BURLINGTON, Vt.--This just in from the Harvard Sports Information office:

The Bright Center will be permanently moving to Burlington, Vermont.

Alright, alright, I was just joking, but if it were at all possible, I'm not the only one who would approve of such a move.

Have you ever been there? Then you know what I mean.

The Harvard men's hockey team--it knows EXACTLY what I mean.

In Burlington, no one asks "Are you going to the hockey game?"

They are already there.

One thousand tickets went on sale Friday morning at 9:00 a.m. Would you be there at 4:30 in the morning? They were! They sold out in 40 minutes. Do you think sections 11 and 12 in Bright even sell out in 40 minutes?

ATTENTION: This is NOT Durham, N.C. This is Burlington, VT.

So the students aren't in session. The barn (and what a descriptive word that is, "barn," with all the animal noises it connotes) won't be loud, right?

Noooo--better bring your earplugs, sister.

Keep in mind that Vermont is a team that went a couple centuries straight without losing a game at home when this same arena fit only 1,800 people (it now seats 4,035). Now the Catamount skaters can even growl with the best of them.

My high school English teacher, a former Vermont player himself, is the assistant coach there, and perhaps said it best: "This is your first time here? Oh, boy..."

But we're talking about Harvard hockey, the team that rises to the occasion when crossing state lines. Friday night was no different, as Harvard shocked Burlington, Ben and Jerry, even my English teacher in a 5-2 victory.

"Our team really feeds on that crowd...everyone gets excited here" Head Coach Ronn Tomassoni said.