Sports in brief

Times wires
Monday, February 7, 2011

College hockey

Beanpot final: BC vs. Northeastern

BOSTON — Boston College will play Northeastern for the 59th Beanpot championship.

Tommy Cross scored on a power play with 3:17 gone in overtime Monday night and BC beat Boston University 3-2 in a semifinal. 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.

The consolation and title games are Monday.

The tournament pits the area's four college hockey powers on the first two Mondays in February.

BC (20-6-0), the defending Beanpot and NCAA champ, is ranked No. 1 in the nation. BU (13-8-7) has dominated the Beanpot, its 29 titles equaling all three other teams combined.

Jimmy Hayes and Philip Samuelsson also scored for BC, and John Muse stopped 34 shots. Wade Megan and Corey Trivino scored for BU. Kieran Millan made 37 saves.

Mike McLaughlin scored twice and Chris Rawlings stopped 41 shots for his fifth shutout of the season for Northeastern (9-11-6). Harvard (4-18-0) has not won the Beanpot since 1993.

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