Calgary Flames prospects Adam Fox and Brandon Hickey will square off in the Beanpot final in Boston on Monday.
Fox and Harvard topped Northeastern 4-3 in the first Beanpot semi-final while Hickey and Boston University picked up a 3-1 win over the 2016 Beanpot-winning Boston College in the second semi-final at TD Garden this past Monday.
The annual affair features the four Boston-area post-secondary schools clashing in men's and women's hockey for the Beanpot championship every February. The tournament began in 1952 and has grown into one of the city's most popular sporting events.
"The history, playing in that city, it's a great hockey city," Johnny Gaudreau said, recalling the three championships he captured during his three-year tenure with Boston College. "Those four schools are so close together. To get to play in a tournament like that, there's so much history behind it. We always get really excited for the first Monday of the month there. It's always a fun time.
"After you're done playing in it, you still look back and watch the tournament."
FOX, HICKEY SET TO FACE OFF AT BEANPOT
The two Calgary Flames prospects will square off in Monday's Beanpot final in Boston