior forward Casey Pickett who clutched the win for the Huskies, 4-3.
United States College Hockey Online (USCHO) No. 5 Boston College quickly eliminated any thought of revenge for the Huskies, winning handily, 7-1, at TD Garden Monday night. Northeastern remains without a championship in the tournament since 1988. Northeastern and BC have met in 41 Beanpot games, and with this year’s loss, the Huskies fall to 9-32 overall.
It’s clear to anyone who saw the Beanpot game that this team seemed to feel like it was missing something. They took too many chances and tried to make too much happen to convince fans they have was clicking on all cylinders.
The men’s hockey team will not be competing for its fifth Beanpot championship next week, after falling 7-1 to United States College Hockey Organization (USCHO) No. 5 Boston College in front of 17,565 at TD Garden Monday night.
Tickets to the 60th annual Beanpot Tournament went on sale Tuesday at the Matthews Arena box office. The Huskies will take on the Boston College Eagles Feb. 6 at 8 p.m. at TD Banknorth Garden. Tickets are $42 and good for admission to the first and second rounds of the tournament. The last chance to buy tickets before the event is tonight (Jan. 26) between 5 and 8 p.m. in the box office. Students must present a valid Husky ID to purchase tickets.
