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February 11, 2024 - Get The Puck Out - West Side Arena - The 2010 Flames split a pair of games over the weekend. They lost, 4-1 to Providence, and then beat Mt. Washington, 3-1 later in the day. I came away from the action with two recurring thoughts or themes for the action that day at West Side Arena. Continue Reading...
- Out Of Sync - Goffstown Hockey - - Goffstown at Mon-Fall Mountain-ConVal - Keene Ice - Keene, NH - Goffstown went to Keene to play against the Monadnock-Fall Mountain-ConVal Huskies in a MUST win game, against an opponent they should beat with a solid effort. The Goffstown hockey team got the win, 4-1, all while battling through details that seemed just a bit out of Continue Reading...
- Fall Behind - Goffstown Hockey - - Goffstown vs. Oyster River - Sullivan Arena - St. Anselm College - If always you were even or getting ahead and never did you ever fall behind Would the miraculous invention and the splendid depth of self ever you find? Continue Reading...
- The Kids Come Back - Goffstown Hockey - - Goffstown at Nashua South Pelham - Conway Arena - Nashua, NH - Nashua South Pelham scored on the power play to take a 1-0 lead. The Goffstown hockey scored the next four goals and willed their way to a very tough road win. Falling back is only maintainable if the fall back is followed by a come back. Continue Reading...
February 03-04, 2024 - Til The End - West Side Arena - Cranston Veterans Memorial - On Saturday, the 2010 Flames lost 3-0 in a game where they piled up 39 shots on goal. Sunday, in Rhode Island, they were down 2-0 in the second period. Somehow they kept plugging away, and tied the game going to the 3rd, 2-2. Then with 3 minutes left to play they scored, and won the game, 3-2. This team, they Continue Reading...
- January In Numbers - 2010 Flames - The month of January saw hockey games rescheduled because of illnesses and also because of weather. Overall, the 2010 Flames played 9 games (lowest amount since 9 games in September) in January, and they had a record of 4-4-1. Continue Reading...
- Too Easy - Goffstown Hockey - - Dover at Goffstown - Sullivan Arena - Dover scored a shorthanded goal just 33 seconds into the game. And for me, the theme of the day started. Too easy. Either Dover is that good, or Goffstown just didn't play up to their talent level. Because, for much of the game, it just looked too easy for the Dover Green Wave. The Grizzlies dropped the decision, Continue Reading...
- Grizzlies Slip Past Spaulding - Goffstown Hockey - - Goffstown at Spaulding - Rochester Arena - The Goffstown hockey team fell behind early out in Rochester to a solid Spaulding team and the prospects of a come from behind win looked more like a fall further behind loss. Then the second and third periods were played. As it unfolded, Grizzlies slip past Spaulding, Continue Reading...
January 27-28, 2024 - Lots of Hockey - West Side Arena - Union Arena - Lee Clement Arena - A weekend with lots of hockey began and ended at West Side Arena. In between, the 2010 Flames traveled to Woodstock, VT and Henniker, NH for games. All in all, the Flames won 3 games and lost 1 over the weekend. The team played really well. Continue Reading...
- A Win Is A Win - Goffstown Hockey - - Goffstown vs. Portsmouth-Newmarket - Sullivan Arena - It was great to be back at Sullivan Arena for hockey. The Goffstown Grizzlies earned a 5-4 victory that left me scrambling to describe the full 45 minutes. I settled on, a win is a win. But it was probably more than that. Continue Reading...