THE OLD BOSTON GARDEN WAS GRIM AND GRITTY- BUT IT WAS A

HOUSE OF MAGIC- A SACRED PLACE- AND IT HOSTED SACRED RITES -

SUCH AS THE ANNUAL TOURNAMENT- IN 1984 THE RITE WAS

THE PLAYING OF THE 34TH BEANPOT - THE HUSKIES CAME INTO THE

POT WITH A MODESTLY SUCCESSFUL 12-9-1 RECORD- THE OPENING

OPPONENT WAS HARVARD AT 7-9-1- NEXT DAYS BOSTON GLOBE

HEADLINE READ HEINBUCK SPARKLES - THAT WAS JAY HEINBUCK- A

SOPHOMORE FORWARD FROM TINY MITCHELL - ONLY 5'9

THAT NIGHT HEINY WAS A GIANT AS THE HUSKIES OVERWHELMED

THE CRIMSON 7-3- ON 5 OF THOSE GOALS HEINBUCK HAD ASSISTS- A

WEEK LATER IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME VERSUS BU HE SCORED THE

TYING AND ASSISTED ON THE GO AHEAD~ FOR A 5-2 WIN ~ AND NU'S SECOND BEANPOT TITLE - HIS COACH FERN FLAMAN

REFERRED TO HIM AS QUOTE A BIG GAME PLAYER-AND THE e:::...

BEANPOT PLAYED A ROLL IN HIS COMING TO NORTHEASTERN -

ASSISTANT COACH DON MCKENNEY DISCOVERED HIM IN A HOLIDAY

TOURNAMENT- IN 1982 HEWAS NAMED PLAYE~OF THE YEAR IN HIS

JUNIOR B LEAGUE - HE WAS INVITED TO BE NU'S GUEST AT THE 82 POT

- HE LOVED IT - HE LOVED BOSTON - IN THE FALL HEWAS A HUSKY -

HIS FIRST YEAR HE MADE THE TRANSITION FROM JUNIOR B TO

COLLEGIATE PLAY - HE HAD 18 POINTS - SOPHOMORE YEAR HE

BLOSSOMED WITH 35 POINTS AND HIS BEANPOT HEROICS - JUNIOR

SEASON HE SLUMPED TO 22 BUT ONCE AGAIN WAS DOMINANT ON GARDEN ICE AS THE HUSKIE'g\DDED THE 85 BEANPOT TO THEIR

TROPHY CASE- SENIOR SEASON EVERYTHING CAME TOGETHER - AS

AN ASSISTANT CAPTAIN HE REWROTE THE NU RECORD BOOK- 30

GOALS 40 ASSISTS FOR 70 POINTS - THE 40 ASSSISTS AND 70 POINTS ARE

STILL RECORDS - HE LED THE TEAM IN POWERPLAYS - GAME

WINNNERS AND SHORT HANDED GOALS- AND IN HIS 4 YEARS HE

NEVER MISSED A GAME- 134 STRAIGHT - THEN A HUSKY RECORD- HE

COVERD HIS WALL WITH CERTIFICATES - TEAM MVP - ALL NEW

ENGLANDALL - AND NEW ENGLANDS MOST IMPROVED A WARD - HIS CAREER 145 POINTS LEFT HIM- 7 TH IN THE HUSKY ARCHIVES - HEINBUCK WOULD NEVER LEAVE HOCKEY - HE SERVED

AS AN ASSISTANT COACH WHILE GETTING HIS MASTERS DEGREE AT

NORTHEASTERN - SPENT 10 YEARS AS AN ASSISTANT AT Sli.4 WRENCE

-BECAME AN ISLANDERS SCOUT IN 2002- WAS NAMED DIRECTOR OF

AMATEUR SCOUTING FOR THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS IN 2006 - ASK IF

HE IS DOING A GOOD JOB - LAST YEAR THE NAME JAY HIENBUCK WAS

INSCRIBED ON THE HOLY GRAIL OF HOCKEY - THE -

PRESIDENT 0 SHAUGHNESSY MAY I PRESENT FOR INDUCTION INTO THE

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY VARSITY CLUB HALL OF FAME JAY

HEINBUCK.