We are experiencing unprecedented times, and the COVID-19 situation is changing rapidly every day.
At this time, we are planning to have our tournament as scheduled. Therefore, we would like you to mark your calendars for Friday, July 10th. Our 15th Annual Golf Classic, – scheduled to be held at the Stonebridge Country Club in Goffstown, NH. Check-in is slated to begin at 8:45 am with a shotgun start at 11:30.
We continue to monitor the situation and will notify you when there are any changes or updates.
In closing, we are thinking of you and your families’ well-being. Taking care of yourselves, and each other is what is most important right now.
Thank you.
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Our Annual 2020 Supporter’s Drive began January 31st and is in full swing. We hope you will consider joining us today.
To view this year’s current supporter list, click here. On behalf of the Board of Directors we extend our profound thanks in advance.
HOW DO I JOIN Joining is very easy, just fill out this 2020 Supporter Brochure and send along with a check or log onto our website, click on the Supporters tab and use your credit card. You can join annually for as little as $25 or select $50, $100 or $150 or more.
Also, our support of youth, high school and prep school levels continues. The New Hampshire Legends of Hockey is a self-governing non-profit corporation. We are a 501(c)(3) organization which means we follow IRS regulations and our tax ID is 56-2421910.
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All-State Teams were selected last week by the New Hampshire High School Hockey Coaches Association and for the tenth year, the Legends provided certificates for each member of the four divisions.
In addition, for each division, the Legends awards certificates to the Player-of-the-Year and Coach-of-the-Year. Click here to view the 2019-20 All-State recipients.
Those certificates were mailed to the schools’ Athletic Directors for disbursement.
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Our Annual Supporter’s Drive began on January 1 and continues through December 31, 2020.
HOW DO I JOIN Joining is very easy, just fill out this 2020 Supporter Brochure and send along with a check or log onto our website, click on the Supporters tab and use your credit card. You can join annually for as little as $25 or select $50, $100 or $150 or more.
Your commitment and the support are critical to the overall success of our Annual Supporter’s Drive and help us further our mission.
Our mission is quite simple and extremely important. We celebrate and continue to support the rich history of ice hockey in New Hampshire and the continued growth of hockey in the state.
Also, our support of youth, high school and prep school levels continues. The New Hampshire Legends of Hockey is a self-governing non-profit corporation. We are a 501(c)(3) organization which means we follow IRS regulations and our tax ID is 56-2421910.
To view last year’s supporter list, click here. On behalf of the Board of Directors we extend our profound thanks in advance.
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The Legends Hockey Hall of Fame was established to recognize and honor those men and women who have made significant contributions to sport of ice hockey in New Hampshire by their participation as Players, Coaches, Builders, Officials or as members of the Media. Through our first seventeen years, one hundred and thirty-nine deserving individuals have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.
If you know of anyone you feel may be a qualified Hall of Fame candidate, the Legends committee encourages you research and submit a nomination form for consideration of this high honor in any one of the above categories.
NH Legends of Hockey Policies and Procedures for Nomination states, “It is important that any nominee be of high moral character and the Induction Committee and Board of Directors shall consider such matters when considering candidates for induction.”
ELIGIBILITY FOR INDUCTION
To be eligible for induction in the Player category, the individual must: a) have been born or raised in New Hampshire and played ice hockey at an exemplary level; or b) while an active player, have made a significant contribution to the sport of ice hockey in New Hampshire.
To be eligible for induction in non-player categories, the individual must: a) have made significant contributions to the sport of ice hockey in New Hampshire: or b) have made significant contributions to the sport of ice hockey while residing in New Hampshire.
In addition, each individual’s contribution may be different. Also to be considered will be the nominee’s ability, sportsmanship or character, or a combination of these qualities.
Nominations must be received prior to March 1, 2020.
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Type your information into the form and save on your desktop. You should print a copy for your own records, then email Jim Hayes hayes743@comcast.net the completed form. In addition, click on Submit form on the top right.
Selected individuals will be recognized at the next annual Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. This fall, the Legends will also be honoring the Exeter High School Boy’s and Girl’s Hockey history.
We have included a copy of the Sample NominationForm for Sandy Sistare which was submitted by Jane Kalinski. This should help you with your nomination process.
If you have questions or need assistance with the nomination process, please contact any one of the New Hampshire Legend’s board of directors who are listed on the web site. You may also contact our Executive Director, Jim Hayes, at hayes743@comcast.net or 603-731-4168.
