Hall of Fame Members

Born in Salem, MA, Scott grew up in Nashua and played youth hockey there. He was a State Champion at Bishop Guertin as a freshman in 2000-01 playing for coach Gary Bishop, himself a NH Legends Hall of Fame member. Scott stayed with BG another year before joining the New Hampshire Junior Monarchs for three
seasons beginning in 2002-03. He logged 118 games with the Monarchs and was captain and an EJHL All-Star in his last year. In all, Scott would tally 36 goals and assist on 56 others, capping off that final season by accumulating 53 points in 54 games. In addition, he won the award for community leadership. Scott headed to UMass-Amherst for four full seasons and 134 games in Hockey East where he distinguished himself as a member of the NCAA Hockey East All-Academic Team. He graduated in 2009 with a degree in Sport Management before completing his MBA in 2023. After an impressive career, Scott hung up his skates and poured his energy into building the sport of outdoor hockey.

In 2010, Crowder approached the town of Meredith, New Hampshire to promote his vision to launch the New England Pond Hockey Classic (NEPHC). Scott’s enthusiasm and business acumen persuaded the town to open its doors and welcome players and fans to the ice on Lake Winnipesaukee. Springing from Scott’s desire to start a small event business, that inaugural gathering, with 77 teams, has now grown into the nation’s premier pond hockey tournament, drawing over 2,200 players on 275 teams competing on 26 rinks each winter. The ‘classic’ draws players, fans, friends and hockey enthusiasts to Meredith and the region, providing a spectacular venue for players to get outdoors and play hockey.

While the New England Pond Hockey Classic is predominantly a male-dominated event, all divisions are co-ed and also includes two female-only divisions.  Findings from an economic study of Scott’s Montana hockey tournament, similar in scope to the NEPHC, has calculated the financial impact and benefit to the New Hampshire region to be over three million dollars. While that’s good news for businesses, it’s great news for the enthusiastic collection of hockey players who are drawn to New Hampshire to play the game they love.

Scott’s efforts to build tournaments and promote hockey has made him one of the sport’s most influential
ambassadors in the Granite State. Through events in NH, VT, MN, MT and NYC, he has built the largest pond hockey tournament platform in North America, generating millions in economic impact and media impressions – reviving the spirit of the game and redefining the outdoor hockey tradition.

A lifelong Somersworth native, Chris first played youth hockey in Dover, then moved on to Somersworth Youth Hockey before joining Somersworth High School for three seasons. He led the team with over a hundred points in his three years there, then played a post-grad season at Berwick Academy where he was MVP. Chris continued to build his impressive hockey resumé at the University of New Hampshire, playing four seasons from 1986-87 through 1989-90.

Recruited by UNH as a non-scholarship walk-on, Chris became a regular on the Wildcat’s blueline by Thanksgiving, leading eventually to a full scholarship after his freshman season. As a sophomore in 1988, he was voted Best Defenseman by his teammates and received the Rod Langway Best Defenseman Award. He was team captain in the 1989-90 season and led the Wildcats to the Hockey East Semi-Finals his senior year. He received the Charles E. Holt Coaches Award for contributions to the team both on and off the ice. During his four years at UNH, Chris scored 8 goals and assisted on 32 others.

Having been offered a try-out with the Winnipeg Jets, Chris opted instead for an AHL contract with the Maine Mariners and played 22 games with the Boston Bruin’s affiliate. In three combined seasons in the ECHL with the Johnstown Chiefs and the Nashville Knights, he appeared in 161 regular season and playoff games, scoring 15 goals and earning 78 assists.

Following his playing days, Chris served at Berwick Academy for two years as an assistant coach under Charlie Holt before taking over the Head Coach position in 1997-98 after Charlie resigned. He then collaborated with five-time Coach of the Year, Sean Tremblay, as an Associate Head Coach in Junior Hockey. In all, he spent eight years in that role with the New Hampshire Jr Monarchs, Islanders Hockey Club, the Great Northern Snow Devils in Biddeford ME and the Exeter Snow Devils.

