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Tonight's 54th annual Beanpot Tournament final pits No. 5 Boston College against No. 6 Boston University for all the beans. Herald * USCHO * Globe
This past weekend's snow wasn't a patch on the Blizzard of '78 that stranded hundreds of Beanpot fans overnight at the old Garden.
In other hockey news, Wisconsin beat Ohio State outdoors before 40,000 at the Packers' storied Lambeau Field in the first annual Frozen Tundra Classic.
BC plans an outdoor hockey game next season at Fenway Park, whence, it should be noted, the equipment trucks left today for Florida. (Pitchers and catchers report in five days. Hallelujah.)
We now return you to your regularly scheduled half-pipe, luge and dancing pantomime fir trees.