BOSTON — The Beanpot remains the most parochial of college hockey tournaments, as much a part of Boston’s fabric as the marathon in April and the Fourth of July fireworks on the Charles River Esplanade. The latest version of the 68-year-old tournament, which annually pits four powerhouse programs — Boston College, Boston University, Harvard and Northeastern — against one another for local bragging rights, will end on Monday night when Northeastern faces Boston University in the championship game. The four campuses are situated within eight miles of one another, but whereas most of their players once hailed almost exclusively from Eastern Massachusetts, the Beanpot is no longer strictly a neighborhood affair contested by players who drop their “r’s” and spend summers on Cape Cod. Boston University secured its spot in the final when the freshman Wilmer Skoog, the pride of Tyreso, Sweden, scored in the second overtime of a semifinal last Monday to upset Boston College, which was ranked fourth in the country. “It was the biggest game of my life,” Skoog said afterward.

Source: New York Times February 10, 2020 07:52 UTC