The Seacoast Spartans have been called the nugget in the Grassie hockey crown. The organization was co-founded by Chris’s father Gerry and his friend, Bob Brown. After Gerry’s death in 2002, Chris took over as the director of the program and held that position for the next eleven years while still assuming coaching duties. During that time, he tripled the number of full-season teams to nine, and further expanded the program to include fall-season Midget and Mite development programs. In 2008, Gerry was inducted as a member of the NH Legends of Hockey. Chris accepted on behalf of his father and now joins him in the Hall of Fame.

Paul was born in Methuen, MA but grew up in Derry, NH. He was already on the ice by the age of five and for the better part of his hockey life, Paul stayed true to his roots and played in New Hampshire. His cousin had played for UNH, which may have been the spark that lit up a spectacular Hockey East career for Paul with the Wildcats. After spending two years at Pinkerton Academy in his home town, Paul joined the New Hampshire Junior Monarchs of the Eastern Junior Hockey League for two seasons beginning in 2005. There, he picked up a total of 113 points and distinguished himself by scoring 51 goals in 50 games. He was named EJHL Offensive Player of the Year.

Paul arrived at UNH in 2007 and during his NCAA career was recognized for his many accomplishments. In 2010, he was the Best Offensive Player as chosen by the players and in 2011, Thompson earned several prestigious accolades, including the Leonard Fowle Award as New England MVP, the Herb Gallagher Award as New England’s Best Forward, Hockey East Player of the Year, Hockey East First-Team All-Star and winner of the Army ROTC Three Stars Award. Paul was the team’s Most Valuable Player as voted by his teammates and was a Hobey Baker Finalist. Paul finished his senior year with 52 points on 28 goals and 24 assists to lead the ‘Cats’ in scoring and rank him ninth nationally. His teammates named him winner of the Guy Smith Award as the Best Offensive Player. He also received the Roger A. LeClerć Trophy MVP Award and was selected First Team All-American. He also led the nation in power play goals. His superb college career ended with 112 points on 57 goals and 55 assists. Paul has the honor of being one of three NH players to achieve status in the Century Club, and the first in the past thirty years.

In March 2011, Paul signed a two-year contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins and played out the season with their AHL affiliate in Wilkes-Barre.  He appeared in three games with the New Jersey Devils in 2015-16 and logged 21 NHL games the next year with the Florida Panthers. Paul wore the “C” in the AHL for the Chicago Wolves (VGK) and the Springfield Thunderbirds (FLA). He also spent time in Rangers and the Islanders organizations. Paul officially retired from professional hockey in 2023 and joined the Loomis Chaffee School as a hockey coach and member of the athletic department, where he is still enjoying the game from behind the bench.

Paul’s professional career spanned thirteen seasons beginning in 2010. He delighted fans with 610 games in the AHL with stops in Bridgeport, Hartford, Springfield, Chicago, Albany and Wilkes-Barre. Paul also played in Worcester and Wheeling in the ECHL.

A native of Merrimack, NH, Tim played 276 games in the NHL gathering 57 points on 29 goals and 28 assists before retiring from the league in September 2023. Described as a “big center with defensive skills that teams like”, he appeared with the Buffalo Sabres, Boston Bruins, Vancouver Canucks and Los Angeles Kings during his ten-year pro career.

Tim’s AHL travels took him to Rochester, Wilkes-Barre, Bakersfield and Milwaukee. In his earlier days, Tim played high school hockey and was Rookie of the Year in his hometown of Merrimack before joining the New England Junior Huskies in the Eastern Junior Hockey League.

Tim attended Providence College in 2009-10 and was co-recipient of the Rev. Herman Schneider Most Valuable Freshman Award. In 2011-12, Tim won the Rob Gaudreau Award for most goals scored and was a Walter Brown Award semi-finalist as the best American-born hockey player in New England. By his senior year, Tim was co-captain of the Friars where he recorded a career high 23 points in 38 games to steer the team to the 2013 Hockey East playoffs. Tim was named Hockey East’s Defensive Forward of the Year.

