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 BEANPOT 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 ONTARIO- 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 GOAL 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 HOCKEY EAST- 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 STANLEY CUP-
PRESIDENT 0 SHAUGHNESSY MAY I PRESENT FOR INDUCTION INTO THE
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY VARSITY CLUB HALL OF FAME JAY
HEINBUCK.