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...
NH Avalanche – March Madness Champs!
The NH Avalanche 2000 team wrapped up their 2014-15 season by competing in the March Madness Tournament in Marlborough, Mass. at the New England Sports Center. After winning the Spring Classic #1 Tournament at Tri-Town Ice Arena last weekend, the Avs were confident entering play at NES. Game one of the tournament had the Avalanche playing the team from Gardiner, Maine. The Avs, who were missing 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...
NH Avalanche 2000 – Turkey Tournament 2-3
Game 2: Saturday morning the NH Avalanche 2000 team opened play against the Advantage Ice at Dover Arena. Both teams had earned victories in their first games of the tournament. The Advantage Ice team had beaten Maine Hockey Academy 4-0 the evening before, while the Avs had beaten Seacoast Spartans 4-2. Everyone knew this would be a tough game. The Avalanche ending up on the short end of a 4-0 Continue Reading...
NH Avalanche 2000 – Turkey Tournament 1
Friday night the NH Avalanche 2000 team opened play in the Turkey Tournament 2014. The Avs drew a familiar opponent in the Seacoast Spartans. The game was played at the beautiful facility on the campus of The Governor's Academy. The game started just after 9:30pm and most of us were unsure as to what we would see from the team, playing at such a late hour. I think you will see, we were pleasantly Continue Reading...
NH Avalanche 2000 @ East Coast Wizards – The EDGE Sports Center
I don't know if this is similar or not but I am going to make a small correlation between writing and youth hockey. When I sit down at my keyboard to write, I often times do not know exactly what is going to be written once I start typing. Similarly, in my mind, I, maybe we, do not know what I am going to see when our NH Avalanche 2000 team takes to the ice. Yesterday the Avs traveled to Bedford, Continue Reading...
NH Avalanche 2000 Weekend November 15-16
This weekend the NH Avalanche 2000 team had a pretty full weekend playing two games on Saturday and another game Sunday morning. All three games were played at The Ice Den Arena in Hooksett, NH. I am going to approach this recap a little bit differently I think. I am just going to list the results and then write about some points from the games and see how that goes. Continue Reading...
NH Avalanche 2000 vs. Seacoast Spartans – Ice Den
Over the weekend the NH Avalanche 2000 team hosted the Seacoast Spartans for a game at the Ice Den. Previously, the Avs had traveled to Exeter and played the Spartans to a 5-5 tie after entering the third period with a 5-3 lead. That game had been a pretty physical affair and full of offense. Both teams were missing players from the previous meeting between these two teams, but eventually, there Continue Reading...
Kearsarge February 9
Press Release: February 9, 2014 February 8: Kearsarge 7 @ Pleasant Valley 0 (Vermont Academy) The ride for all of us was a long one, and it led to a place that seemed even further from any place we may have seen or envisioned along the way. Tucked back in the hills with nary a sign to alert a soul they are even getting close, we found Vermont Academy. Saxtons River, Vermont, apparently named Continue Reading...
Kearsarge February 1
Press Release: February 2, 2014 February 1: Kearsarge 1 vs. Twin Valley 3 (Proctor Academy) Just before high noon, the Bantams of Kearsarge played their first of two games on Saturday, February 1st at their home rink on the campus Proctor Academy. Their opponent was a now familiar, team from Twin Valley. In recent weeks, Kearsarge had played this team tough but could not manage to gain a victory. Continue Reading...