In sports, there’s nothing quite like the fun and passion of a geographical rivalry.
Imagine, then, what it’s like when that geographical rivalry features four different teams all from the very same city. Oh, and mix in the raucous attitudes of college sports, too.
One of the most interesting traditions in NCAA hockey is an annual event called the Beanpot, which is a mini-tournament showdown between four different schools in the Boston area: Boston University, Boston College, Harvard University, and Northeastern University. First hosted in 1952, the event draws sellout crowds and has the stakes of major bragging rights in the city’s college hockey scene on the line.