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October 19-27, 2024 - Five Games To Finish October: With the 2010 Flames back in NH, they played five games to finish October. They played three home games wrapped around two trips to Berlin, NH. They closed out the month with 2 wins, a loss, and a pair of ties. Continue Reading...
October 13, 2024 - Early and Often - 2010 Flames in SC: The final day of the Palmetto State Fall Classic Tournament started very early for the 2010 Flames. They arrived at the Carolina Ice Palace by 6:30 am after getting back to the hotel after 10:45 pm on Saturday night. Continue Reading...
October 12, 2024 - No Goals - 2010 Flames in SC: The 2010 Flames played two games on Saturday, the second day of the Palmetto State Fall Classic Tournament. In the two games, they allowed zero even strength goals. They also scored no goals, of any kind. Continue Reading...
October 10 & 11, 2024 - The Beginning - 2010 Flames in SC: The 2010 Flames have one scheduled travel tournament this season. Again this season, the tournament was played in October. And, again, it was down south. This time the 2010 Flames played in Charleston, SC. It was a tremendous trip. Good hockey and near perfect weather, all with a hockey family that is second to none. Continue Reading...
October 5 & 6, 2024 - 2010 Flames Play Three - Our family was up in the Sunapee-Kearsarge Region of NH for the weekend. It was a wedding weekend at Ragged Mountain Resort for us. Meanwhile the 2010 Flames played three games. Continue Reading...
September 29, 2024 - 2010 Flames and 42 Years of Joe - It was late on Sunday afternoon when I walked slowly into West Side Arena to watch the 2010 Flames play their first game in 15 days. Very rarely, do I watch a Flames game with ear buds in, but Sunday I had them in and turned up. Continue Reading...
September 13-15, 2024 - GSL Parity Weekend - 2010 Flames - 2024-2025 The scene was Everett Arena in Concord. It was GSL Parity Weekend for NH youth hockey teams in the 14U Division such as the 2010 Flames. The 10U and 12U division's games were played in Manchester and Keene, respectively. Continue Reading...
September 07-08, 2024 - Opening Weekend - 2010 Flames - 2024-2025 Maturing and growing are aspects that both play instrumental parts in youth hockey. One (or more) player might finish a season in March as a teenage kid but take the ice in September as an adult sized player. So, when the 2010 Flames showed up for opening weekend on Saturday at West Side Arena it only took a second to see that Continue Reading...
Flames Welcome Back BBQ 2024 Manchester, NH - West Side Arena - August 29, 2024 - It was Thursday night, the final night of 'Skills Week'. This was the first week back on the ice for the Flames players. Summer still had some legs but the return to school was just around the corner. The event was set up as a celebration of Flames hockey success on and off the ice. For coaches, players, and Continue Reading...
Saturday - March 23rd - Update on NH Spring Training 2024. NH Spring Training 2024, I was looking over my roster for Saturday's action. I walked onto the field of battle and discovered that I had very little traction. A contest was to be decided and I had to find the answers in the players I had. I considered each of the players and it wasn't good, then again, not all bad. Just Continue Reading...