Following an up-and-down beginning to its season, the Goffstown Middle School ice hockey team proved steady and ready for postseason play, coming from behind to defeat a strong group from North Reading, Mass., 4-2, in the playoff semifinals, then pulling away from Londonderry for a 7-0 shutout victory in the finals recently. Goffstown won four of ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORFor the second straight year, the Goffstown Grizzlies put together an exemplary regular season, earned home ice in the first round, then suffered a heartbreaking overtime defeat and missed the Division II semifinals. After coming back from a late two-goal deficit before falling to Bow in last season’s quarterfinal ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORHe was so sick, he could barely walk, let alone skate. But Liam House-Myers, as Goffstown head ice hockey coach Peter Bedford later said, “did what captains do.” He not only played in the contest against Merrimack on Saturday, Jan. 31, but he helped propel the Grizzlies to a 3-0 victory. “He gutted it out ...

The Manchester Regional Youth Hockey Association (MRYHA) hosts its second annual hockey swap Aug. 1 and 2 at Saint Anselm College’s Sullivan Arena. Equipment dropoff takes place Friday, Aug. 1, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. The sale takes place Saturday, Aug. 2, from 8 to 11 a.m., and pick up of cash and unsold equipment is noon to 2 p.m. Equipment ...

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 ...

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, ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORThey finished with a winning record for the second consecutive season. They hosted a first-round playoff contest. They came back from a twogoal deficit in the third period against a formidable foe. The only thing the Goffstown ice hockey team failed to do was stuff the puck home when it counted most. Trailing Bow, 3-1, in ...

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 You’ll have to excuse Liam House-Myers if he seems more graceful in skates than shoes. Growing up in Alaska, he has laced ’em up and hit the ice nearly every day since he was 6. When the ice melted on his home rink, it revealed a paved surface – perfect for roller hockey amongst ...

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, ...