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Boston Globe
30-04-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Northeastern repeats as Baseball Beanpot champions, extends nation-best win streak to 13 games
'I thought we were a little nervous, and we weren't ourselves early,' Northeastern head coach Mike Glavine said. 'The guys were really excited and then they got here and saw there was a great pro-Northeastern crowd and made a couple mistakes. But we rebounded.' Advertisement Would recommend winning the Beanpot at Fenway! — Northeastern Baseball (@GoNUbaseball) Andover's Lane answered in the bottom half, launching his first of two doubles off the Green Monster and knotting the score. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Gitlin — who entered with a 1.33 ERA in 27 innings since March 26 — returned to his dominant self and twirled a gem. The southpaw tossed 5⅔ frames, and allowed just two hits, two walks, and the one run. 'Max has been doing it all year,' Glavine said. 'He grinds it out and is super competitive and tough. He gave up the home run on the 0-2 count, and I knew he was mad. But he came back and always gives us a chance to win.' Bill Decker gave the start to Harvard lefty Brian Dowling, who entered with a 9.11 ERA, and ran out of luck in the fifth inning. Northeastern began the frame with three straight hits — a Carmelo Musacchia triple, another Lane RBI double to make it 2-1, and a Matt Brinker single. Advertisement Catcher Gregory Bozzo's sacrifice fly made it 3-1. Dowling walked Ryan Gerety, and Decker — his bullpen depleted after a weekend series at Brown — called for freshman Charley Bergsma, who had an ERA north of 12. Back-to-back walks and an RBI groundout gave the Huskies a 5-1 advantage. They'd need the runs, as Harvard strung together a Doyle error, two Cooper McGrath walks, a passed ball, and a Shulman single off high-leverage reliever Brett Dunham in the ninth to make it 5-4 with one out. Dunham, however, struck out Liam Wilson and got Jordan Kang to line out to Doyle for the title and Northeastern's 13th straight win, the longest active streak in Division 1. Glavine credits the 'great culture, consistency, and leadership' as what sets this team apart. The Huskies have their eyes on more come the playoffs, but the Beanpot title remains a milestone in what has already been a historic 2025 season. 'There are goals we talk about,' Glavine said. 'Winning the Beanpot was one of them and it matters. It's not just another game.' In the consolation, BC (22-23) beat UMass, 13-6, in a back-and-forth affair. Down, 6-4, after the Minutemen (12-26-1) scored twice in the seventh, the Eagles plated five in the eighth — on a Beck Milner solo homer and a Josiah Ragsdale grand slam — and four in the ninth. Max Schwartzberg can be reached at
Boston Globe
28-04-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Northeastern baseball, amid its best season in years, takes on Harvard in Beanpot final — back at Fenway for first time since 2019
Northeastern captured its seventh Beanpot title and first since 2013 with a Northeastern (32-9), under head coach Mike Glavine, has one of Division 1's best pitching staffs. The Huskies rank first in the nation in WHIP (1.09) and shutouts (13), and their team ERA of 3.19 ranks fourth in all of Division 1. Advertisement That success starts with a dominant rotation, headlined by the weekend trio of Will Jones (2.14 ERA), Aiven Cabral (2.59 ERA), and Jordan Gottesman (2.64 ERA). Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Jones, a graduate student and South Hamilton native, was a three-year letterwinner at Hamilton-Wenham. Cabral, a junior, grew up in Lynn and earned Central Catholic League Pitcher of the Year honors at St. Mary's, where he was named to the Globe's All-Scholastic Team in back-to-back seasons. With all three pitching at Monmouth this weekend, Northeastern will likely turn to midweek ace Max Gitlin (2.67 ERA) for Tuesday's title tilt. A graduate transfer from Division 3 Clark, Gitlin delivered seven scoreless innings in the Huskies' Advertisement The Huskies aren't just winning with arms. Northeastern's outfield is composed of junior Connecticut natives Cam Maldonado (.373, 11 HRs) and Harrison Feinberg (.366, 13 HRs), along with Franklin's Ryan Gerety. At shortstop, junior Jack Goodman (.347, 10 HRs) has emerged as a star on both sides of the ball. Goodman played four seasons at Medfield, earning Globe player of the year honors his senior year. Bill Decker's Harvard (9-22) is still reeling from sixteen consecutive losses to start the 2025 campaign. Four days after notching its first win, the Crimson rolled past UMass on April 1 in a Colasante and senior utility man George Cooper share the team lead with five home runs apiece. The Crimson look to their offense to inflict damage, as the pitching staff owns an 8.60 ERA. Todd Interdonato's Eagles (21-21) bring a gritty ACC offense to the consolation game, headlined by graduate infielder Patrick Roche (.319), a former Globe All-Scholastic, and junior outfielder Josiah Ragsdale (.921 OPS). A strong offensive showing will be key for BC. The Eagles look to capitalize on a struggling UMass pitching staff, which carries a team ERA in the mid-sevens. Matt Reynolds has demanded more from his Minutemen (11-25-1) at the plate in 2025, but the lineup has sputtered to a .235 team average. UMass will need to apply pressure to the Eagles' pitching staff with men on base when senior infielder Jack Beverly comes to the plate, a bright spot in a bleak offense. Beverly, a two-sport star at Framingham, leads the Minutemen with five home runs and 29 RBIs. Advertisement Max Schwartzberg can be reached at
