Travis Roy Jr. Beanpot Preview

The Travis Roy Jr. Beanpot begins Friday night at BU’s Walter Brown Arena. After nearly two weeks without game action, the hope is the boys come in refreshed, not rusty. The tournament honors Travis Roy, a former BU Terriers player who suffered a spinal cord injury on his first shift of his first collegiate game in 1995. Paralyzed from the neck down, Roy became a powerful motivational speaker and advocate for spinal cord injury research before passing away in 2020 at age 45.

For information on the Jr. Beanpot as well as how to make a donation to the Travis Roy Foundation click here.

This year’s tournament features Brookline High School, Newton North High School, Cambridge Rindge & Latin, and Lexington High School. The Minutemen take on Brookline at 8:00 PM on Friday (1/16) at Walter Brown Arena, following the 6:00 PM matchup between Cambridge Rindge & Latin and Newton North. Entering the tournament, Newton North owns the best record at 4-4-1, with Cambridge at 3-4-1 and Brookline at 1-5-2. That said, Brookline’s record is misleading—they’ve faced a tough schedule and, like LHS, have dropped several close games.

As far as familiarity with opponents Newton North has faced and beaten both Cambridge 7-1, and Brookline 4-0, while we all know what happened between LHS and Cambridge.

Lexington and Brookline

Two teams that are better than their records suggest, with a 2025-26 history of close, tightly contested games. Brookline has scored just nine goals in eight games, so this isn’t a team built for high-scoring affairs. At the same time, they’ve allowed only 22 goals—fewer than 2.5 per game—showing a solid defensive structure. Expect a low-scoring, grind-it-out game that likely comes down to which team makes fewer mistakes, something the Minutemen haven't been good at this year.

Going to need this guys A game this weekend.

Cambridge and Newton North

Newton North appears to have the edge, having decisively beaten Cambridge 7–1 earlier this season. They average just over 3.5 goals per game, so offense isn’t an issue—but they’ve also allowed the same number of goals they’ve scored (32), meaning their defense has been just as leaky.

Championship and Consolation Games

Both games will be on Saturday, January 17th at John Ryan Arena in Watertown. The consolation game will take place at 2:20 PM while the championship will take place at 4:20 PM.

What to look for out of Lexington

Can the boys put behind them the difficult loss to Cambridge and the early season struggles and make a statement in this tournament? Does the team run a shorter bench giving the Minutemen the opportunity to deploy their top players with greater frequency? Will line changes balance out some of the scoring or will it hurt already established and productive chemistries? Can the boys win a close game if needed?

Lots of questions sure to be answered by the end of this tournament. Here’s to hoping that after dropping too many games this season the laws of mean reversion kick in and the boys get a few wins!

God knows they deserve a break!

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