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The New Hampshire Legends of Hockey continued with its donation of hockey equipment to youth hockey organizations. This Bauer equipment is designated to be used to benefit Learn to Skate Programs in these towns.
The recipients of our Bauer Equipment Donation was Keene, Upper Valley and Laconia.
If you are interested in having us consider your organization for 2020-21, click here and submit the form to the Legends of Hockey Board of Directors.
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Master of Ceremony Bob Lipman and the New Hampshire Legends of Hockey Board of Directors inducted six new members into the New Hampshire Hockey Hall of Fame class of 2019, in front of a crowd of 270 family members, friends, dignitaries and guests.
The Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony & Luncheon was held on October 20, 2019 at the Grappone Conference Center in Concord.
It marked the NH Legends’ eighteenth year hosting the event and the Legends also paid tribute to Alpine Club who played in the early to mid 60’s in the Granite State Hockey League.
About The Legends of New Hampshire Hockey
The Legends is a New Hampshire non-profit, 501(C)(3) organization dedicated to preserving New Hampshire ice hockey history, maintaining the state’s Hockey Hall of Fame, and promoting the sport to New Hampshire’s youth. Our Hall of Fame Induction event honors New Hampshire’s hockey elite — men and women who have made significant contributions in New Hampshire as players, coaches, officials, builders, or media representatives.
Inducted into the 2019 Hall of Fame Class was: Denis Martin, Freddy Meyer and Deron Quint are being inducted as players; longtime New England College bench boss Tom Carroll is being inducted as a coach; Rod Ross is being inducted in the media category; and the late Downing Potter “DP” Brown is being inducted posthumously as a builder. To view the entire induction program click here.
Mike Gould, (shown Above) Vice-President of the Legends’ Board of Directors, welcomed the large audience and thanked them for supporting the 2019 Hall of Fame inductees and the Alpine Club. Gould offered special thanks to Bauer (Presenting Sponsor) St. Paul’s School (Kathy Gile, Rector) as the Luncheon Sponsor; Vachon Clukay & Company PC (Bob and Kathy Vachon) & NH Amateur Hockey Association (Matt Roy) as the Co-Title Sponsors, New Hampshire Distributors (Tom and Chris Brown) as the Social Hour Sponsor and Werner Mazda as the Ring Sponsor.
Gould also thanked the 26 other sponsors who helped make the Hall of Fame ceremony possible through their Gold, Silver, and Bronze-level sponsorships. Those sponsors are: Gold Sponsors: Banks Chevrolet-Cadillac, Inc; Black Ice Pond Hockey Association; Capital Sporting Goods; Christian Party Rental; Fay’s Boat Yard; Morgan Self Storage; Northway Bank and Speedy Printing & Copying.
Silver Sponsors: Berlin City Auto Group; Capital City Paving; Cusa Consulting, LLC; Club National; De Niro Construction; Milestone Engineering & Construction; PretiFlaherty; Ray’s Electric, Inc. Rene LeClerc Insurance Agency and Triplet Computers.
Bronze Sponsors: EVR Advertising; Granite State Capital Management; Granite State Glass; Label Tech, Inc.; L.A. Brochu, Inc. and Town and Inn and Resort.
State Senator Lou D’Allesandro, longtime Legends supporter and a former Legends Board member, delivered a letter from The Honorable Governor Chris Sununu, State Senate Resolutions and State of New Hampshire Citations honoring the Hall of Fame Class of 2019 and the Alpine Club. More than 40 club members, alumni and family of the Alpine Club were in attendance.
More than 40 club members, alumni and family of the Alpine Club were in attendance.
Photographs of Induction Ceremony were taken by Matt Parker Photography and are posted on his website. Click here to view and or purchase photographs. If you have any questions you may contact Matt at mparker3011@gmail.com.
Vice-President Mike Gould announced the team which will be honored next fall. The Exeter High School Blue Hawks Boy’s and Girl’s hockey teams will be honored at the 19th Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony scheduled for Sunday October 25, 2020.
So again please mark your calendar for the 19th Annual Induction Ceremony slated for next October 25th at the Grappone Conference Center in Concord. If you’d like to become a sponsor, please email hayes743@comcast.net or call Jim Hayes at 603-731-4168. Click here to review the 2019 Sponsorship Opportunity Form if you are interesting sponsoring next fall.
