Winter at Boston College

Dogwood
Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:14:56 +0000

Mom43 - He’ll love the Beanpot then. That is a local tournament played between BC, BU, Harvard and Northeastern. It is played late January/early February on two back to back Monday nights. BU has had a little monopoly, but BC won it this year. Local bragging rights are up for grabs each year. I wasn’t living here then, but I guess many Beanpot fans were stranded at the old Garden during the Blizzard of '78. My H and I are big hockey fans, but season tickets would just involve too much time. We got to about 5 games this year. There is a lottery for student tickets. I think most students get half season, but I think it is easy to get tickets for other games. The students could probably answer that better than me. Of course, BU is the big rival. The rivalry was written about a few years ago in an article in Sports Illustrated. Hopefully, you’ll get up for a few games as well. I’m sure you know this already, but your son will love BC. My D is already sad that this fall will begin her senior year.