New York Times
18-04-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
It's nice that Charlie Jacobs feels Bruins fans' pain, but that's not nearly enough
BOSTON — Plenty of meaningful skating has taken place at TD Garden this year. The groundbreaking 4 Nations Face-Off final. The Beanpot. The Hockey East tourney. The high school tourneys. The World Figure Skating Championships. What's missing from this list? You know the answer to that question: The Boston Bruins. It's been a long time since the Bruins have played much in the way of meaningful hockey, unless you count their 'Centennial Game' against the Montreal Canadiens on Dec. 1. We can all agree it was a grand night across the boards for the Bruins: They roared to a 6-3 victory on the 100th anniversary of their first game in the NHL, a 2-1 win over the Montreal Maroons on Dec. 1, 1924, at Boston Arena. Stick tap to Thomas 'Smokey' Harris for scoring the first goal in Bruins history. Advertisement But just as the 1924-25 Bruins didn't qualify for the playoffs, neither did the 2024-25 Bruins. How bad was this latest edition of the Bruins? Their 32-39-9 record included a coaching change and a trade deadline housecleaning that sent Brad Marchand, the last remaining Bruin from the 2011 Stanley Cup champions, to the Florida Panthers. The Bruins lost 10 straight games as the season was mercifully winding down. Here's something else that connects the 2024-25 TD Garden Bruins and the 1924-25 Boston Arena Bruins: Ownership believes things are going to be just fine. Back then, it was Charles Adams, founding owner of the Bruins. Sportswriter John J. Hallahan spoke with Adams at the end of the 1925 season and filed this report for The Boston Globe: '(Adams) says that in another year he will give Boston a team that will be in the thickest of the fight, and expresses appreciation to the fans who supported the team.' One hundred years later, we have Charlie Jacobs, CEO of the Bruins and son of longtime owner/chairman Jeremy Jacobs, crafting a letter that was sent to B's fans. The big takeaway, as has already been widely discussed, is Charlie Jacobs' belief that 'expectations and accountability are higher than ever.' The only real accountability that seems to be going on with the Bruins these days is with the coach. The track record in recent years is that the blame pie is a single serving that's been delivered to Claude Julien, followed by Bruce Cassidy (who has since won a Stanley Cup with the Vegas Golden Knights), followed by Jim Montgomery, who was fired by the Bruins in November and was quickly hired by the St. Louis Blues. Monty's Blues are in the Stanley Cup tourney, with Game 1 of an opening-round series against the Winnipeg Jets set for Saturday night. As for Bruins president Cam Neely and general manager Don Sweeney, they will be seated with Jacobs at the team's annual end-of-season news conference Wednesday at the Garden. 🎥 Coach Sacco reflects after the #NHLBruins season: "Over a decade here being part of a great organization. The Bruins have treated me very well…to be in the same place for that long, I'm pretty fortunate." Complete end-of-season media sessions ➡️ — Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) April 17, 2025 I'm not here to rant for Neely and/or Sweeney to be escorted off the premises. What's bothersome about the letter — and give me some rope here — is the suggestion that Charlie Jacobs is just another townie who wants to see the Bruins win. 'I'm incredibly proud to be a Bostonian,' Jacobs writes. 'I take even greater pride in being a Boston Bruin. Together with leadership, we are embarking on an ambitious journey to restore glory to this great franchise.' Advertisement In fairness to Jacobs, he has lived in Boston for a long, long time. Though born and raised in Buffalo, N.Y., which is his family's base, he went to Boston College and later settled in the area to raise his family. He's the absentee owner's son, but he's present and accounted for in the Boston community. His name is attached to several charitable endeavors in Boston. According to the Bruins' website, he is the founder and chairman of the Boston Bruins Foundation, 'whose mission is to assist charitable organizations that demonstrate a commitment to enhancing the quality of life for children and families throughout New England.' The betting here is that Jacobs knows a couple of good sub shops around town, and maybe a neighborhood bar where everybody knows your name. It's the context that's all wrong. Bruins fans are rightly worked up about the