Tim was invited to the Chicago Blackhawks NHL Prospect Camp and to the Calgary Flames 2012 Development camp on an Amateur Try-out agreement. After leaving Providence College in 2013, the Buffalo Sabres signed Tim to a two-year entry level contract and he played the entire 72 game season with the Sabres AHL affiliate in Rochester. Tim’s NHL debut came in November 2014 in a 4 -3 Buffalo win over the Montreal Canadiens and he scored his first NHL goal a few weeks later in a 4 -3 loss to the Bruins.

Tim signed with Boston in 2016 and stayed until July 2018 before moving to the Vancouver Canucks on a
two-year contract. In 2020, Tim joined the roster of the Los Angeles Kings in a trade. Entering the pandemic-delayed season, he was re-assigned to the Pittsburgh Penguins AHL affiliate in Wilkes-Barre. As a free-agent, he agreed to move to the Edmonton Oilers AHL team in Bakersfield, California then moved on to the Milwaukee Admirals, the primary affiliate of the Nashville Predators.

While with the Bruins, Tim and his brother David founded the Timmyheads Foundation which directs all
proceeds to the Jimmy Fund and Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Tim donated bone marrow to David in 2006.

Originally from Montreal, Canada, Louis now lives in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire. Friend, Jack Mudge, remembers his first hockey encounter with Louis. “I met him in the early 1960s on the hockey rink at White Park in Concord. He was up against the boards catching pucks. He showed a raw passion for hockey. He started with a baseball glove, goalie stick and rolled up newspapers in his socks for pads. We became friends over time and played on different Bantam teams and then for Concord High School together.” It was with Jack that Louis would experience one of his earliest coaching positions when the two were the first coaches for the Concord High School girl’s club hockey team in 1972. Louis would later play for the Concord Budmen.

Louis enjoyed twelve years of successful international coaching, winning his first National Championship and Magnus Cup in 1982-83 as Head Hockey Coach in Bilbao, Spain. He appeared again that year with Spain at the World Cup in Budapest, Hungary. As the Head Hockey Coach in Saint Gervais, France, his teams captured three consecutive League Championships from 1983 through 1986. Louis coached the Mont-Blanc Hockey Club to his fifth Magnus Cup in 1986-87 and competed at the Europa Cup in Rosenheim, Germany. In addition to coaching these championship clubs, Louis was active between 1987 and 1993 as Head Coach in Nykoping Sweden, Martigny, Switzerland and Gap, France. He was later an Associate Coach in Geneva, Switzerland for two seasons.

Louis also channeled his hockey knowledge and passion into two long-standing businesses. He’s the Owner and Director of Chabot’s Specialized Hockey Programs, which he started in 1972, and Chabot Hockey LLC that began in 1980. His website message is succinct, “Welcome, this is an exciting time to be coaching hockey. We all have something in common, a passion for hockey. Looking forward to making a positive impact in your hockey experience.” NH Legends of Hockey Hall of Fame member, Fred Quisgard calls Louis a mentor. “I owe my whole coaching career to Louis Chabot. I begged him to hire me as an instructor and he reluctantly gave me a chance to prove myself. If Louis hadn’t taken me under his wing back in 1980, I don’t think I ever would have taken up coaching as a career.”

Over the years, Louis has coached hundreds, if not thousands of young goaltenders and hockey players. He’s known for his dedication to youth and young adults and has set the standard for integrity and excellence in the sport of hockey. Such is his reputation for recognizing hockey talent, that Louis is called upon by talent agencies to review nationwide prospects for placement around the world.

Manchester native Matt Myers has risen to the position of video coordinator on the coaching staff of the Boston Bruins.

Like many players with a passion for hockey, Myers began skating at a young age. He played hockey until the age of 12, when the physical dangers of the sport made it unsafe for him to continue, as he was born with achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism.

Myers wanted to stay in the game and ended up taking on some off-ice roles – from running the scoreboard at his brother’s games, operating the clock during games at his hometown arena and becoming the student manager of the hockey team at Trinity High School.

He went to college at UNH where he was hired as a student manager for the men’s hockey team by then-head coach Dick Umile, and his role eventually expanded to take on video duties.

