April 2022 – NH Legends of Hockey

2022 Golf Classic

April 11, 2022

Our 16th Golf Classic will be held on Friday July 15, 2022 at the Stonebridge Country Club in Goffstown, NH. Tee time begins with our usual 10:30 AM shotgun start with re-registration starting at 8:45 AM.

We will be accepting the first 132 golfers and we are anticipating a sellout! So please talk it over with your buddies and send along your registration and check(s). Hopefully we will reach that number well before the deadline of June 17, 2022.

The funds raised help us continue our mission of honoring, celebrating and preserving the rich ice hockey history in New Hampshire and to support the development of hockey throughout the Granite State.

The New Hampshire Legends of Hockey is a New Hampshire non-profit corporation and is a self-governing, 501(c)(3) organization (tax ID: 56-2421910).

We’ve already received some early payments so if you’d like to play, or can help by sponsoring and or volunteering, please contact Executive Director Jim Hayes at hayes743@comcast.net or 603-731-4168. Click here for the 2022 Golf Classic brochure.

You can also pay with a credit card on the Golf Classic event page. Player fees are $150.00 per person. If paying for more than yourself, please list names of each participant.

Shown above in center, Scott Citroni, reacts just after knocking in his ball for a Hole N One on the 4th Hole back in 2017. This was the first ever Hole N One in the previous twelve years, and still the only one. From this day fourth will be called “The Scott Citroni 4th Hole.”

Again, sponsorships and player registration and payment deadline is Friday June 17, 2022.

Who will take home the Cup this year? Shown below is our 2022 Champions from St. Paul’s School.

All Champions

2021 – Bob Oziomek, Mark Bozek, George Chase and Tim Pratt
2019 – Lee Blossom, Ryan Sahr, Mark Placy, Don Steenbeke Jr
2018 – Mike Bayer, Mike Desmond, Scott O’Neil and Jason Bergeron
2017 – Lee Blossom, Ryan Sahr, JM Sahr, Scott Towle
2016 – Lee Blossom, Mark Placy, Ryan Sahr, JM Sahr
2015 – Rene LeClerc, Pete Ackerson, Steve Grzywacz, Dave Kuhman
2014 – Todd Philbrick, Tom Otto, Jim Corbett, Jerry Collins
2013 – Dick Dodds, John Dodds, Scott Peters, Dean Cashman
2012 – Chris Chisholm, Jim Hayes, Ray Martin, Pat McNicholas
2011 – Casey Kesselring, Jeff Graham, Mike Beliveau, Trevor Smith
2010 – Chris Chisholm, Jim Hayes, Ray Martin, Pat McNicholas
2009 – Mike Castagna, Paul Lemire, Doug Leppart, Doug Snyder
2008 – Chris Chisholm, Jim Hayes, Ray Martin, TJ Whitelaw
2007 – Mike Castagna, Mike Ladouceur, Johnna Lory, Rich Tombs
2006 – Ken Roberge, Mike McGinn, Glen Williams, Dwayne Robinson

Thank you in advance.

Supporter Drive Update Q 1

April 11, 2022

As we move into the second quarter of 2022, we would like to thank everyone who loves hockey just as we do and for your contribution this year.

We currently have 109 individuals who have joined, and of that number 45 are in our Hall of Fame, click here to view list.

Once again we thank all of you and appreciate your donation!

Click here to read the complete article on the Supporters Campaign which was sent on January 1.

Thanks go out in advance, to all of you joining during Q2. As you know levels begin as low as $25.00 and you can mail a check to our PO Box or pay online.

2022 Double Header Recap

April 8, 2022

Exeter, NH – On Sunday March 20th, at The Rinks of Exeter, the New Hampshire Legends of Hockey (“Legends”) hosted both of the boy’s Senior All-Star Classic Hockey games. The 12:00 pm game was for Division III players only while the 12:15 pm game featured the very best players from Division I and II and were played in front of several hundred family and friends. Participating seniors were selected by the New Hampshire High School Hockey Coaches Association.

This Legends event was sponsored by New Hampshire Distributors (NHD) of Concord. NHD also provided post-game product samples for each player from Ghost energy drinks and Poland Spring Water.

Click to open Division III program and Division I/II program.

Division III Senior Game – In the Division III game, Team Light were led by a pair of goals Paul Vachon (Hollis Brookline-Derryfield) and single tallies by Jacob Roy (Hollis Brookline-Derryfield) and Jack Breault (Kearsarge-Plymouth) while Ben Estrella (Berlin-Gorham) scored for Team Dark. Toby Cromwell (Lebanon-Stevens-MR) tended the net for Team Light while Josh Steven played net for Team Dark as Light won 4-1.

Division I/II Senior Game – In the Division I & II game, Team Red won over Team White by the score of 4-2. Leading the offense for Red was Curtis Rice (Hanover) with a pair of goals while Luke Suhesky (Portsmouth-Newmarket) and Nick Lee (Hanover scored the other two goals. Will Pegnam (Concord) blanked white in the first period while Kevin Jones (Concord) and Jack Bussierre (Portsmouth-Newmarket) each allowed single tallies. For Team White Cooper Kennaly (Winnacunnet) and Ethan Larochelle (Bedford) each scored. In goal for Team White, Matt Desmond (Bedford), Claden Daubney (Oyster River) and Pedro Benites (Bishop Guertin) allowed 2 goals, 2 and zero respectively.

After the 12:15 game, Coaches convened to select players to represent New Hampshire in the (35th) Annual Make a Wish game against Vermont this summer.
The boy’s and girl’s game will be held at the Gutterson Field House (University of Vermont campus) on Saturday June 25th against the Vermont team.

Players will once again be adorned in the New Hampshire Legends of Hockey uniforms. The Coaches for the Vermont game should be contacting the players sometime over the next week.

Division III

To view and or purchase any Division III photographs from Matt Parker Photography CLICK HERE.