Dana Trivigno and Erika Silva Adams are two of probably the most adorned athletes within the historical past of the Dunkin’ Girls’s Beanpot.
And they’ll get a becoming honor Tuesday night time when Northeastern and Boston College battle for the Beanpot title at TD Backyard.
Trivigno, a sensational ahead throughout her time at Boston School, and Adams, a legendary goalie at Northeastern, would be the two newest inductees into the Girls’s Beanpot Corridor of Fame. The induction ceremony is slated to happen through the first intermission of the championship bout.
Trivigno and Adams achieved a ton throughout their collegiate careers. Trivigno, who performed for the Eagles within the mid-2010s, completed her profession tied for sixth in program historical past with 138 factors, coming from 57 targets and 81 assists. Adams boasts super accolades as nicely, as she was named a First Group All-American in 2001 and set 11 program information.
Each Trivigno and Adams had been at their finest on the Beanpot stage. Trivigno was named MVP of the 2016 event and recorded 9 factors in seven Beanpot video games. Adams achieved what few goalies have ever executed on the Beanpot as she is a two-time winner of the Bertagna Award, given to the event’s prime netminder. Claiming that {hardware} twice is a feat solely three different goalies have ever achieved.
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The 2 additionally received the Beanpot twice, one thing they nonetheless cherish to today.
“I feel to be the very best in Boston is a reasonably large deal,” Trivigno mentioned. “There’s tons of tournaments that occur all year long, however this event will at all times be these 4 groups taking part in for that prime spot in Boston. So, to be part of that I feel is fairly cool and to have the ability to win it, I used to be fortunate sufficient to take action in my profession, and to have the ability to say you’re the very best in Boston is fairly cool bragging rights.”
The Girls’s Beanpot took monumental steps of progress since Trivigno and Adams performed. The event final season performed its ultimate spherical for the primary time at TD Backyard and followers flocked to the world with a file crowd of 10,633 in attendance.
Trivigno and Adams aren’t bitter that they had been by no means afforded that very same alternative. They perceive they performed their half in getting the Girls’s Beanpot there, identical to the gamers earlier than them did.
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And seeing how a lot progress ladies’s hockey made, showcased by the Beanpot, solely makes them smile.
“We’ve numbers. Numbers is an important factor,” Adams mentioned. “We’ve so many ladies on this sport, and the game is flourishing and the numbers communicate for themselves. … To see the place this recreation has come, I can solely be proud and blissful to see the place it’s going to go.”
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