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In 1978 the finals were postponed 16 days, until Wednesday, 1 March. The semifinals were
also postponed in 1967 for 3 days and 1983 for 2 days due to storms.
Sean Pickett
On 1 Feb 2015 at 20:30, Ken Kretsch wrote:
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> In 1978, the first round of the Beanpot was the night of the
> blizzard. The first game was Harvard/Northeastern. BU routed BC in
> the second game (BU would go on to win the NCAA championship that
> year) Sometime during the second game, they announced over the PA
> that state officials were warning of hazardous conditions and
> urged people leave. There was a huge cheer from the crowd and most
> people stayed. We made it back to campus as the Green Line subway
> is underground to Kenmore Square on the eastern end of the BU
> campus. Apparently 4000 people, including both teams, were
> stranded in the Garden for a few days.
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> The finals would have been played the following Monday, but they
> we postponed a week. BU won, but I forget who they defeated.
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> Subject: Beanpot
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> I was surprised to hear that they are postponing this week's
> Beanpot games until Tuesday. The last time they did something like
> that was 1978. I guess the powers that be are believe that the
> storm heading for us r
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