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 JERRY LIPTAKThe Division I match-up between 9-4-0 Salem and 5-6-2 Manchester West had a little something for every ice hockey fan: fine goaltending from both starting netminders, hard-hitting confrontations in the corners, frenetic action from blue line to blue line, even some heated verbal exchanges. Ultimately, the visiting Salem Blue Devils ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYManchester Central generated little on offense, falling 3-0 on the road to Salem High School in Division I boys ice hockey on Saturday, Jan. 5. Salem scored little more than two minutes into the contest when forward Derek Tomes put in a rebound past Central goalie Jared Cox. Central trailed by three when, with 9:20 remaining in ...

BY MATT STOUTMore than 36 years of coaching hockey can go by in a blur, and perhaps, in some ways, it has for Rene LeClerc. Yet, on this night, his final night as the coach of the Southern New Hampshire University men’s ice hockey team, LeClerc can remember nearly every single detail. Standing behind his bench in the Northeast-10 semifinals ...

BY MATT STOUTMANCHESTER – There isn’t anything flashy about the way the Manchester Central boys hockey team is winning. Contrary to how Hollywood likes to portray a team’s complete turnaround on the ice, the Little Green aren’t using a variation of the “knuckle puck,” they’re not resorting to fighting a ...