Community Corner
Teresa on the Mark
Swampscott's Teresa Vatcher didn't hesitate to predict the final score of Wednesday's hockey game between the Bs and Vancouver. She has a prediction for tonight, too.
Teresa Vatcher flicked her response as rapid as a wrist shot.
Asked for a Bruins prediction Wednesday at Kings Beach, long before skates scratched Garden ice in Game 4 action, she called the final score cold.
"Four — Zip," she told Patch reporter Scot Cooper, who was polling passersby for a person on the street video.
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The next morning she got a call from her son-in-law.
He told her she had nailed the score.
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Teresa confessed to falling asleep and not seeing the game.
But she said 4 has long been her lucky number.
She placed a nickel on the number 4 when she was 5 or 6 years old and playing a carnival game and won a Teddy Bear.
It was major highlight in her young life.
So what score is Teresa calling for Game 5?
"4-2," she said.
We forgot to ask her who gets the 4 spot but we are pretty confident she is calling it for the Bruins.
By the way, why 4-2?
It's a lucky combo.
Years ago, she and a friend went to Wonderland dog track. They played their lucky numbers in the Daily Double — 4 and 2.
They won $150.
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