2020 Nomination with appropriate documentation can be submitted on-line beginning January 1 and continuing through the end of February.
Video of Induction Ceremony can be purchased by contacting Mark Johnson at MJohnson@JoyMark.com. This year the video is available on a memory stick and has both the Induction Ceremony as well as pre-event interviews may be purchased for $15.00 through JoyMark Photography and Video Production in Concord (www.JoyMark.com).
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Thank you to everyone that supported our Fourteenth Annual Golf Classic. Our event was held July 12 at the Stonebridge Country Club in Goffstown.
The event was kicked off with a message from Jim Hayes, Executive Director of the New Hampshire Legends of Hockey (Legends). He gave special thanks and recognition to our perennial Gold Sponsor, St. Paul’s School of Concord. “We are extremely grateful to all the players (128), sponsors (28), contributors (Gifts in kind) and volunteers that help make this event one of the best in the state, each and every year”.
Photographs 873 photographs taken by Matt Parker Photography can be viewed and or purchased for a nominal fee. Scroll to the bottom to view a sample of these photographs.
Listed below are our eleven Silver and sixteen Bronze Sponsors.
Silver Sponsors: Amoskeag Beverages, LLC –Capital City Paving – Club National – Gamache Enterprises Legacy Financial Solutions –– Morgan Self Storage – New Hampshire Distributors, LLC – North Country Tractor – Northway Bank – Rowley Insurance Agency – Triplet Computers, LLC
Bronze Sponsors: Ackerson State Farm Insurance Agency – Arcomm Communications – Banks Chevrolet-Cadillac-Buick-GMC – Christian Party Rental – Deco Systems Transportation Service – EVR Advertising – Fay’s Boat Yard – Granite State Capital – Karr & Boucher PLLC – L. A. Brochu Inc. – Law Offices of Roland E. Olivier – Manchester 40+ Hockey League – Milford Lumber Co. Inc. – R & T Electric Inc. – Rene LeClerc Insurance Agency Inc. – Sleepnet.
If you, or someone you know would like to sponsor or donate Gifts in Kind next year, please email Jim Hayes hayes743@comcast.net to discuss that opportunity.
Gifts in Kind One Hundred and Thirteen businesses and individuals donated gifts in kind for the tournament. To view complete list, click on (Gifts in Kind)
In addition, Jim acknowledged two individual from the Class of 2019 who will be inducted October 20 at Concord’s Grappone Center at the Eighteenth Annual Legends of Hockey Induction Ceremony. With us today is Tom Carroll, New England College Men’s Hockey Coach and Denis Martin who starred at Providence College.
Others being inducted as follows: Freddy Meyer and Deron Quint are being inducted as players; Rod Ross is being inducted in the media category; and the late Downing Potter “DP” Brown is being inducted posthumously as a builder. In addition, the hockey history of the Alpine Club who competed in the Granite State Hockey League in the early to mid 60’s will be recognized.
Volunteers Our volunteers worked very hard all-day long keeping the registration, raffle and on course contests running smoothly. Many thanks again: to Dick Boucher; Ryan Brandt; Dave Elliott; Jay High; Steve Murphy; Dick Roy; Eric Swenson; Dick Theriault; Arlene Robbins (Bob Vachon, Kathy Vachon, Monique Hopkins all of Vachon Clukay) and Jean Mathieu; Sarah Paollucci and Anne Crawford of Legacy Financial.
The following board members got a chance to play, but also volunteered many hours to help make this event a great success. Dave Corriveau; Mike Gould, Jim Hayes; Lane Mabbett; Roland Martin; Steve Mathieu; Dwayne Robinson and Dan Zapton.
In addition, on the “Scott Citroni Hole”, Hole 4, board member Eric Swenson led the volunteers which included Laurel Chace and Landon Chace from the Keene Youth Hockey Association helped raise money which will be used for necessary equipment for the upcoming season. Keene also entered a team in the tournament.
For the second straight year, Legacy Financial provided three Hole In One prizes from US Hole in One. Those included $5,000 cash on # 16, a set of Callaway Irons on # 4 and Airline Tickets for two on Hole # 6. Also, North Country Tractor of Concords’ riding John Deere lawn mower for the first Hole In One on Hole # 4.
Champions Congratulations to our Champions, Lee Blossom, Ryan Sahr, Mark Placy and Don Steenbeke Jr. took home the title at minus 15.
