Mass. hockey team sickened by fumes at RI rink
February 19, 2011
NORTH SMITHFIELD, R.I. (AP)—Nearly two dozen members of a Massachusettscollege hockey team have fallen ill after a suspected case of nitrous dioxidepoisoning at a Rhode Island rink.
A spokesman at Milton Hospital in Massachusetts says the 23 players on theCurry College team were held overnight and expected to be released Saturday.
Officials believe the poisoning was caused by fumes from a Zamboni machineused to prepare the ice during a hockey game Thursday against Johnson & WalesUniversity at the Rhode Island Sports Arena.
On Friday morning, the Curry players began reporting to Milton Hospital withsymptoms including dizziness, trouble breathing and coughing up blood.
Hospital spokesman Jason Bouffard says tests showed they were exposed tonitrous dioxide.
It doesn’t appear that any Johnson & Wales players fell ill.
BC is Beanpot champ for 3rd time in 4 years
February 15, 2011
BOSTON (AP)—Jimmy Hayes scored 6 minutes into overtime to give BostonCollege a 7-6 victory over Northeastern in the Beanpot championship game onMonday night.
Tournament MVP Chris Kreider scored twice and assisted on the winner for thedefending Beanpot and NCAA champions. BC (22-6-0) had not won back-to-backBeanpots since taking the tournament three straight times from 1963-65.
Tommy Cross had a goal and two assists, and John Muse stopped 21 shots forthe Eagles.
Chris Rawlings made 39 saves for Northeastern (10-12-6), which has not wonthe tournament since 1988—the longest drought of any of the four Beanpotschools.
Harvard beat Boston University 5-4 in the consolation game to claim thirdplace in the tournament that matches the area’s four college hockey powers onthe first two Mondays in February.
Harvard beats BU 5-4 in Beanpot 3rd place game
February 15, 2011
BOSTON (AP)—Michael Del Mauro scored the go-ahead goal with 2:08 left togive Harvard a victory over Boston University in the Beanpot consolation game onMonday night.
BU, which won the tournament 29 times in its first 58 years, finished fourthfor the first time since 1980. Harvard had not beaten BU in the event since1994.
BU took a 4-3 lead on Alex Chiasson’s second goal, with 5:55 left in thethird period. But Danny Biega tied it less than 2 minutes later, and then DelMauro gave the Crimson the lead less than 2 minutes after that.
Ryan Carroll stopped 45 shots for Harvard (5-18-1). Kieran Millan made 24saves for BU (14-9-7).
N’eastern and Boston College to play for Beanpot
February 8, 2011
BOSTON (AP)—Boston College will play Northeastern for the 59th Beanpotchampionship.
Tommy Cross scored on a power play with 3:17 gone in overtime Monday nightand BC beat Green Line rival Boston University 3-2 to advance to the title game.
BU will play in the consolation game for just the third time in 28 years.The Terriers will play Harvard, which lost to Northeastern 4-0 earlier Monday.
BC (20-6-0) is the defending Beanpot and NCAA champion and the No. 1 team inthe nation. BU (13-8-7) had dominated the Beanpot, winning 29 titles to equalall three other teams combined.
Jimmy Hayes and Philip Samuelsson also scored for BC, and John Muse stopped34 shots.
Wade Megan and Corey Trivino scored for BU. Kieran Millan made 37 saves.
N’eastern beats Harvard 4-0 to reach Beanpot final
February 8, 2011
BOSTON (AP)—Northeastern has advanced to the Beanpot title game.
The Huskies beat Harvard 4-0 in the semifinals of the college hockeytournament on Monday. They’ll try to win their first Beanpot since 1988 whenthey play either Boston College or Boston University, who face off in the othersemifinal later Monday night.
Mike McLaughlin scored twice and Chris Rawlings stopped 41 shots for hisfifth shutout of the season for Northeastern.
Harvard has not won the Beanpot since 1993.
This is the 59th edition of the tournament that pits the area’s four collegehockey powers against each other on the first two Mondays in February. BostonCollege won last year, but BU’s 29 Beanpot titles are almost as many as theother three schools combined.
While Big Ten’s quiet, hockey possibility persists
February 1, 2011
MINNEAPOLIS (AP)—John Madden is one of the proud alums who’d love to see aBig Ten hockey conference.
The veteran center for the NHL’s Minnesota Wild was once a star at Michigan.Madden says a league would be fun for fans and former players of thetradition-rich schools that play the sport.
Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State and Wisconsin are the others, and PennState is on the way.
Only 58 teams play NCAA Division I hockey, and a league of only Big Tenschools would have a major impact on the sport. The Big Ten is not commenting onthe possibility.
