From the ICENTER in Salem, NH - Have you ever felt like you are a part of an event that appears to have been a massive afterthought? That's kind of how it felt in Salem this evening. Playing on the lower rink, where the clock is difficult to read, the puck marred glass above the boards severely impairs everyone's vision, and the facilities are better suited for Middle School hockey or a Continue Reading...
Hockey: Goffstown 2 @ Oyster River 4
From the Whittemore Center on the campus of UNH - I find that as I am getting older that I may be getting a little more critical in some areas. Even though my playing days are well behind me, it turns out that I still have this deep sense of competitiveness that bubbles up inside me. My mind is still in tune (as far as I know) with preparation, process, and the effort it takes in tirelessly Continue Reading...
Hockey: Lebanon-Stevens 4 at Goffstown 6
From Sullivan Arena on the campus of St. Anselm College - In recent years, it seems that whenever Goffstown is scheduled to play Lebanon-Stevens in hockey, either the game is snowed out, or the game is played closely contested, with a pinch of physicality. This afternoon when Lebanon-Stevens (0-1) came into the Grizzlies Den to play Goffstown (1-0), things played out like they usually do. At Continue Reading...
Hockey: Portsmouth-Newmarket 1 at Goffstown 3
From the campus of St. Anselm College - Thanks to mother nature, the Goffstown High School Grizzlies hockey team opened the 2017-2018 hockey season at home, with a 3-1 win over the visiting Portsmouth-Newmarket Clipper Mules. Not much came easy for the home team, as Portsmouth-Newmarket (Ports-New) was feisty, and challenged every chance that they could. Continue Reading...
NHIAA Hockey: Div. II Final: Bow Hands Keene First Loss, 4-2
SNHU arena, Manchester, NH - 03/11/17 #2 Bow (17-2-1) vs. #1 Keene (18-0) - Division II Championship Mettlesome and gritty are a pair of words that come to mind when I look to describe the Bow Falcons in their game this afternoon. See, Bow entered the tournament as the #2 seed, and they owned an awesome regular season record of 15-2-1. As these kind of things often work themselves out, the Continue Reading...
NHIAA Hockey: Div. II Semi-Finals, It'll Be 1 vs. 2
The Rinks at Exeter, Exeter, NH - 03/08/17 Mumbled and garbled audio aside, the atmosphere in Exeter was electric. The Bow student section was in place early. The Windham throngs seemed to show up at exactly the same time. Keene packed their side with orange and black. St. Thomas showed their various blues. Before long the seats were full. The areas all around the glass where people were allowed Continue Reading...
GHS Hockey: Quarterfinals: #4) Goffstown: 3 vs. #5) St. Thomas: 4
Sullivan Arena, St. Anselm College, Goffstown, NH. Saturday, March 4, 2017. Goffstown v. St. Thomas, 4:00pm. Quarterfinal. Continue Reading...
GHS Hockey: Goffstown 4 vs. Windham 3 (OT)
Sullivan Arena, St. Anselm College, Goffstown, NH. Saturday, February 25, 2017. Goffstown v. Windham, 11:30am. Senior Day. Continue Reading...
GHS Hockey: Goffstown 4 at Lebanon-Stevens 3
Campion Ice Arena, West Lebanon, NH. Tuesday, February 21, 2017. Goffstown at Lebanon-Stevens, 445pm. Maturity and growth are signs that lessons are being learned. They are signs that messages are being received. They are the hope that adjustments and development will produce desired results. They reaffirm a coaching staff's game plan and direction given. Tuesday night, after two Continue Reading...
GHS Hockey: Goffstown 1 at Merrimack 4
West Side Arena, Manchester, NH. Saturday, February 18, 2017. Goffstown at Merrimack, 500pm. Merrimack and Goffstown are not too fond of one another. At least the high school hockey teams from these two towns tend to show much disdain toward each other. For the third straight meeting between these two teams, Goffstown was in a position of having to pull their goaltender. And for the third Continue Reading...