From J.F.K. Coliseum in Manchester, NH, December 27, 2018: It was nice to show up to the rink and have the honor of listening to our National Anthem sung before the game. Being the first game of the day, the Anthem was played. The Bow Falcons and Goffstown Grizzlies, each entered the day with a 1-0 record in the tournament. Continue Reading...
Brian Stone Memorial Christmas Tournament: Goffstown 7 at Manchester Memorial 3
From J.F.K. Coliseum in Manchester, NH: After Concord shutout Hanover 2-0, in the Brian C. Stone Memorial Christmas Hockey Tournament opener, the second game, between Goffstown and Manchester Memorial started slowly. Well sort of. Continue Reading...
Hockey: Goffstown 6 at Lebanon-Stevens-Mt. Royal 3
From James F. Campion Arena in West Lebanon, NH - December 19, 2018: Goffstown went to Lebanon for their third road game in their first four games of the 2018-2019 campaign and earned a convincing 6-3 victory. Continue Reading...
Hockey: Goffstown 6 vs. Winnacunnet 5 (OT)
From Sullivan Arena in Goffstown, NH - December 15, 2018: For the second game in a row, there was a pre-game tribute of sorts to someone who has been taken too early from this earth. I was asked to lead the moment from the booth, which I had no problem with. When I asked for some direction on what to say, or in what order, etc. I was told, "just wing it". Continue Reading...
Hockey: Goffstown 10 @ Merrimack 5
From West Side Arena in Manchester - December 12, 2018 As I sat down to write this recap, I literally removed my baseball cap and sat in silence for 22 seconds to honor Hunter Burke and the Burke family as I had done with the crowd at West Side Arena yesterday afternoon. Continue Reading...
Hockey: Goffstown 3 @ Oyster River 3 (OT)
From the Whittemore Center on the campus of UNH - December 10, 2018 On Monday night the Goffstown Grizzlies made their annual trip out to the spacious confines of the Whittemore Center to play the Oyster River Bobcats. In this opponent, the Grizzlies know that Oyster River is well coached, and usually structurally sound. The second period showed just that. Continue Reading...
Grizzlies earn a 7-4 pre-season victory over Manchester Memorial
Goffstown scored 3 goals in the first period and added 4 more in the final period to come from behind and win their pre-season scrimmage game against Manchester Memorial at Sullivan Arena on Sunday evening. Continue Reading...
Tournament Hockey: (#4) Goffstown 4 vs. (#5) Dover 8
Goffstown dug themselves a huge hole, falling behind 5-0 in the second period, while Dover was dictating play by simply executing better than the Grizzlies. Goffstown reached down, found some collective fire within, and came storming back. With less than 10 minutes to play in the game, the game had turned into an intense, nail-biting, one-goal, tournament game with the Grizzlies trailing Dover, Continue Reading...
Hockey: D-II Quarterfinal Bracket
Well, folks, the prelims are done. #8 Oyster River overcame a 2-0 deficit and came back to beat #9 Merrimack, 5-2. #7 Kingswood fell behind #10 Portsmouth-Newmarket, tied the game in the 3rd, and won it, 3-2 in overtime! So, entering Saturday, the top 8 teams are set to play the Quarterfinal round. Here's what it looks like. (Click on the bracket to go to the NHIAA page) Continue Reading...
Hockey: Goffstown 2 at Windham 5
Goffstown ended their spectacular regular season in Salem against a very strong Windham Jaguars team on Saturday night. Despite dropping their final two contests, the Grizzlies did win 14 games in the regular season for the first time in their program's history. Windham jumped out to a 4-0 lead and the hole was too deep for the Grizzlies to climb out of and overcome, but that's not the whole Continue Reading...