Beanpot Tournament

[KeithK]

Ah, my favorite sports "columnist" to hate, Dan Shaughnessy had the following piece of dreck titled "In a truly sorry state" in today's Boston Globe:

Here's what really killed me. Last night's Harvard roster had only one guy from Massachusetts (Chris Huxley of Weymouth). Harvard had 11 players from Canada, one from Sweden, and one from Croatia. Boston University, last year's national champion, featured two kids from Massachusetts (out of 21). Northeastern had four Bay Staters and Boston College a whopping 11.

Not to sound like a WTKK talk show host, but the lack of locals took something out of it for me.

Oh, provincial, provincial, provincial New England.  Harvard were always the ones giving us guff for having *gasp* Canadians from our internationally-known institution on our hockey team.  Now they're criticized because they don't have enough "local boys." What goes around, comes around.

Hey Dan, maybe you and Doug Woog can go get a drink somewhere while the rest of the world goes elsewhere.

The complaint seems especially silly in regards to Harvard, where the student body as a ole is not (I assume) dominated by local kids. Why should the hockey team be all Bay Staters when everyone else isn't?

[jkahn]

Here's what really killed me. Last night's Harvard roster had only one guy from Massachusetts (Chris Huxley of Weymouth). Harvard had 11 players from Canada, one from Sweden, and one from Croatia. Boston University, last year's national champion, featured two kids from Massachusetts (out of 21). Northeastern had four Bay Staters and Boston College a whopping 11.

Not to sound like a WTKK talk show host, but the lack of locals took something out of it for me.

So our three guys from Massachusetts is as many as Harvard and BU combined.

[Killer]

Ah, my favorite sports "columnist" to hate, Dan Shaughnessy had the following piece of dreck titled "In a truly sorry state" in today's Boston Globe:

Here's what really killed me. Last night's Harvard roster had only one guy from Massachusetts (Chris Huxley of Weymouth). Harvard had 11 players from Canada, one from Sweden, and one from Croatia. Boston University, last year's national champion, featured two kids from Massachusetts (out of 21). Northeastern had four Bay Staters and Boston College a whopping 11.

Not to sound like a WTKK talk show host, but the lack of locals took something out of it for me.

Oh, provincial, provincial, provincial New England.  Harvard were always the ones giving us guff for having *gasp* Canadians from our internationally-known institution on our hockey team.  Now they're criticized because they don't have enough "local boys." What goes around, comes around.

Hey Dan, maybe you and Doug Woog can go get a drink somewhere while the rest of the world goes elsewhere.

Shaughnessy is a douche.  Last year he proclaimed BU's win over Miami to have been the greatest college hockey game ever.  Made me wonder if he ever watched any other games, given that during last year's playoffs alone, you could easily have picked 4 or 5 other games that were just as good.

[Trotsky]

Shaughnessy is a douche.

The only thing standing between him and biggest fool in the Boston media is Mike Barnicle.

[Jordan 04]

I didn't think Shaughnessy was criticizing any of the schools. He was lamenting the changing (disappearing?) face of Massachusetts hockey.

[billhoward]

The Boston Globe from the Red Sox Series of the 1970s through the late 1980s was the 1927 Yankees of newspaper sportswriting. Other than a couple Boston Herald-level guys writing college hockey, it was like reading Sports Illustrated 7 days a week, only the ink came off on your hands. People like Bob Ryan have gone from boy wonders to borderline retirement age, but they still have more good days than bad.

[ftyuv]

Shaughnessy is a douche.

This is a truer fact than 1+1=2 for base n > 2.  I used to read his articles every now and again, as a sort of morbid curiosity. But these days I actively stay away from him -- I don't want to give him the page clicks.

[nyc94]

Harvard freshman defenseman Danny Biega will miss Monday's Beanpot consolation game against Northeastern after receiving a league-imposed suspension for a check from behind in Friday night's road contest against Brown.

http://www.uscho.com/news/college-hockey/id,18062/HarvardsDannyBiegaSuspendedbyECAC.html#ixzz0eyavbSk9

[JasonN95]

Looks like the League took the high road. The self-interested move would have been to drag their feet for a day and then hit him with a suspension to be served during the next League game.

[KeithK]

Looks like the League took the high road. The self-interested move would have been to drag their feet for a day and then hit him with a suspension to be served during the next League game.

Nah. Harvard was going to lose to Northeastern whoever they put out there. So might as well do it right.

[judy]

Looks like the League took the high road. The self-interested move would have been to drag their feet for a day and then hit him with a suspension to be served during the next League game.

Nah. Harvard was going to lose to Northeastern whoever they put out there. So might as well do it right.

Hm, yup, Harvard lost to Northeastern...as expected.

[Rosey]

Shaughnessy is a douche.

The only thing standing between him and biggest fool in the Boston media is Mike Barnicle.

I somehow missed this post earlier.  The world is about to come to an end, because we agree.  Again.

[RichH]

Looks like the League took the high road. The self-interested move would have been to drag their feet for a day and then hit him with a suspension to be served during the next League game.

Nah. Harvard was going to lose to Northeastern whoever they put out there. So might as well do it right.

Hm, yup, Harvard lost to Northeastern...as expected.

Outscored this year 10-1 in the Beanpot. Why does the league bend over backwards to facilitate this again?

[judy]

Looks like the League took the high road. The self-interested move would have been to drag their feet for a day and then hit him with a suspension to be served during the next League game.

Nah. Harvard was going to lose to Northeastern whoever they put out there. So might as well do it right.

Hm, yup, Harvard lost to Northeastern...as expected.

Outscored this year 10-1 in the Beanpot. Why does the league bend over backwards to facilitate this again?

They're delusional?

[Jim Hyla]

Looks like the League took the high road. The self-interested move would have been to drag their feet for a day and then hit him with a suspension to be served during the next League game.

Nah. Harvard was going to lose to Northeastern whoever they put out there. So might as well do it right.

Hm, yup, Harvard lost to Northeastern...as expected.

Outscored this year 10-1 in the Beanpot. Why does the league bend over backwards to facilitate this again?

This year they only bent over halfway. Harvard played 2 games last weekend.