The Salem Saints began their second season in the Valley Hockey League. Nine Saints teams play there, while the Midget 1 team competes in the Granite State League. During games played the week of Sept. 14 to 20: The Mites beat S & S, 7- 2, with Mason Drouin and Nick Peters garnering two goals apiece. Brendon Banks, Michael Drouin and Jake ...

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 MATT SCHOOLEY Salem and Bishop Guertin hit hard all afternoon, but the Cardinals saved their biggest blows for the back of the net, skating past the Blue Devils, 5-2. BG scored twice in each of the first two periods and added an empty-netter in the final frame, dropping Salem to 5-5- 0 on the season following the contest on ...

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 ...

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’CONNOR Standing in the tee box on the eighth hole at the Overlook Country Club in Hollis, a 194- yard downhill par 3, Brett Borbidge had a decision to make. Would he use his 6-iron or 7- iron? Maybe his 8-iron? Glancing at teammate Jimmy Fellows, a left-hander, Borbidge asked to borrow a club. Turning his hat backward, and taking ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR Spaulding ice hockey coach Paul George had to admit he thought this was the year. The Bow Falcons, having never reached the Division II title game in the school’s 10-year history, led George’s Red Raiders, 4-2, with five minutes remaining in the semifinal matchup on Tuesday, March 4, at the Rinks ...

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 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 ...