way this season played out. And whether you want to call it a 'rebuild' or a 'retooling' (the latter being no more than a rebuilding's euphemistic cousin), the customers are concerned about the future. To borrow from the iconic folk song that was popularized by The Kingston Trio, the CEO of the Boston Bruins is Charlie Jacobs, not Charlie on the MTA. He's not some grown-up kid from Inman Square who knew how to sneak into the old Garden. He didn't see the Boston Braves of the AHL, or the New England Whalers of the WHA. He's seen Bobby Orr on Level 4, but not on top of Pat Quinn. Now it's not necessary for Jacobs to have been any of those things. But for the purposes of this discussion, it's not a good sell for ownership to pretend to be one of you. The late Tommy McVie, a hockey lifer who had a long tenure with the Bruins as an assistant coach, AHL coach, scout and ambassador, was fond of saying, 'If you start thinking like the fans, you'll soon be sitting with them.' McVie was a coach, and he had coaching in mind whenever he'd roll out that line. But it works just as well with the front office and with owners. In this case, Charlie Jacobs. Advertisement The Bruins have not been a complete disaster over the years. They've been competitive more often than not. But if the ultimate goal is to win the Stanley Cup, the sobering reality is that the Bruins have brought the Big Goblet to Boston just once since 1972. Yes, they came close in 2013 and 2019. Alas, there is no second-place Stanley Cup unless you count the Prince of Wales Trophy, which nobody does. While we're on the topic, can we please stop with the revisionist history that the Jacobs family would have no Stanley Cup titles were it not for the otherworldly goaltending of Tim Thomas in spring 2011? No doubt about it: Thomas stood on his head. His stick save against the Tampa Bay Lightning's Steve Downie in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals is the finest net thievery these eyes have seen. But to suggest it was all Thomas is disrespectful to the likes of Marchand, Patrice Bergeron, Zdeno Chara, etc. I seem to recall Mark Recchi scoring a few goals from the slot that spring while opposing skaters were bludgeoning him with tire irons. To give all the credit to Thomas is like saying the Red Sox won the World Series in 2004 because David Ortiz got hot. My point is that if ownership counts for anything, then Bruins ownership delivered a Stanley Cup in 2011. And now Bruins fans are saying, 'OK, that was 14 years ago. Time for another Stanley Cup.' It's up to Charlie Jacobs, not Charlie on the MTA, to make that happen.
New York Times
11-04-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Boston University defeats Penn State, advances to Frozen Four national final
ST. LOUIS — Jay Pandolfo has a good thing going at Boston University. Three seasons. Three Frozen Four appearances. One Beanpot. One Hockey East championship. And, after a 3-1 win over Penn State on Thursday night at the Enterprise Center in the national semifinal, now one trip to the national championship game. Advertisement With the win, the Terriers have now won eight of their last nine games of this season dating all the way back to Feb. 22, their lone loss coming to UConn in the Hockey East semifinal. A year ago, they were a goal away from the final, losing to eventual national champion Denver in overtime. This year, they're advancing one game further — one win away from the program's sixth national title. To do it, they'll have to beat a Western Michigan team that has done them one better in their last nine games, winning all of them. On Thursday, Western Michigan gave up a 2-0 lead in the third period before pulling out their semifinal win in double overtime. The Terriers followed suit and carried a 2-0 lead of their own into the third period, but held onto it. Senior forward and Los Angeles Kings draft pick Jack Hughes opened the scoring on an innocuous play, poking in a loose puck after Penn State goaltender and Flames prospect Arsenii Sergeyev, not knowing it was underneath him, lifted his pad and revealed it. DOGS BITE FIRST! Jack Hughes gets the Terriers on the board first with 18:25 left in the second period!#MFrozenFour x 🎥 ESPN2 / @TerrierHockey — NCAA Ice Hockey (@NCAAIceHockey) April 11, 2025 Freshman forward and Islanders first-rounder Cole Eiserman made it 2-0, scoring his team-leading 24th goal of the season off of a pass from fellow freshman and longtime teammate Cole Hutson on a two-on-one. WHAT A PASS! @ColeEiserman34 with the one timer to make it 2-0 Terriers! #MFrozenFour x 🎥 ESPN2 / @TerrierHockey — NCAA Ice Hockey (@NCAAIceHockey) April 11, 2025 Though Penn State did push in the third more than they had through the first two periods, BU only gave back one to Nic DeGraves. BU sophomore forward and Tampa Bay Lightning prospect Jack Harvey later sealed it into the empty net. 'It almost doesn't feel quite real,' Hughes said after the game of advancing to the final after back-to-back semifinal losses at the Frozen Four. 