High School Hockey News

CHAMPIONS CROWNED

Congratulations to the recently crowned 2024 Champions. Championships were held last Saturday at the SNHU Arena.  In the Girls Division, Hanover squeaked by Oyster River-Portsmouth 2-1.  It marked the thirteenth Championship for the Bears in the seventeen contested matches.

In Division I, Londonderry upended top ranked Windham by a score of 5-2 to claim their first Championship.

Oyster River blanked Spaulding by the score of 3-0 in the Division II Championship.  The championship was the first for Oyster River.

In the Division III Championship, Berlin-Gorham shutout Pembroke-Campbell by a 2-0 score.  The Championship was the fifth in Division III for Berlin (Berlin-Gorham) in addition to their nine Division I Championships they’ve earned.

ALL-STATE SELECTIONS

The 2023-24 NHIAA All-State Hockey Teams as selected by the NH High School Coaches Association.  Certificates are provided by the NH Legends of Hockey and will be mailed to their Athletic Directors next week.

Girls Division

Coach of the Year: Aaron House (Kingswood)
Player of the Year: Ava Bartoli Berlin-Gorham-Kennett

To view First Team, Second Team and Honorable Mention as well as previous years Click Here.

Division I

Coach of the Year: Shawn Dunn (Windham)
Player of the Year: Cam Keaveney (Exeter)

To view First Team, Second Team and Honorable Mention as well as previous years Click Here.

Division II

Coach of the Year: Jamie Ferullo (Spaulding)
Player of the Year: Conor Dunn (Merrimack)

To view First Team, Second Team and Honorable Mention as well as previous years Click Here.

Division III

Coach of the Year:  Justin Garzia (Kearsarge-Plymouth)
Player of the Year: Kolin Melanson (Berlin-Gorham)

To view First Team, Second Team and Honorable Mention as well as previous years Click Here.

SENIOR ALL-STAR GAME

This Sunday The New Hampshire Legends of Hockey will host a Senior game at 12:00 pm at The Rinks at Exeter.  Players from Divisions I, II and III were selected by the coaches from their division.  The game is sponsored by New Hampshire Distributors and players will receive complimentary Ghost Energy drinks after the game.  Players have been divided into four teams and will play a round-robin again the other three teams.  Each period will be 25 minute running time, with ice resurfacing half-way through the second game.  Players should arrive between 11:00-11:15.  Teams will be donning the NH Legends jerseys for these games.  There is no admission charge, but donations are welcomed.   To view the program with team rosters Click Here.

Some of the players from this game will be selected by the coaches to compete against Vermont this June.  The 32nd Annual Men’s & 27th Annual Women’s VT/NH All-Star Hockey Classic benefiting Make-A-Wish Vermont and Make-A-Wish New Hampshire will take place at the Gutterson Field House at the University of Vermont on June 29th.  Start times have not yet been determined.   The Skills competition will be held Friday night. date.  The New Hampshire Senior All-Star Team will be selected by the Coaches Association after today’s action.

Those players selected to represent New Hampshire for the Boy’s team will be contacted by the coaches in the near future.  Go to http://www.allstarhockeyclassicvtnh.org/ for details of the Vermont event for our Boys and Girls teams.

AROUND THE BOARDS – MARCH 2024

In this month’s issue we will touch on the following: Our 2024 Supporter Campaign; NHIAA State Championship Games and the Senior All-Star Classic and Golf Classic.

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SUPPORTER CAMPAIGN:

Through March 7, 2024 we have 94 supporters so far, to view our current list CLICK HERE.  Many thanks to all of you for your support and we hope many others of you will join or rejoin in the coming weeks. CLICK HERE to read the complete article on the Supporters Campaign from January 2. Thanks go out in advance, to all of you joining this spring. You can mail a check or pay online.

NHIAA HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES:

Championship games will take place this Saturday at the SNHU Arena in Manchester.    Good luck to each of the 8 teams who will compete for the 2024 crown this year.

10:00  AM – GIRLS DIVISION – #2 Hanover vs #4 Oyster River-Portsmouth
12:15   PM –  DIVISION II – #2 Oyster River vs #8 Spaulding
2:45    PM – DIVISION III – #1 Berlin-Gorham vs #2 Pembroke Campbell
5:00   PM – DIVISION I – #1 Windham vs #2 Londonderry

Please confirm with NHIAA.org website or your local school for any schedule changes.

NHIAA SENIOR ALL-STAR CLASSIC:

The New Hampshire Legends of Hockey will once again host the Boy’s Senior All-Star Classic which will be held on Sunday March 17th at The Rinks at Exeter beginning at 12:00 noon.  Coaches from each of the three divisions are currently selecting and dividing the All-Stars into four teams (9 forwards, 5 defensemen and 2 goalies).  Each of the four teams will play the others in one 25 minute running game.  Once again, New Hampshire Distributors is the sponsor and will be providing Ghost Energy beverages after the games to the players.  Admission is free – but donations are welcomed.

Players from this round-robin will be selected by the coaches in attendance to represent New Hampshire against Vermont at UVM.

GOLF CLASSIC:

Save the date reminders went out in January to all the golfers from our successful 2023 Golf Classic.  Those golfers should receive this year’s golf brochure by April 1, and all payments for players are due May 30th.

We do anticipate a sellout once again. We hope to see you July 12th at the Stonebridge Country Club. This year we will open re-registration at 7:00 am and will continue through 8:00 AM with our start slated for 8:30 AM.  CLICK HERE to open and print entry form. The first 132 are guaranteed to play.