The New York Times ran a story yesterday (Sunday, 5 February) about 
the Beanpot and what it means to the players.

>For the players, it will be a meeting of neighborhood friends and 
>old rivals; of off-season workout partners and summer-league 
>teammates; and of players who have competed with, and against, one 
>another on national teams.
>
>Even though college hockey's recruiting base has spread to all 
>corners of the United States and Canada, and even to Europe, the 
>rosters of these four teams remain well populated by Eastern 
>Massachusetts kids who share an accent, know the best summer beaches 
>and have minimal degrees of separation.

Full article; partial paywall (limited number of articles / month):

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/04/sports/hockey/beanpot-tournament-boston-college-boston-university-harvard-northeastern.html 


or, if that breaks:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/zsoxpyn


Joe
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