After he graduated, and worked for a while in a non-hockey profession, a breakthrough came when USA Hockey, aware of his duties at UNH, hired him as a video software consultant. He would be on the staff of three U.S. Women’s National Teams that would win gold medals, including at the 2015 IIHF Women’s World Championship in Sweden.
His next goal? Making it to the NHL.

He reached out to three teams – the Boston Bruins, Los Angeles Kings and Nashville Predators. When the Predators had an opening for a video scouting role for the 2015-16 season they reached out to Myers.

A year later, after a promotion, he was part of the staff that helped Nashville reach the Stanley Cup final, where it lost in six games to the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Myers followed Preds assistant coach Phil Housley when Housley left to become the head coach in Buffalo, becoming the organization’s lead video coach. And then a big break came in the summer of 2019, when the Bruins had an opening for a video coordinator.

Myers interviewed with GM Don Sweeney and was offered the position on then-coach Bruce Cassidy’s staff.

As the lead video coach, he is responsible for making sure every second of every game is accessible to the rest of the coaching staff, He prepares video of opponents for pre-scouts and assists the coaches with challenge calls for offside or goalie interference.

For a man born with achondroplasia, who was told it would be difficult to even find a professional job, Myers has not just found one, he’s thrived in it.

Fred Quistgard has been developing the region’s goalies for nearly five decades and is currently goaltending coach for the Maine Mariners (ECHL affiliate of the Boston Bruins). Since the 1980s, Fred has been involved with New Hampshire goalies at the youth, high school, junior and college levels. He’s shared his talents at local clinics, private lessons, Puckstoppers Goaltending in Exeter, summer goalie schools, advice columns and USA Hockey Development Camps.

Graduating from New Hampshire College in 1982, now known as Southern New Hampshire University, Fred played goal in both hockey and lacrosse. Quistgard began coaching while still in college, volunteering at the nearby Derryfield School and with the Manchester Flames Youth Hockey Organization and worked summer goaltending schools under his first coaching mentor, Louis Chabot.

Fred next joined the St. Paul’s School hockey staff as goalie coach where his boys’ and girls’ teams were leaders in the Independent School League. Fred worked with such notables as NH Legends of Hockey Hall of Famers Bill Matthews and Sanford Sistare. Many goalies went on to play hockey at Division I or Division III levels.

Fred adopted a more formal goalie training approach as his career advanced. He ran summer goalie camps in Manchester and Dover and clinics for local youth hockey in Manchester, Concord, Rochester, Laconia, Wolfeboro and Hanover.

In addition to SNHU, he coached goalies at UNH, St. Anselm, New England College and Phillips Exeter Academy. He offered special goalie sessions for the Dartmouth women’s team, the New England College women’s team, and at Brewster Academy, Tilton Academy, Proctor Academy and the Dover Stars junior team.

As Head Coach, Fred led the undefeated NH Boys HS All-Star Team to a national championship at the 1991 Chicago Showcase and throughout the mid-’90s, his coaching helped capture the Silver Medal with the U.S. Women’s National Team at the 1994 IIHF World Championships in Lake Placid. With Fred behind the bench as Assistant Coach, the UNH women won the 1996 ECAC DI Championship. Fred became Head Coach at Bowdoin in 1997-98 where he helped the women to the ECAC semi-finals while also handling the men’s goalie coaching duties.

From 1998-2004, Quistgard coached the Union College Women’s Team, navigating that program as a Club Team in the ECAC D III that went Varsity the following season. While there, Fred was a finalist for ECAC Coach of the Year in 1998-99.

ln three seasons with the Mariners, Fred helped Jonathan Gillies, Brandon Bussi and Mike DiPietro find success with Boston’s AHL affiliate, the Providence Bruins. Gillies later moved to the NHL, first with the St. Louis Blues before being traded to the NJ Devils.

Ron influenced New Hampshire hockey through his various ownership affiliations. His local teams included the Jr A Generals, Blackhawks and Jr A Canadians. He was also a co-owner of the Sherbrooke Beavers in Quebec.

