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February 12, 1980. An unforgettable photograph: about a second earlier, Wayne Turner has given the Northeastern hockey team its first Beanpot in 28 tries. The film captures Turner behind the net, up on his toes, arms raised, waiting for his teammates to mob him. The losing Boston College goalie, Bob O'Connor, having flopped to the ice, looks behind him, where the puck and teammate Paul Hammer are both in the net. And O'Neil, a freshman winger, skating past the goal a little too late, is about to smash his stick in frustration across the goalpost. The picture...
...Beanpot has been the battle for local bragging rights in Boston college hockey since 1952. But the last four tournaments have marked a sort of crescendo in the early-February excitement on Causeway...
Never before had all four teams won in successive years as Northeastern had in 1980, Harvard in 1981, Boston University in 1982 and B.C. in 1983. And it wasn't really until the last four years that the Beanpot became a tournament of upsets. Of course there were upsets in years past, but generally the team that was preeminent in Eastern hockey dominated the Beanpot--B.C., winning eight of the 13 titles from 1952 to 1965, and B.U., winning 10 of the 14 'Pots from...
...contrast, betting on the Beanpot has become a hazardous hobby in the '80s. Northeastern came out of nowhere in 1980, with a 3-11 pre-tournament record; first-round opponent B.U. had won 16 straight semifinals. N.U. stunned the Terriers in sudden death, 6-5. The following week's victims from the Heights were top-rated in the ECAC...
That miracle at the Garden put the Huntington Ave Hounds on a roll A year later, they won 13 in a row, soared to the top of the national polls and were written up in Sports Illustrated before a couple of close losses the week before the Beanpot. Sure enough, a Harvard team with an anemic offense perpetrated a stupendous upset in the first round. As the Crimson fans would say, the Northeastern net was a funnel--no, a vacuum--no, a black hole--as it sucked in 10 Crimson goals. A week later, the Harvard defense shined...