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February '76--I should be studying for a final but it's Beanpot time and you don't pass up the pate do fols gras of college hockey. Not even for Moby Dick. In a tooth-and-whale struggle, the Terriers take this first-round contest...
...While Beanpot fever continues to spread over the campus faster than an infectious disease, a senior admissions officer plows through stacks of applications from eager high school seniors. But when H. Bradley Richardson '53 can no longer plow his way out from under the essays, his thoughts invariably drift back 25 years to a packed Boston Arena...
...never forget that first Beanpot," says Richardson, whose sterling senior goaltending enabled Harvard to cop the coveted crown. They played it on back-to-back nights before 5100 sardined maniacs who threw fruit, eggs, and even firecrackers at the padded warriors guarding the sacred mesh, recalls the transplanted New Yorker who learned the goalie craft playing street-roller-hockey in Central Park...
Harvard defeated the Eagles in overtime in the 1953 Beanpot opener, 3-2, with Richardson turning aside 23 shots en route to the emotional triumph. The next night, the former Milton Academy hockey captain survived a shooting barrage by the tenacious B.U. Terriers with 36 saves and a 7-4 inaugural championship...
...might wonder if Brad Richardson was thinking of asking Brian Petrovek to trade places with him this Monday night at the Garden. You could sense that he was once again hearing the crowd buzz and roar with delight for his kick-save of a slapper from the point. Beanpot fever will do that...