OK, lots going on, so I'll try to break them into doable bits.

BEANPOT BU regains its rightful ownership of America's most coveted crockery, beating Northeastern 5-3.

Not that it was easy. After 33 minutes or so of playing textbook hockey and a number of logic-defying saves by NU goalie Keni Gibson (OK, he's pretty good, even if he spells his name funny), BU went into a 7 minute period-ending funk that saw them give up two power play goals and Sean Fields not getting his glove on a softie that gave the Huskies a 3-2 lead going into the final period.

From reading game stories on Boston.com, it seems that a lot of people thought we'd win going away, and if Gibson didn't stand on his head for the entire first period, BU would have. Fourteen shots, pretty much each one a quality scoring opportunity. I have to admit surprise, as NU was 8-1-1 in its last 10, a run started with their 3-0 win at Walter Brown which I still think was the worst home game I've even seen BU play, even in the seasons where we sucked.

Third period was pretty evenly played, but BU managed to get even on a Mike Pandolfo goal (his penalty led to the second NU goal) and take the lead for good with a Justin Maiser roofer with under 2 minutes to play. NU missed an open net twice in the third period, some sort of karmic payback for BU not scoring 3 or 4 times in the first period.

Fields played well enough to win, but could have given the game away with his desire to be like Ricky DiPietro. Fields likes to wander, sometimes far enough out to look like he's leading the break. At some point he's going to have to realize his skating and puck handling are good but not good enough to come six feet out of the net or dally around with the puck while opponents bear down.

BU victory was iced with a late NU penalty and a BU open net goal with 2.5 seconds left, a goal apparently meant as a shiv in the gut to the NU fans, if Jack Baker's blowing kisses to the rafters was any indication. NU coach Bruce Crowder started his post-game by yelling at the refs across ice and then by sulking in the tunnel during the awards. Baby. It's rare that a coach should have to take lessons from his team as far as grace and sportsmanship goes, but I hope Crowder was watching his team as they sucked it up and stood on the blue line during the awards. They exhibited a level of class their coach doesn't possess.

I was a little off on my previous writing on this subject, as the win gives BU 24 of the 50 Beanpot titles. Not that anyone's counting.