A “significant increase in Covid-19 cases" at the University of Vermont has led that school to delay the start of men’s and women’s hockey until December 18. BU had been scheduled to open its season with a pair of games against the Catamounts in Burlington on December 4 & 5. With those games officially postponed, Terriers will begin their season the following weekend with a home-and-home series against UMass—December 11 at Walter Brown Arena and December 12 in Amherst.
● USCHO report
tw-align-centerEvent update: The #Beanpot, TD Garden’s annual college hockey 🏒 tournament, will not be played in 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
— TD Garden (@tdgarden) November 16, 2020
We look forward to hosting the 69th Beanpot tournament in 2022. pic.twitter.com/M1k0BuEpAZ
The Beanpot, arguably the premier in-season college hockey tournament, will not be played this season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Beanpot committee has announced. BU has won the Beanpot a record 30 times since its inception in 1952.
BU play-by-play announcer Bernie Corbett, who has called the past 35 Beanpot Tournaments, told College Hockey News that the news was "sobering," adding:
"My heart kind of sank a little bit. You might as well tell me there is no Santa Claus ... which I just found out last year. Now Christmas isn't coming. This really hits hard. It would've been my 50th since I was allowed to stay up late to go to the Garden on a school night."
● College Hockey News: Beanpot Cancellation Prompts "Sobering" Reaction
● USCHO report
Looking back
The December 11 opener at WBA, now home of the women’s team, will be the first regular-season game for the men at that venue since January 2, 2005, a 2-1 loss to top-ranked Minnesota (video). The following night the Terriers officially opened Agganis Arena, flipping the script on the Gophers and earning a 2-1 win (video) on goals by Pete MacArthur and Brad Zancanaro who tallied BU’s only goal at WBA the previous night.
Former Terrier assistant captain Matt Lane has signed on with the Tulsa Oilers, the ECHL affiliate of the Anaheim Ducks. The Rochester, N.Y. native who skated for the NTDP prior to his years at BU, played in Italy for Ritton/Renon in the Alps Hockey League last season, putting up 60 points in 44 games. After BU where he had a 33-36-69 career line, Lane played in the ECHL and AHL, including stops in Rochester, Atlanta and Worcester.
● Tulsa Oilers report
Looking ahead
Two more future Terriers have signed national letters of intent for 2021-22. NTDP U18 forwards Jeremy Wilmer (left) and Tyler Boucher (right) followed teammate Roman Schmidt who inked his NLOI last week.
tw-align-centerThey‘ll be calling him “Golden Goal Carrabes” all the way back in North Andover, Mass 🚨⚜️ pic.twitter.com/0vlpFVlZIq
— Sioux City Musketeers (@Musketeerhockey) November 15, 2020
2021 recruit Brian Carrabes scored an unassisted goal with two minutes left in regulation—completing a third-period rally from 3-0 deficit—to lift Sioux City to a 4-3 win against Waterloo. The right-shot forward from North Andover, who also added an assist, has a 2-2-4 line in three games.
2022 recruit Ryan Greene scored a goal and added an assist in Green Bay’s 5-4 win against Youngstown.
● PentictonVees.ca recap
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