Before the first women’s Beanpot hockey tournament, in 1979, Harvard Coach Joe Bertagna purchased a two-toned brown beanpot for $6 at Howard’s Flying Dragon Antiques in Essex, Mass. While the four-school men's Beanpot title is arguably the most prestigious in-season tournament in college hockey, the women's Beanpot is still fighting to gain recognition from a larger audience despite having grown to include some of the game's premier players. New York Times freelance photographer Gretchen Ertl captures Harvard and Boston College, on and off the ice.