As many of you know, the Beanpot had its first night this past Monday, with predictable results: BU beat Northeastern and BC topped Harvard, setting up a repeat of last year's second Monday. And the second Mondays of 2000, 2001, 2003, and 2004.

Not much to say about our semifinal, which opened up as closely-played as our other games against the Huskies this year, only to swing our way as the second period went on. It was one of their best games of the year, on the heels of what was likely their worst game, after which Jack had a 45 second press conference in which he specifically called out the seniors for a lack of leadership.

Guess it worked. Wish it didn't have to, though.

The game did feature what was the second-most embarrasing own goal I've seen in Beanpot play, when the NU goalie cleared the puck into his net while trying to avoid pressure from a BU player. The most embarrasing one comes from 1989, when BU goalie Peter Fish swept one into the net to give even more help to Harvard in their 9-6 win. Not surprisingly, Fish went 6-10 that year in what might be the only three goalie rotation I've ever seen (and which I don't remember, problematic given that I'd have been regularly attending games that year).

For the first year in many we did not sit at one end of the arena, having been moved towards one of the blue lines. In the process, we were also moved up to the first row of the balcony, with only a platform for disability seating behind us. The area underneath the platform is open, so we also gained a storage area.

They're going to have to pry us out of these seats.

Looking forward, I'd like to be optimistic about the final, but our results with BC this year have been so unpredictable I'm not going to hazzard a guess. Rather, I'm focusing on Friday, where I'll get to finally knock off the lone Hockey East arena I've never visited. One game at a time.