Four college men's ice hockey teams — Northeastern, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Brown and Colgate — will be heading to Belfast, Northern Ireland, in November for the first annual "Belpot," a Beanpot-style tournament that will mark the first time NCAA hockey has been played outside North America.
"This is a first-of-its-kind event which represents a relationship between our cities that has been growing for some time," Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh said yesterday as he joined with Belfast's Lord Mayor Arder Carson outside TD Garden to announce the tournament in the Emerald Isle on Thanksgiving weekend.
The mayor took a trip to Belfast in 2010 to watch the Bruins play the Belfast Giants, the team that will be hosting the event, and the visit left an impression on him.
"Hockey in Belfast means so much more than a game," he said. "It means bringing communities together, and bringing areas together, and I was impressed by that. So early in my administration I decided to make Belfast the first Sister City agreement that I signed."
While the game schedule has not been set yet, Hockey East commissioner Joe Bertagna announced that if Northeastern and UMass Lowell meet, it will count in the standings.
"From the conference point of view, these are not exhibition games," Bertagna said. "The full schedule hasn't been announced, but these are real games. These will include league games, and they'll include inter-conference games that we're very proud of."
The games will be held Nov. 29 and 30 at the Odyssey Arena. It will be a weekend full of hockey, as the Giants will also be playing their own league games.
Belfast is a city with a violent and tumultuous history, as it was mired at the center of the Irish Troubles. Today the city is putting its past behind it, Carson said.
"The Belfast Giants are symbolic of the new Belfast," he said. "A vibrant and diverse city with ambition and a can-do attitude. A growing city that is outward looking."
"Today we're talking about starting a great new tradition," Walsh said. "We're going to take our cities' relationship to the next level."
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