John MacKinnon wrote:
 
>Still if anyone is thinking of coming out for the beanpot from the
>west...I would love to take you to see if it stacks up to the GLI's or
>Showdown.
 
There is *no* way to compare the Beanpot to any other college hockey
tournament.  There is no other city in the country with four DivI teams that
all play each in a tournament.  Most tournaments have the crowd cheering for
only one team, be it Wisconsin in the Badger Showdown, Minnesota in the
Mariucci Classic, RPI or Maine in their tournaments, etc.  Even the GLI
still invites one team every year (to be able to keep the I for
'Invitational' in GLI).  Only the Beanpot has an even number of fans for
each school cheering for their team and fans for three schools cheering
against BU :-)
 
There is also no other tournament that has a week between the first round
games and the championship game.  The week between the first round and
championship makes the Beanpot for than just a college hockey tournament.
The week between games is somewhat like the week before the Super Bowl,
except both teams are from the same city.  The Beanpot also gives the winner
bragging rights for the next year as "the best team in Boston".
 
Sean Pickett
Go BU Terriers, 1994 Hockey East Champions!
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