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Since Christmas - Goffstown Hockey Brian C. Stone Memorial Christmas Tournament - JFK Memorial Coliseum Goffstown at Lebanon-Stevens-Mascoma Since Christmas the Goffstown Grizzlies played three games in the Christmas Tournament and then a league game against Lebanon-Stevens-Mascoma on January 3rd, 2024. They have two more games before returning to Sullivan Arena (seen below) on January Continue Reading...
December 29-31, 2023 - 2023 Winter Classic - 2010 Flames - Tri-Town South - Tri-Town North For the first time in weeks, the 2010 Flames had most of their players in the line-up for a game. There are still a couple of dear players out, and we hold them in our thoughts and prayers. Yes, really, we do. Kids should be afforded the joy and unencumbered freedoms to be young, healthy, and active. So, Continue Reading...
December 23, 2023 - Nothing Up North - Berlin, NH - Conway, NH It seems that the 2010 Flames team has not been whole for weeks and weeks now. With 2 t0 7 players missing from the lineup in any given game since early November, the wear and tear has taken a toll. The trip on the Saturday before Christmas left them with nothing up north. Continue Reading...
December 20, 2023 - All The Way Back - Sullivan Arena, St. Anselm College - After splitting the opening two games of the season, the Goffstown Grizzlies returned to home ice to play the Bearcats from Somersworth-Coe-Brown-Northwood. The Bearcats have been among the better teams in Division II, NHIAA Hockey the last few years, and on Wednesday night, Goffstown dug a deep hole for themselves before Continue Reading...
Back To Peace - Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Two weeks ago I wrote a piece on TSO that started the way you see in the following paragraph. Today I try to put into words, coming Back to Peace, as it relates to my two-plus decade relationship with the band, their music, and their fans. Recently, I was asked by a number of people, if I would be writing anything about seeing Trans-Siberian Orchestra Continue Reading...
24 Years - Trans-Siberian Orchestra - I was asked recently, by a number of people, if I would be writing anything about seeing Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO) again this year. The odd thing is that while I was sitting in the balcony watching the show, I was thinking that it was time to write about and share more of my TSO experience. Continue Reading...
April 9, 2023. Easter Sunday. A sliver of the burden. To me, this is not just some story that has been handed down through the ages, but rather a current event, for He Lives! Each one of our sins paid in full. Our sins, you see, each one of them, a sliver of the burden He took to the cross. Read this story. Feel this story. There has been no greater gift. Continue Reading...
14 Songs of Christmas - (1) O Holy Night "O night when Christ was born". The ultimate reason for celebration. "Truly He taught us to love one another, His law is love and His gospel is peace". God sent His own Son to pay the price, in full, for our sins. The greatest gift. Continue Reading...
14 Songs of Christmas - (2) Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24 December 1999. I hear a Christmas song like no other on WAAF, 107.3 out of Boston. I call the station to find out what the song was and who played it. It's Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and the song is Christmas Eve Sarajevo 12/24. I have been hooked ever since. Continue Reading...
14 Songs of Christmas - (3) Little Drummer Boy. I am a poor boy too. I have no gift to bring. That is fit to give our King. So, I will do my best for Him. Oh, to get a smile from the King, now that would be a thing. Lord, at thy birth. Reverence, respect. So, to honor Him. That is how I see the Little Drummer Boy. Continue Reading...