The Beanpot is an annual ice hockey tournament between Boston College, Boston University, Northeastern, and Harvard. First competed for in 1952, the Beanpot is perhaps the biggest event in New England college sports. With the exception of the Frozen Four, it's the most publicized collegiate ice hockey event of the year, and is a source of perennial pride (and shame) for the winners (and losers). The measure of a team's season often depends on winning the Beanpot -- a National Championship is great, but without the Beanpot, a black mark exists on an otherwise outstanding season.

The tournament is a single elimination affair held over two days at the FleetCenter (formerly at the Boston Garden). Winners of the first day's games square off two nights later in the championship game, while the losers play a consolation game. After all is said and done, the winner carries home a silver bowl trophy and tacks some more text onto the Beanpot banner hanging over their home ice.

Although the Beanpot originated as a hockey tournament, it has since been extended to additional sports, such as women's golf and baseball, and additional teams have been invited, like Holy Cross and UMass-Amherst. But the true Beanpot is still played on ice by the four teams that started it all.

                 BEANPOT RESULTS

Year  Result                MVP
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2004  BC 2, BU 1 (OT)       Sean Fields, BU
2003  BU 3, BC 2            Sean Fields, BU
2002  BU 5, Northeastern 3  Justin Maiser, BU
2001  BC 5, BU 3            Krys Kolanos, BC
2000  BU 4, BC 1            Rick DiPietro, BU
1999  BU 4, NU 2            Michel Larocque, BU
1998  BU 2, Harvard 1 (OT)  Tom Poti, BU
1997  BU 4, BC 2            Billy Pierce, BU
1996  BU 11, NU 4           Chris Drury, BU
1995  BU 5, BC 1            Ken Rausch, BU
1994  BC 2, Harvard 1 (OT)  Greg Taylor, BC
1993  Harvard 4, BU 2       Ted Drury, Harvard
1992  BU 5, Harvard 2       Mike Prendergast, BU
1991  BU 8, BC 4            Tony Amonte, BU
1990  BU 8, Harvard 2       David Tomlinson, BU
1989  Harvard 9, BU 6       Lane MacDonald, Harvard
1988  NU 6, BU 3            Bruce Racine, NU
1987  BU 4, NU 3 (OT)       Mike Kelfer, BU
1986  BU 4, BC 1            Terry Taillefer, BU
1985  NU 5, BU 2            Bruce Racine, NU
1984  NU 5, BU 2            Tim Marshall, NU
1983  BC 8, NU 2            Bob Sweeney, BC
1982  BU 3, BC 1            Tom O'Regan, BU
1981  Harvard 2, BC 0       Wade Lau, Harvard
1980  NU 5, BC 4 (OT)       Dave Archambault, NU
1979  BU 4, BC 3            Daryl MacLeod, BU
1978  BU 7, Harvard 1       Jack O'Callahan, BU
1977  Harvard 4, BU 3       Brian Petrovek, Harvard
1976  BC 6, BU 3            Paul Skidmore, BC
1975  BC 6, BU 3            Vic Stanfield, BU
1974  Harvard 5, BU 4       Randy Roth, Harvard
1973  BU 4, BC 1            Vic Stanfield, BU
1972  BU 4, Harvard 1       Dan Brady / John Danby, BU
1971  BU 4, Harvard 1       Steve Stirling, BU
1970  BU 5, BC 4            Mike Hyndman, BU
1969  Harvard 5, BU 3       Joe Cavanagh, Harvard
1968  BU 4, Harvard 1       Jim McCann, BU
1967  BU 4, NU 0            Herb Wakabayashi, BU
1966  BU 9, Harvard 2       Tom Ross, BU
1965  BC 5, BU 4            John Cunniff, BC
1964  BC 5, BU 4            John Cunniff, BC
1963  BC 3, Harvard 1       Bill Hogan, BC
1962  Harvard 5, BC 0       Gene Kinasewich, Harvard
1961  BC 4, Harvard 2       Tom Martin, BC
1960  Harvard 3, BU 2       James Logue, BC
1959  BC 7, BU 4            James Logue, BC
1958  BU 9, NU 3            Bill Sullivan, BU
1957  BC 5, BU 4 (OT)       Joe Celeta, BC
1956  BC 4, Harvard 2       James Tiernan, BC
1955  Harvard 5, BC 4       Bill Cleary, Harvard
1954  BC 4, Harvard 1       Bob Babine, BC
1952  Harvard 7, BU 4       Walt Greely, Harvard

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