Gosselin Hardware opened in 1933 and Ron took over from his father in 1965. He introduced the hockey department around 1967 with the equipment exchange being an annual highlight for hockey players. In fact, the sports department was such a success that after Ron sold the Hardware Store in 1990, he moved the business to a new location under the name Gosselin Skates & Sports. Players, young and old, were enthusiastic patrons until its sale in 1997. Ron was the sole proprietor of the Sports Elite Distributor Company and the Don Awrey Sales Agency. Through these ventures, he became well-known in the New Hampshire hockey community. In addition, he owned and operated the Manchester Professional Hockey School.

The school operated for fourteen years and included such notable coaches as Montreal Canadien’s Bunny LaRocque and Bruin’s Terry O’Reilly. Ron assisted many players in their quest for college scholarships and recalled two Manchester locals in particular. Former Generals Jack Lampron went to Ohio State and Jon Rheault, who played for Colgate credits Ron for his long-term impact. Rheault coached for over thirty years and both his son and daughter played D I hockey. Ron later scouted for the Sherbrooke Beavers, eventually partnering with hockey icon Guy Lafleur and ten others to become a co-owner. During Ron’s tenure, twenty-eight players advanced to the NHL. He took particular delight seeing them in the big league, especially when they showed up at The Boston Garden.

Hockey business can be challenging. Ron owned the Manchester Jr. A Canadians from 1982 – ’84. Don Awrey was his first coach before Don Marcotte took over for the next season and a half. Midway through the third year, the league folded and Ron formally ended his involvement in hockey ownership. Instead, he shifted his attention to other business opportunities.

His new company, Sports Elite Distributor, came into existence in 1988 and was the designated agent for the New England Region with sales throughout the United States. But Ron still had time for the local players. For over twenty years, he sponsored Pee-Wee Teams in the Manchester Regional Youth Hockey House League. Ron’s generosity and dedication consistently demonstrated his desire to build local hockey.
We recognize Ron’s unique variety of achievements and contributions to positively influence others during his many years in hockey.

The city of Berlin traces its rich hockey history back to the year 1903, and at Berlin High School back to 1922. Dan Dagesse has contributed to the more recent part of that rich history greatly.

Beginning in 1976, Berlin hockey and Notre Dame Arena began running into difficult times. That’s where Dagesse comes into the picture. It is difficult to imagine Berlin without Notre Dame Arena and its hockey heritage, but the arena would have shuttered were it not for Dagesse’s support.

Dagesse graduated from Colebrook Academy in 1972 and, in 1977, purchased a Ford automobile dealership in his hometown of Colebrook. Combining a strong work ethic with an entrepreneurial spirit, he purchased several small car dealerships and created Berlin City Dealerships, which settled him in the Berlin area and gave him an up-close look at its hockey history.

From fully sponsoring a Berlin Youth Hockey team; becoming a main sponsor of Berlin Youth Hockey, women’s broomball teams and men’s teams in Berlin’s adult leagues; and serving on the board of directors of the Berlin Maroons when they played in the New England Hockey League, Dagesse became embedded in the city’s hockey culture.

Nowhere was his support greater than it was for Notre Dame Arena. For years, the arena’s non-profit board of directors struggled to cover costs, to the point where the arena needed a massive cash influx to stay open. Dagesse donated $250,000, which was used for state-of-the-art lighting and new fixtures, new dasher boards and perimeter glass, safety netting, an all-new propane-powered dehumidifier system, the replacement of one of the two compressors in the ice plant room with all new electronic controllers, and the replacement of one of the of the two facility boilers.

Dagesse would later donate another $300,000 to the arena for more upgrades, and pledged $30,000 annually to be shared between the arena and Berlin Youth Hockey to help kids who struggle with the costs of playing the sport.

The benefits of Dagesse’s financial support are felt today, with Berlin Youth Hockey having the largest enrollment in its history. The significant energy savings and other improvements have allowed ice time rental costs to remain the same since 2001, the lowest in New Hampshire.

In 2001 he funded an outdoor lighted ice rink with provision for its maintenance.

