With the 63rd annual Beanpot Tournament set to begin this evening at TD Garden, a trio of players with local ties shared their thoughts on participating in one of the city?s premier sporting events.Boston College?s freshman goaltender Katie Burt, a native of Lynn, has had a sensational freshman season to say the very least, guiding the Eagles to a 25-0-1 overall record (16-0-0 in Hockey East) and the No.1 ranking in the country.Mixed in with all of the collegiate success was a gold-medal at the IIHF under-18 women?s world championships in Buffalo, where Burt finished 3-0 with 1.06 goals against average and .923 save percentage.Next up on the checklist: a Beanpot championship.?That?s definitely one of our goals so hopefully we?ll get a good start on Tuesday (the men?s? portion begins tonight) and keep it going from there,” said Burt.The Beanpot has been in her sights for quite a while. “I always wanted to play at BC,” she said. “But if I couldn?t play at BC, then I wanted to play (for a college) in Hockey East. The Beanpot was something that really jumped out to me as one of the things that you always grow up watching, the men obviously because they get all the coverage of it. But, still, it?s something that?s always on the calendar that I liked to watch.”Boston College?s quest to repeat as the tournament champion will begin with a semifinals matchup against Northeastern University at 5 p.m. at Harvard University?s Bright-Landry Hockey Center.For Northeastern senior forward Chelsiea Goll, of Winthrop, this season’s Beanpot will have added meaning, not only because it is her last, but because an injury sidelined her for last year’s tournament.?Sitting out last season was unbearable so there?s definitely a greater sense of appreciation this time around,” said Goll who played youth hockey locally before attending Brewster Academy in New Hampshire.?I grew up wanting to play for a Boston school just so I could play in the Beanpot. I?ve been extremely fortunate to have made it to the finals in each of my three seasons, with championships in my first two.”As a freshman, Goll quickly learned just how competitive the tournament can be as the Huskies needed a shootout to best Boston College in the semifinals before an overtime period was required in the title game with Boston University.?For me, that?s the best part of playing in not just the Beanpot, but Hockey East as a whole,” said Goll of the closeness with which the majority of the games tend to be played.?It?s never going to be just a walk in the park and that?s something myself and the rest of our upperclassmen have tried relaying to the younger players on the team.”Tuesday?s second semifinal between No.4 Harvard and No.7 Boston University will be played at 8 p.m.In men?s action, No.2 Boston University and No.4 Harvard will open play at 5 p.m. before Northeastern and No. 14 Boston College square off in the late game, at 8 p,m.BU defenseman Doyle Somerby, of Marblehead, had perhaps as interesting a start to his Beanpot career as any, after he was ejected midway through the second period in a semifinals loss to eventual champion, Boston College.The unfortunate happening has the sophomore rearing to go a year later.?That obviously wasn?t how I envisioned my first tournament playing out but it?s left me hungry for my second chance,” said Somerby who played for St. Mary?s as a freshman on a team that won the Division 1 North title before attending Kimball Union Academy in New Hampshire.?As a kid growing up in the Boston area, you learn early on just how much the Beanpot means to the city. I had jitters for the entire week preceding the start of the tournament and nothing has changed this time around. There?s just a different type of feeling in the locker room and out on the ice for these games.”Somerby grew up idolizing another Marblehead native in Corey Schneider, who starred at Boston College before making it to the big time.?He?s been a real model for me even though he chose the wro