BY MATT SCHOOLEYIt wasn’t a storybook ending for Bow, though it was a tale fans of the Falcons have seen before. Seventh-seeded Bow fell to second-ranked Lebanon, 4-3, in the quarterfinal round of the Division II ice hockey tournament on Saturday, March 7. “We had a couple chances. We had a power play and one where the goalie was ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORCall it a roller coaster season. Call it a year of hills and valleys. Call it what you will, but after 18 Division II ice hockey games, Bow finds itself exactly where it is every March … in the playoffs. Though the Falcons slipped in their regular-season finale at home, 4-2, to three-win Winnacunnet, head coach Tim ...

DENVER – Andrew Thomas, senior captain of the University of Denver hockey team, earned the annual Western Collegiate Hockey Association post-graduate scholarship for 2008-09. The award capped a remarkable undergraduate career for the Bow resident, both on the ice for the perennial power and in the classroom. As team captain in ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORSitting at a youth hockey conference, watching what was likely to be another boring prerecorded training video, Kermit Brunelle sighed. On the screen, Don Lucia, coach of the national champion University of Minnesota ice hockey team, was giving a speech. “A lot of people think I have the best job in hockey, and I tell ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORHome ice is nice, but Goffstown head coach Peter Bedford is more focused on the hot product skating on the cold surface. “I don’t care where it is, it could be in the pond out back … To me it’s an opportunity,” he said. Going into the final game of the season, the Grizzlies knew their ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR Taking the rink for the first time at Southern New Hampshire University, freshman Matt Courchesne of Bow looked at the two standout seniors ahead of him on the depth chart and shrugged. Never had he let a challenge get in his way before. He certainly wasn’t about to shy away from this one. When starter ...

By Ryan O’connor CONCORD – Walking into Concord’s Douglas N. Everett Arena wearing a Bow Falcons cap and a Goffstown Grizzlies sweatshirt, John House-Myers received his share of grief from students and parents in attendance. “What would you do?” the Bow High School principal said with a defiant grin. After all, ...

BY JERRY LIPTAKIt began with some strong individual efforts in the winter – a trickle of championships earned by Bow, Hopkinton and Concord athletes on the slopes and the mats. It continued in the spring and summer, with various teams hoisting title plaques for their lacrosse, baseball and softball prowess. It concluded with the Hopkinton ...

BY CHRIS QUARTARONEUniversity of Vermont hockey goalie Mike Spillane has vivid memories as a youngster learning to play hockey. “My brother needed someone to pound pucks at, and I was that someone,” said the Bow native. The UVM sophomore is currently working hard to become the best goalie in Catamounts history. “He is one of ...

BY JERRY LIPTAKAt the Senior Hockey Classic inside the Icenter in Salem, Neighborhood-area players approached the March 17 game with an eye toward enjoyment. But each took the ice with a clearcut determination to play hard, play well – and play on. The White team came back from a pair of two-goal deficits to tie the match, 4-4, then beat ...