It's Beanpot Season! The annual BU, BC, Harvard, and Northwestern bloodbath on ice. Beantown college students tremble in anticipation of these games, and endlessly debate who will get the bragging rights for 2025. According to Google, the average price for a Beanpot ticket is $221.28 and can range up to $12,825 (Taylor Swift prices). When I was a BU student back in the 1970s, tickets were free to students. You had to line up early as demand exceeded supply, but there was no cost.
In this opening matchup, Harvard drew first blood, scoring on a power play 5:44 into the first period. But that was it for Hah-vid. After that, BU scored seven unanswered goals, two on power plays and five at even strength. When the smoke finally cleared, Devin Kaplan had two goals, Cole Hutson had two, his brother Quinn Hutson had one, and Shane LaChance and Jack Harvey both had one apiece. In only his third collegiate start and his Beanpot debut, freshman goalie Mikhail Yegorov turned away 26 of 27 shots on net to earn the win.
Feels good to be a Terrier right now.
Reigning Beanpot champions Northeastern plays No. 1-ranked BC at 8:00 tonight, and the winner of that game will play BU next Monday, February 10.
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