Second place winners were Richard Boone, Nate DiNapoli, Scott Hodgkins and Mindy Reid, while third place honors were awarded to Mike Gould, Brian Gould, Steve Piwowarski and Joe Piwowarski
2020 Golf Classic Mark your calendar now for next year’s Golf Classic scheduled for Friday July 10, 2020.
2019 Induction Ceremony NH Legends of Hockey Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Luncheon, honoring players, coaches, builders, and media representatives for their outstanding achievements and significant contributions to the sport of ice hockey in New Hampshire.
If you’d like to join us and or sponsor this premier event, please contact Jim Hayes at hayes743@comcast.net
We also collect and display hockey-related artifacts in our on-line Museum of New Hampshire Hockey and we support the growth of the sport through various activities, including our youth hockey equipment donation program and our sponsorship and support of the NH High School Senior All-Star hockey games as well as All-State recognition for both New Hampshire high school and prep school teams. We continue to search for artifacts and film from the old days. Anyone wishing to loan or donate artifacts is welcomed to do so and we thank you in advance. Golf Classic ark your calendar now, or next year’s Golf Classic is scheduled for Friday July 10, 2020.
2019 Induction Ceremony NH Legends of Hockey Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Luncheon, honoring players, coaches, builders, and media representatives for their outstanding achievements and significant contributions to the sport of ice hockey in New Hampshire.
If you’d like to join us and or sponsor this premier event, please contact Jim Hayes at hayes743@comcast.net
We also collect and display hockey-related artifacts in our on-line Museum of New Hampshire Hockey and we support the growth of the sport through various activities, including our youth hockey equipment donation program and our sponsorship and support of the NH High School Senior All-Star hockey games as well as All-State recognition for both New Hampshire high school and prep school teams. We continue to search for artifacts and film from the old days. Anyone wishing to loan or donate artifacts is welcomed to do so and we thank you in advance.
All Champions 2019 – Lee Blossom, Ryan Sahr, Mark Placy and Don Steenbeke Jr. 2018 – Mike Desmond, Mike Bayer Jason Bergeron and Scott O’Neil 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
On Course Contests Longest Drive All # 1 – Don Steenbeke Jr. Closest to the Line #2 – Jack Donovan Closest to the Pin # 4 – Jeff Harnish 2’3″ Closest to the Pin # 6 – Brooks McQuade 6’9” Closest to the Pin # 13 – Tom Carroll 6” Closest to the Pin # 16 – Tim Mitropoulos 1’10” Closest to the Pin #18 Second Shot – Rich Miyara * Putting Contest Champion – Steve Grzywacz * In a putt-off against Parker Mabbett, Patrick Dodds; Greg Holley, Steve Grzywacz was crowned Champion and took home $100 cash while Ray Cook putters, (donated by Brett Houston of NEEBCO) went to Greg Holley and Patrick Dodds.
Photo Gallery
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The Vermont boys erupted for four goals in the third period to blow past New Hampshire 6-1 in the annual Make-A-Wish Hockey Classic all-star game at Gutterson Fieldhouse.
After victories in 2017 and 2018, the victory completes the Green Mountain State’s first three-game winning streak in the annual series, which New Hampshire now leads 17-9-1. The margin of victory matches Vermont’s largest ever (7-2, 1999).
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On June 15th, nine new Hall of Fame members will be inducted into Massachusetts Hockey Hall of Fame, Class of 2019. A number of these inductees have a New Hampshire connection including: Umile, UNH ’72 long-time UNH Head Coach and Legends of Hockey Hall Member; McShane, UNH ’71 and coached in NH at Phillips Exeter, New Hampton and Dartmouth; Sweeney who graduated SPS in ’84 before attending Harvard and John P. Chase whose son George W Chase was a faculty member and Hockey Coach at SPS, as is John’s grandson, George W. Chase III who taught and also coached ice hockey.
Those inductees includes: long time dedicated Massachusetts Hockey volunteer Nick Demarco (Builder), retired Norwich coach Michael H. McShane, former player and current Boston Bruins general manager Don Sweeney and retired UNH coach Dick Umile. Also, this class includes five posthumous inductees: George V. Brown, John P. Chase, James “Jim” H. Fullerton, Victor “Vic” Heyliger and Edward “Eddie” W. Shore. To view article, CLICK HERE:
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