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Squirts and Mites take titles in state and Boston

The New Hampshire Avalanche Squirt ’98 AAA team rolled through the Metro Boston Hockey League regular season, posting 35 wins without a loss.

The postseason was no different.

The top-seeded Avs, coached by Mike Potvin; his assistant coaches, Joe Silva, Mark Leach and Gary Saklad; and goaltender coches Bill McWhinnie and Bryan Ash, completed a record-breaking season with a 4-1 semifinal- round win over CD Select from Albany, N.Y., and an 8-0 drubbing of the Springfield Jr. Pics in the championship.

The team included players from Bedford, Hooksett, Goffstown, New Boston, Pelham, Concord, Londonderry, Manchester, Derry and Merrimack.

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The Avalanche ’99 AAA team, the top seed in the tournament, won the Tier 1 Mite state championship.

The Avs handled the Jr. Monarchs, 5-2, and tied the Flames, 2-2, in the preliminary rounds.

In the semifinals, the Mites outshot the Nashua Panthers, 29-10, en route to a 3-1 win. They carried the momentum from that victory into the finals, opening an early 2-0 edge in an eventual 5-1 win.

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The Avalanche Squirt ’97 AAA team won the Metro Boston Hockey League championship.

The Avs defeated the Edgewood Hawks in the semifinals, 2-0. Jeremy Duhamel connected midway through the third period after receiving a pass from Chad Thompson. Cam O’Neil’s empty netter in the final minute secured the win.

In the finals, the Avs outlasted the Springfield Jr. Pics in a shootout after a 2-2 tie. Goalie Michael Robinson turned aside both shots he faced, and Nicholas Burgess and Cole Anderson scored. Burgess and Colton McAllister tallied in regulation, with assists credited to Thompson and Isaac Segal.

The team earlier took second in the Tier I state championship.

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The New Hampshire Avalanche Mites ’00 team beat the Worcester Crusaders in double overtime, 2-1, to become the Mite minor champions of the Metro Boston Hockey League. Reese Popkin, assisted by Kyle Greer and Cody Sullivan, scored the first goal for the Avs, tying the match. Ryan Sledjeski, Cameron Leborgne, Brett Bliss, Daniel Israel and goalie Conner Laurendeau kept the Crusaders scoreless for the remainder of the contest.

First-overtime attacks by forwards Parker Roberto, Cade DeStafani, Drew Parsons, Josh Connor and Mick Pitarys were thwarted, but, 14 seconds into the second OT, Greer found the back of the net on a pass from Sullivan. The Avs, 11-6-1 in MBHL play this season, dedicated the win to defenseman Mason Hobbs, who was unable to make the playoff games.

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