Perhaps there are times in sports, even in everyday life, when we make mistakes but never really pay for them. Or at least we pay no more than the cost of listening to the taunting of our conscience and its innermost voice. Then, of course, there are times when our mistakes lead to immediate consequence and even seem to be plastered on a larger than life wide-screen for everyone to see. Continue Reading...
Hockey: St. Thomas 3 at Goffstown 6
Sometimes it's difficult to remember that these high school hockey players are teenagers and that not every night is their best night. It's also hard to forget previous teams, results, trends, and simple to get caught up in the numbers of all things tracked. Last season the Saints from St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Dover, NH ended the Grizzlies hockey season with a 4-3 win in the NHIAA Continue Reading...
Hockey: Goffstown 7 at Winnacunnet 0
It's not every night in NHIAA Hockey where both the home team and the visiting team arrive to the rink, and then leave the rink in school buses. But then again, Goffstown High School (Goffstown, NH) traveled to play Winnacunnet High School (Hampton, NH) in Haverhill, MA, naturally. As if this wasn't odd enough, the rest of the night kind of followed suit. Continue Reading...
GHS Hockey: Goffstown 4 at St. Thomas 3 (OT)
Dover Arena, Dover, NH. Wednesday, January 25, 2017. Goffstown at St. Thomas, 530pm. Maybe all Goffstown's away games will be decided in overtime. Early this evening, the Grizzlies traveled to Dover to play the Saints of St. Thomas. This was the fourth road game for Goffstown in NHIAA play, and it turned out to be the fourth time a road game has gone into overtime. As it would turn out, Dylan Continue Reading...
GHS Hockey: Goffstown 11 v. Winnacunnet 1
Sullivan Arena, St. Anselm College, Goffstown, NH. Saturday, January 21, 2017. Goffstown v. Winnacunnet, 730pm. Most athletic games are decided later in the contest than this one was. Winnacunnet came into Goffstown looking for their first win, with a first time goaltender. We here in Gtown Nation are familiar with that plight. Tonight, at Sullivan Arena on the campus of St. Anselm College, Continue Reading...
GHS Hockey: Goffstown HS 2 @ Winnacunnet HS 1
Goffstown @ Winnacunnet, Rinks at Exeter. 8:20 pm. The varsity hockey team from Goffstown High School opened their season on the road, in someone else's building. But, you must start somewhere. As the teams skated to warmup in the pregame skate, it was obvious that things may come a little bit harder when the schedule flips and the games start to count. The student body from Winnacunnet pressed, Continue Reading...