Rev. Msgr. Omer Bousquet

Fr. Bousquet, pastor of the Guardian Angel Parish in Berlin, New Hampshire for 36 years, was one of the pioneers of North Country hockey. With the help of an entire city, Bousquet built the Notre Dame Arena board by board, providing a home to local high school teams as well as the famed Berlin Maroons. With Fr. Bousquet’s blessing countless New Hampshire High School Hockey Tournaments were held at the Notre Dame Arena, providing young people with a true opportunity to display their talents on the ice. For his efforts, Fr. Bousquet was honored as “Man of the Year” by the Berlin Chamber of Commerce in 1951.

A state champion at Concord High School playing with his big sister, future U.S. Olympic gold medalist Tara Mounsey, Mick went on to become one of the best defensemen in University of New Hampshire history. He
played four years for the Wildcats from 2000-04, winning two Hockey East championships and helping the team reach two Frozen Fours.

As a freshman defenseman at Concord, he scored 13 goals – including the game-winner in the Division 1 championship game against Bishop Guertin – and had 31 assists for a team that finished the year undefeated. He was the runner-up for Division 1 Player of the Year, finishing only behind sister Tara, who was a senior.

Declining an offer to go to Michigan and play for the U.S. National Team Development Program, Mounsey moved on to Avon Old Farms, helping that team win a New England prep school championship.

He was an impact player at UNH from the day he arrived. He played in 37 games as a freshman and finished as the runner-up for Hockey East’s Best Defenseman award. As a sophomore he led the team and Hockey East in plus-minus, as the Wildcats won the first of two straight league championships and advanced to the first of two straight final fours.

Mounsey finished his UNH career with a stellar plus-68 rating. He scored six goals and assisted on 38 others for a career 44 points, but brought much more to the ice than scoring.

“Mick was the ultimate team player,” said former UNH assistant coach David Lassonde. “He understood what he needed to do to bring value to his team, and he performed that role to a ‘T’. Every successful team has glue guys and for us he was exactly that.”

Mounsey’s 157 games played at UNH rank among the most in program history, and he enjoyed a brief career in the ECHL, winning a Kelly Cup with the Idaho Steelheads. After his professional career ended, he settled in Concord and got involved with youth sports including the Concord Youth Hockey Association, serving as its president in 2012.

Please welcome to the Class of 2023, Mick Mounsey as a member of the New Hampshire Legends of Hockey Hall of Fame.

Players come and go in the Rochester Men’s Hockey League, but the one constant through the decades has been Nelson Hutchings. Now 100 years young, having celebrating his milestone birthday in July, Hutchings has spent the last forty-five years as the scorekeeper and publicity agent for the Rochester Men’s Hockey League, only rarely missing a game. It is estimated that Hutchings has been on hand for nearly 3,000 league contests. In addition to keeping the clock and the scoresheet, he also reports results and stats to local newspapers.

Born in Portsmouth in 1923, Hutchings served in the Army during World War II with the 544th Engineers Boat & Shore Regiment in the Pacific Theater from 1943-46, and was decorated.

Age has not prevented him from pursuing his passion or maintaining his independence. He has lived on his own, in a log cabin, in a remote section of Farmington since 2007. More often than not he drives himself to league games on Monday evenings at the Rochester Ice Arena.

“He is the league. He is the constant,” said Portsmouth’s Tom Ferguson, a past league president who played in the RMHL from 1980 to 2001. “Everybody knows him. Nelson’s the gold standard. He’s there all the time.”

Although Hutchings never played ice hockey, it has long been a passion of his. He enjoyed watching his two youngest sons play, and became scorekeeper for the league in 1978, when his son, Howard, was playing in it.

In forty-five years, Hutchings has been on hand for nearly 3,000 contests. The league’s teams play a twenty game schedule from October to March — three games every Monday night. The playoffs are single-elimination with the
championship being a best-of-three series. “I liked doing it,” he said. “I never had any problems. It makes (the winter) go by so quickly.”

Many of the former players regard Hutchings with fondness. It’s not uncommon on Monday for several ex-players to find their way to the booth to spend part of the night with him. “He’s just always there through rain or snow,”
said Hampton’s Bob Moore, who played in the league from 1984-94. “Whatever was going on, he was always there. I thought he lived there.”

Please welcome to the Class of 2023, Nelson Hutchings a member of the New Hampshire Legends of Hockey Hall of Fame.