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...keep this short. Unlike a lot of the guys here, I didn't grow up in the Boston area. I was watching Major junior and not college hockey, Memorial Cup instead of the Beanpot and the Toronto Argonauts, not the Patriots...
...first memory of the Beanpot, perhaps appropriatly, is a strange one. I was watching TV with my dad one night and we had it on a channel that was showing a tournament and to tell you the truth I don't even remember who was playing, but we recognized a few of the names so we just sat down and started watching it. Problem was, Toronto really didn't get the channel and so you could imagine that the game was a bit hard to follow. So needless to say, my first Beanpot experience left me with...
...respect them, but we don't fear them. I think that we can play with them. I think that we can beat them. If you're going to win a Beanpot, you have to go through BU. We get a chance to play them on the first night and we're looking forward to it and I think that it will be a good hockey game...
...Once I got down here, it didn't take long before the importance of this tournament was made clear to me. I know all the players in here can speak for the fact that when you step on the ice for the first Beanpot game there is a special energy everywhere. I've played a number of college hockey tournaments and the history and tradition of this one definitely endows the tournament each year with a special importance...
...great team and they are certainly, in my opinion, the measuring stick when it comes to the Beanpot or even when it comes to the national scene...