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BEANPOT NOTEBOOK
They're rocking, rolling
By Jim McCabe, Globe Staff, 2/3/2003
 esides a burning desire to win the coveted hardware, there's one thing each team has in common entering tonight's 51st Beanpot at the FleetCenter. Namely, some momentum.
All four teams are coming off impressive performances. Boston University (5-0 over Merrimack Thursday) and Boston College (9-0 over the University of Massachusetts Friday) had dominating efforts at both ends of the ice, while Northeastern (over Providence) and Harvard (over Brown) were 3-1 winners Friday.
For Harvard (13-6-1 overall, 12-3-0 and tied for first in the ECAC), it's an especially more pleasant situation than a year ago, when losses at Cornell and Colgate ushered the Crimson into the 50th Beanpot. ''We came in 0-2, but it felt like 0-4,'' said sophomore goaltender Dov Grumet-Morris. ''So this year is much better.''
The Crimson will take on BU (15-10-2, 9-8-0 and in fourth in Hockey East) in the 5 p.m. game, followed by Northeastern (9-14-2, 4-12-1) and BC (16-6-3, 12-4-1) at 8.
In addition to their recent wins, there are other indications that each of the schools has a good rhythm going. To wit:
Harvard has won four of its last five, allowing just six goals in that stretch. Senior captain Dominic Moore has four goals during that streak.
In their last eight games, the Terriers have yielded just 16 goals.
BC has won six of seven, outscoring the opposition, 34-14, and you won't find many players hotter than junior captain Ben Eaves (8-11--19 in that stretch).
Even Northeastern, which is in a battle for the eighth and final playoff berth in Hockey East, has won two straight and has been touched for just 13 goals over the last six games.
Get used to them
One might as well get familiar with tonight's goaltenders, assuming the coaches go with their No. 1 guys. That's because each is an underclassman -- BC's Matti Kaltiainen, NU's Keni Gibson, and Harvard's Grumet-Morris are sophomores; BU's Sean Fields is a junior . . . For the most part, Harvard skates just three seniors, BC has but four, NU three, and BU six . . . BU coach Jack Parker has very little tolerance for foolish penalties, so sophomore forwards Justin Maiser and Brian McConnell were healthy scratches for Thursday's game against Merrimack in the aftermath of penalties that hurt the Terriers in the previous game with New Hampshire. Parker said Maiser would play tonight, but it's expected McConnell again will be held out. In last year's 5-3 title win over NU, Maiser scored twice and earned Beanpot MVP honors . . . As players, Jerry York (BC) and Parker (BU) faced each other just once in the Beanpot, a BU win in the first round of 1966, 6-4 . . . The numbers reinforce what is common knowledge -- the Beanpot is BU's time of year. The Terriers have been in the championship game in 18 of the last 19 years and 41 times in all . . . Harvard has not won an opening game since 1998 . . . When the Crimson and Terriers go at it in the first game, it will offer a prime chance to watch two strapping defensemen with great potential. Ryan Whitney (No. 3) of BU and Noah Welch (No. 5) of Harvard are both about 6 feet 4 inches, 210 pounds, and aren't afraid to take command of their teams. Whitney is from Scituate, Welch from Brighton, and while they'll be fierce competitors for now, there's always the chance they'll someday be teammates. Each has been drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins.
This story ran on page D8 of the Boston Globe on 2/3/2003.
© Copyright 2003 Globe Newspaper Company.
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