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Harvard did not go into last night's Beanpot opener awed by Northeastern's 13-2 record (best in ECAC), its number four national ranking, its glowing press notices and glorious scoring stats. When the two teams, met November 25 at Boston Arena, the Huskies won, 11-5, in as sloppy, as poorly played a game as they come...
...ever, Not since Harvard rapped the Huskies 9-0 five years ago had the Beanpot seen such devastation. It was a far cry from last year, when the Crimson pulled away to a quick 3-0 over heavily favored Boston College, only to see it dissipate, disappear and dissolve into a gut-wrenching 4-5 defeat...
What happens at the Beanpot is exactly the same as what happens at every other sporting event--the best team usually wins. When it doesn't, and an underdog rises to the occasion--last year for instance--the result is a stirring, dramatic contest that sends highly ranked losers back to conference play reeling and troubled, and infuses the previously lowly winners with a spirit of regeneration. But those are the upsets...
People remember the upsets, but the hard facts of life for the losers in this world read like this: Boston University was the best college hockey team in the East during the 1970s, and Northeastern was one of the worst. B.U.'s Beanpot totals for the decade are 16 wins and four losses. The Huskies went...
...hockey v. Northeastern, Beanpot Tournament, Boston Garden, 6:30 p.m. (WHRB...