November 27th, 2015 to November 28th, 2015
Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh joined Councillor Arder Carson, Lord Mayor of Belfast, Northern Ireland and representatives from the hockey community in 2015 to announce the first-ever "The Friendship Four," an international hockey tournament in Belfast featuring hockey teams from Northeastern, UMass Lowell, Brown and Colgate competing for the Belpot Trophy.
In addition to playing a pair of games at the SSE Arena in Belfast that sparked a second half turnaround, resulting in the 2016 Hockey East Championship, the Huskies also had the opportunity to visit two schools in the area to talk with students about their experiences and responsibilities as Division I student-athletes.