It'll be an all-dog affair next Monday night on Causeway Street when two-time defending champion Northeastern and Boston University meet at TD Garden to decide the 68th annual Beanpot Tournament.
Northeastern (15-7-2 overall) overcame an early one-goal deficit to top
Harvard, 3-1, on Monday evening, with Brendan van Riemsdyk's goal late in the
second period standing up as the game-winner. Craig Pantano stopped 27 shots
for the Huskies, who will seek their first-ever Beanpot three-peat next week, while Jack Drury tallied the lone goal for the Crimson.
In the nightcap, BU (10-8-7) trailed rival Boston College by a 3-1
count after 40 minutes, but scored three straight goals en route to an
unofficial 5-4 overtime victory and a berth in next week's title game.
Officially, the result will count as a tie for NCAA purposes, following a
scoreless five-minute overtime period. In an extended 20-minute sudden-death
session, recent acquisition Wilmer Skoog connected in front for the Terriers to
send them to the title tilt, although all statistics from that period will not
count officially. David Cotton scored twice in regulation for BC (16-7-1), which last won the tournament in 2016 and will meet Harvard (10-7-4) in next week's consolation contest.
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