Beanpot 2/11 5-5 OT Final Score 6-5? :-P

Harvard just tied it up 3-3 early in the third. Don't know that I can stay to the end, but?

Score update thread at USCHO has 5-4 BC with 7 to play

nyc94
Score update thread at USCHO has 5-4 BC with 7 to play

And this is with shots about 25 each.

now tied at 5. 4:24 left.

Bonus Hockey!

20 min OT period coming up.

BC wins

BC wins. The guy (freshman D-man) who got the gwg got a rebound in the slot and put up where "Momma hides the cookie jar". That is one of my favorite hockey phrases and beats the one that is used to describe my lack of goal scoring talent.

It's a regular season tourney...so a 5 minute OT and then a shootout, had it stayed tied. And it would have counted "officially" as a tie, had BC not won in OT. Unless the Beanpot is different than other tourneys, which someone watching would know (did they put 20 on the clock?). Also, Harvard Sucks.

It's a 20 min OT. They took a full intermission and cleaned the ice, plus last year BU won at the 5:06 mark.

Trigger
It's a regular season tourney...so a 5 minute OT and then a shootout, had it stayed tied. And it would have counted "officially" as a tie, had BC not won in OT. Unless the Beanpot is different than other tourneys, which someone watching would know (did they put 20 on the clock?). Also, Harvard Sucks.

They were playing 20 minutes.

Trigger
It's a regular season tourney...so a 5 minute OT and then a shootout, had it stayed tied. And it would have counted "officially" as a tie, had BC not won in OT. Unless the Beanpot is different than other tourneys, which someone watching would know (did they put 20 on the clock?). Also, Harvard Sucks.

Someone may know better than me, but for the finals I think they can go full time if they wish. I think the rule is that if you wish you can go to a shootout. I know I could look it up but right now, I'm too lazy.

BC dominated the OT, 7-0 in shots, in 7 minutes.

Jim Hyla

Trigger
It's a regular season tourney...so a 5 minute OT and then a shootout, had it stayed tied. And it would have counted "officially" as a tie, had BC not won in OT. Unless the Beanpot is different than other tourneys, which someone watching would know (did they put 20 on the clock?). Also, Harvard Sucks.

Someone may know better than me, but for the finals I think they can go full time if they wish. I think the rule is that if you wish you can go to a shootout. I know I could look it up but right now, I'm too lazy.

Not just the finals, but any Beanpot game that ends up tied after regulation. goes to continuous 20-minute OTs until a winner is decided, as in playoff games. No shootouts in the Beanpot in any round.

Harvard loses? I'm shocked! I thought they were going to start winning the Beanpot now that the ECAC bends over backward to give them the same favorable scheduling that the other participants get.

Josh '99
Harvard loses? I'm shocked! I thought they were going to start winning the Beanpot now that the ECAC bends over backward to give them the same favorable scheduling that the other participants get.

Well, I'd be happy if they did win. Yesterday, until the OT, they played BC just about even.

Jim Hyla
Well, I'd be happy if they did win. Yesterday, until the OT, they played BC just about even.

Hell, at the end of the 2nd period, and into the 3rd, it was all Harvard, though BC was still up 3-2. I think the announcers said BC had gone something like 14 minutes without a SOG. With harvard having just tied it up, things were looking pretty favorable for them.

Found it interesting that there were only 4 penalties in the entire game, and BC didn't go on the PP (their only one) until the 3rd period.

And speaking of penalties, or non-penalties, as the case may be, I thought that was a pretty nasty face-mask job that Harvard (was it MacDonald?) put on the BC guy with about 1:45 to go. Thought that would grab a whistle and put BC up a skater for the remainder of regulation, but either it wasn't seen, or unscrewing a guy's head is not considered an offense (maybe not at that juncture, eh?)

Jim Hyla
Well, I'd be happy if they did win. Yesterday, until the OT, they played BC just about even.

I can think of plenty of occasions where Harvard played an out of conference opponent even or better than even for a large portion of the game. A particular match against Maine springs to mind. Somehow it never seems to be a full game though.

Jim Hyla

Josh '99
Harvard loses? I'm shocked! I thought they were going to start winning the Beanpot now that the ECAC bends over backward to give them the same favorable scheduling that the other participants get.

Well, I'd be happy if they did win. Yesterday, until the OT, they played BC just about even.

I wasn't expressing an opinion on my preference with regards to their winning, just my lack of surprise that they didn't win once again. Because they suck.

Well, it was a day of 2 really entertaining games, and a good time overall.

Unlike the semifinal, where Harvard blitzed the front of the crease to score, all their goals came from the circles or further back. Two Harvard goals were very entertaining...the one that tied it at 3-3 was a misfire on a one-timer that fluttered like a knuckleball and just floated right over Muse's ready glove and in. The tying goal late in the 3rd was a very well timed play with Taylor perfectly timing a tip of Biega's shot from the far corner of the offensive zone. BC definitely dominated OT, and the winning goal was a big, juicy rebound that was easily tucked home with Richter down and out.

I'd say it was the perfect outcome. The ECAC team shuts up much of the BC crowd in the 3rd period, and I got to see Harvard lined up at the blueline as the dejected losers at the end of a tournament again. Brings back some good memories.

The fan experience was pretty interesting. No way was that a full house. Even if you don't count the empty seats in the BU section, there were empty seats clearly scattered around both levels all night. Outside of the students, my impression of the typical beanpot fan is that this is the only college hockey event that many of them attend for the year. Lots of that (forgive the expression) Boston douchebag type. I got a few people, upon seeing my CU gear (majority rules), "hey, whatta YOU doin' hee-ah? Cornell isn't even PLAYIN'!!" I also got stopped by a group of BU students asking me who I was rooting for, and my answer of "for the ice to open up and swallow them both" got applause.

Also, what a great idea to put the opposing students in adjacent sections in an arena with beer sales. I saw at least 4 BC fans get escorted out, and Harvard's 6 jerk fans seemed to be just as aggressive as they always are. For the conso, Northeastern HEAVILY outnumbered and outcheered BU. NE had about 3 full sections (all wearing black...an impressive visual) to a combined one for BU. For the Championship, a mix of NE and BU fans moved over to the rows above the Harvard band to help them cheer against BU. The bands are in 2 sections, and never matched position to the location of the student sections. Dumb, considering the arena knows what teams will be there and has been doing this for years. The Harvard band was massive for a hockey band. At least 60. And it is a funny experience to see Sousaphones and bass drums crammed onto T trains for the ride back to campus. Something we country mice in Ithaca don't even think about.

Overall, a good event, but slightly overrated.