'It's a little bit of a relief for now and then we're going to get back to work and hopefully win it all.' Advertisement Two points and plus-3 in a 4-3 overtime win in the gold medal game of the World Juniors. A goal and plus-2 in the Beanpot final. A goal, four points and plus-4 in the regional semifinal. A goal and two points in a 3-2 overtime win in the regional final to send his team to the Frozen Four. And now a big assist in the national semifinal to set up the game-winner that sent the Terriers to the national title game. They should start calling him Big Game Cole Hutson. And honestly, what a freshman year for the Capitals second-rounder. That's 47 points in 38 games now. His brother Lane had 48 in 39, believe it or not, so they may well finish the year with identical stat lines. Hutson was outstanding at both ends again on Thursday night, making plays all around the offensive zone, carrying a ton of pucks out of trouble and into the offensive zone, setting up the Eiserman goal, putting five shots on net, and coming up with some big blocks and stops back at the other end. His four blocked shots were a game high. 'Whenever No. 44 has the puck, I'm always expecting to get it,' Eiserman said after the game of Hutson's setup on his goal. 'He's such a great player and with him he was just looking for the angle. It was a late pass but a great play.' I'm more confident with every passing viewing that he's going to be an impactful NHL defenseman. — Scott Wheeler On Jan. 10, Mikhail Yegorov lost his 13th game in a row with the hapless Omaha Lancers team. Three months later, he made 32 saves on 33 shots to backstop the Terriers to the national title game. In between, the Devils' second-round pick won the Beanpot and celebrated his 19th birthday. His decision to leave Omaha and the USHL and enroll at BU for second semester has been a fairytale for him and the Terriers, and now he gets a chance for the storybook ending. He has been lights-out for them since his very first start back on Jan. 25, playing to a save percentage above .930 across 17 games. The talent and upside has always been there. He's a 6-foot-5 goalie with superb athleticism. He's also a delight to talk to and seems to have a great head on his shoulders. Once he gets into the gym and adds the right kind of muscle to his lean 180-pound frame, the sky looks like it's the limit. Advertisement 'It has been great coming here and getting a chance to play and sticking through the whole season. (My teammates) have treated me as if I was a part of their team for four years,' Yegorov said when asked to put his whirlwind season into perspective. 'Now we're going to play in the national championship and it's kind of unbelievable.' He has turned me into a big fan and the Devils were right to look past the difficult situation he was in in Omaha and make him the second goalie off the board in last year's draft. — Scott Wheeler Considering Penn State's Cinderella run, going from winless in their first nine Big Ten games to the Frozen Four, it seemed like they'd have another comeback left in them. And the Nittany Lions nearly did, especially after Nicholas DeGraves scored two minutes into the third. But a slow start against Boston University was too much to overcome. The Terriers, in their third straight Frozen Four, had so much firepower, with the slick Hutson-to-Eiserman goal midway through the second the difference. Penn State was outshot 24-15 in the first two periods before making a strong third-period push. The loss doesn't take away from the historic season, with the Nittany Lions — just over a decade removed from their debut in Division I — making their first Frozen Four. — Joe Smith
Boston Globe
10-04-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
From rivals to friends: BU's Macklin Celebrini nets first NHL hat trick for Sharks — with three assists from BC's Will Smith
Despite the young duo's late effort, the Wild won it in the extra period, 8-7. 'We just got a good look at the future, didn't we?' Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky said. 'Was one of [Celebrini's] better games here as of late, obviously with points and whatnot. And then Will [Smith] as well. ... But yeah, we just got a really good look at the future.' Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Celebrini, selected first overall in the 2024 NHL Draft, and Smith, drafted fourth in 2023, have become known as 'two peas in a pod,' Advertisement The rookies have become known for their off-ice friendship and antics. The former college rivals made a friendly wager on three of BC and BU's games this season. After Smith's Eagles beat Celebrini's Terriers twice in the regular season, Celebrini begrudgingly donned a maroon-and-gold jersey as he walked into San Jose's SAP Center. Nothing beats a little college rivalry 🦅 — San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) A few weeks later, Celebrini got his revenge. The Terriers beat BC in the Beanpot final, and Smith paid the price, wearing Celebrini's college jersey before a game against the Bruins. Advertisement The 'bet' has officially been fulfilled. 🤝 — San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) A Emma can be reached at
