The Other Terriers Skating at Fenway This Week

The Awesome Alumni Game We Had No Idea About

There's a cool story on USCHO today about the crazy cool mini-alumni game that went down at Fenway Park on Monday afternoon. Here is the main idea, thanks to Brian Sullivan of USCHO.com:



"The Boston University-Boston College Alumni Game flew under the regional sports radar, but will mean the world to those it supported. Each player ponied up $300 for the hour of ice time, with proceeds benefiting the Travis Roy Foundation and the Educational and Health Fund for Christopher J. Cleary.

Monday’s game wasn’t orchestrated by Hockey East, nor was it televised or open to the public. It was, in effect, just another private group paying for the ephemeral ice time at Fenway Rink … er, Park. Each bench overflowed with players, some having played for their alma maters as recently as spring 2008, while others recalled their playing days in the early ’80s. And like the other private organizations that have enjoyed skating in the shadow of the Green Monster this winter, these players paid a premium for the experience. Nobody batted an eye at the price tag."

I love to see stuff like this. A bunch of old-time hockey players getting together to play a friendly game of pond hockey at one of the oldest professional sports stadiums in the country.  And not only that, the money for the ice time all goes to a charity. 


This is what hockey is all about, and this is exactly the kind of thing that just really makes you proud to be a hockey fan.


But BEYOND all of that nice gushy emotional stuff about the sport and how great it can be, how about the fact that we weren't invited to watch this game?!  A slew of BU and BC legends skating around on the ice at Fenway and we missed it!  


Anyway, this is a great story, so if you're even remotely interested in the rivalry, or the game this Friday, you should check it out.






USCHO -- The Fenway Game Few Saw But Many Felt