The Flames played host to the North Shore Shamrocks on Sunday afternoon at West Side Arena. The game was close all the way through. Both teams had numerous scoring chances and great plays. Continue Reading...
2010 Flames at Plymouth
On a beautiful fall afternoon the 2010 Flames team played a road game up in Plymouth, NH. The fall colors were still quite gorgeous under a pure blue sky and glorious afternoon sun. Despite losing the game, 5-2, the game was competitive, and pretty well played. The Flames continue to improve, week by week, and we all look forward to what the future holds for this group. Continue Reading...
2010 Flames host Boston Jr. Terriers
After an 11-4 loss to the Jr. Terriers last week in Canton, Mass. the Flames closed the gap considerably at West Side Arena this week. Continue Reading...
2010 Squirts Flames at Canton
The game was a welcomed break from intense, heavy traffic to get past the routes to and from Boston. The result didn't favor the visiting team from NH. Continue Reading...
Flames 16U Take Bronze at Nationals
Recently the Manchester Flames sent a 16U Tier II hockey team to the 2016 Toyota-USA Hockey Youth Nationals in Wayne, NJ. The tournament ran from March 31 - April 4 in multiple arenas. The Flames went 4-0 in the Tier II State Playoffs back in November to earn their bid to Nationals. The team representing New Hampshire, and the Manchester Flames organization, is listed here in hopes of bringing Continue Reading...
Manchester Flames 14U in Salt Lake City
For those of you out there that follow youth hockey, a team I am rather familiar with has won their Tier II State tournament and earned a bid to Nationals in Salt Lake City, UT. Best wishes to the Flames. I have copied the link to the Nationals site here. Continue Reading...
Flames Pee Wee Major 2012-2013 Recap
First, I want to thank everyone inside and outside of our team and the Flames organization for all of the support, feedback, comments, and encouragement I have received throughout this season. You all have been an inspiration to me as I sit at the keyboard and contemplate the hours of recalling games, perusing my chicken-scratch stats, and trying to tell a story while occasionally subjecting us Continue Reading...
February 24: Flames 5 @ Nashua Pee Wee III 3
Sunday afternoon the Pee Wee Major Flames made their way across slick roads, around numerous spinouts, and through piles of wet, heavy snow to Skate 3 in Tyngsboro, MA for their final GSL regular season game. The Flames were playing the Nashua Pee Wee 3 team, and with a win would jump to the #5 seed in the upcoming GSL Playoffs. The Flames did beat Nashua, who gets better with each week, 5-3 and Continue Reading...
February 17: @ Flames 3 vs. Raiders 3
Sunday afternoon the Pee Wee Major Flames returned to home ice for a game against the Raiders based out of Everett, MA. Right away it was apparent that the Flames effort level and team involvement were back, and Saturday’s game just a memory. The Flames would take a 2-1 lead half way through this game, only to lose the lead late in the 3rd period. Then the hockey gods smiled on the home team when Continue Reading...
February 16: @ Flames 2 vs. Nashua Pee Wee III 0
In the spirit of today’s Flames home game, I am writing this while four people stand around watching me. The Pee Wee Major Flames earned a berth in the GSL playoffs by virtue of their 2-0 win over the Nashua Pee Wee 3 team. Wil Hebert scored a goal assisted by Patrick Goren in the first period, and Brendan Courtney added an unassisted, empty net goal with 27 seconds left to play in the game. Continue Reading...