New Hampshire Motor Speedway is teaming up with the Manchester Monarchs for their Fan Appreciation Night celebration on Saturday, April 11 at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, N.H. The Monarchs will be hosting the always tough Portland Pirates.  The team will also be recognizing the great sports fans throughout the area with amazing ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYManchester West found itself on the side of the Division I hockey tournament highway in a familiar position – out of gas. Skating only two lines against Salem High School in their quarterfinal-round match on March 4, the ninth-seeded Blue Knights couldn’t hold a 3- 0 lead and were bumped from the playoffs following a ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYAllowing more than four goals per game is not a recipe for a successful season. On the other hand, scoring more than four goals per game can help even things out. Despite giving up 39 goals in its first nine games, the Manchester West boys hockey team is near .500 thanks to a potent offense that has scored 39 times. Although a ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORThey say the first win is always the most difficult. They are, of course, wrong. No matter the level, anyone who has coached recognizes it’s the last victory – the one that comes in the final contest of the postseason – that’s toughest to garner. And that’s why Manchester Central’s ...

The Sports Arena Pee Wee Major Manchester Flames have played very well in the Massachusetts Select Hockey League and the Granite State League’s Tier 1. In a 4-1 win over the Boston Jr. Bruins, goals from Brendan Philippon, Brendan Sullivan, Matt Moriarty and Connor Powell were more than enough to ensure victory. Moriarty, Powell and Ross ...

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 ...

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 STOUTIn looking back on one of the few silver linings in his team’s 2- 15-1 season, West hockey coach Phil Croasdale said the Blue Knights’ 7-1 win over Manchester Memorial on Jan. 27 – easily the squad’s most decisive victory, both moral and actual – wasn’t unlike many of the other games the group ...

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 ...