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Seven Inducted Into Hall Of Fame 2009

The New Hampshire Legends of Hockey welcomed seven new members to its Hall of Fame at the 2009 Induction Ceremony. With more than 250 people in attendance at the Event Center at CR Sparks in Bedford, NH the New Hampshire Legends also recognized Notre Dame High School from Berlin.

The class of 2009 Inductees includes:

the late Paul “Pop” Whalen of Cornish
Walter Tafe Jr of Manchester
Dick Umile of Portsmouth
Andre “Pref” Prefontaine of Manchester
Jeff Serowik of Dover, MA
Jon Leonard of Norrkoping, Sweden
Bob Norton of Concord

Notre Dame High School won an unprecedented 19 NHIAA State Championships along with 1 New England Championship before closing in 1972.

In addition to the seven deserving inductees, NH Legends also welcome several special guests at the Induction Ceremony including Jack Riley (coach), Harvey Shapiro (author) and Joe Bertagna (Hockey East Commissioner).

Photos of this special event were taken by Amanda Garabrant and are available for viewing and purchase. Visit www.garabrantphotography.com then select “slideshow” and enter legends to view.

Spotlight Video of Hooksett, NH taped the entire Event including interviews. Email David Pearl at info@videonh.com for purchasing information.

You may also go to our website to view an electronic copy of our Induction Ceremony program with the complete story about the Notre Dame Rams hockey team and the biographies of each Inductee.

We have a number of souvenir pucks each with its own display case that recognized Notre Dame available for $10 not including shipping. Contact Dick Roy at 603-482-3933 or RLRakers@ncia.net.

Monarchs To Play Exhibition Game In Berlin, NH

MANCHESTER, NH – The Manchester Monarchs, the primary affiliate of the Los Angeles Kings, will host the Portland Pirates in their lone exhibition game at the Notre Dame Arena in Berlin, New Hampshire, at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 27 with ticket proceeds benefiting the New Hampshire Legends of Hockey and Berlin Youth Hockey.

“The Monarchs are proud to return to the birthplace of hockey in New Hampshire – Berlin ,” said Monarchs President Jeff Eisenberg. “The fan support we received two years ago during a preseason game was incredible. We are both pleased and honored to be able to bring our team back up to the North region to share the sport of hockey with the people of Berlin and the surrounding communities.”

Tickets for the Manchester-Portland exhibition game on September 27 at the Notre Dame Arena are on sale now. Fans can purchase tickets for $12.00 at the Monarchs Pro Shop, located in the main entrance of the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester (555 Elm Street) or in Berlin at Berlin IGA Foodliner (19 Pleasant Street, Berlin), Northway Bank (9 Main Street, Berlin), Notre Dame Arena (15 Hillside Avenue, Berlin), Angel Guardian Credit Union (200 Coos Street, Berlin), Munce’s Superior Inc. (79 Pleasant Street, Berlin) and Gorham Hardware (96 Main Street, Gorham) or online at www.nhlegendsofhockey.com.

“New Hampshire Legends of Hockey honors the men and women who have made outstanding contributions to hockey in the state of New Hampshire ,” said Tom Champagne, President of New Hampshire Legends of Hockey. ” Berlin is a primary reason for the development of hockey in this state. It is a privilege for our organization and the Monarchs to honor the hockey history of Berlin .”

The Monarchs will pay tribute to Berlin’ s hockey heritage at the game by wearing custom jerseys honoring Notre Dame High School . The specialty royal blue and gold jerseys will be available in a live auction following the exhibition game, as well as a silent auction during the Monarchs game at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 18 against the Springfield Falcons at the Verizon Wireless Arena. Raffle tickets to win three of the custom jerseys will be available shortly. The winning ticket will be drawn during the second intermission of the game in Berlin . Proceeds from the raffle and auctions will benefit the Monarchs Care Foundation and the New Hampshire Legends of Hockey.

2009 NH Legends Golf Classic A Success

“Record number of golfers for annual event”

After what seemed like two months of cloudy skies and plenty of rain, the sun came up on July 10th and the skies were the bluest of blues and temperatures rose into the 80’s for the 4th Annual New Hampshire Legends of Hockey Golf Classic.

A record number of enthusiastic golfers (136) gathered at Stonebridge Country Club in Goffstown for a wonderful day of golf and great camaraderie. In addition to the turnout, sponsors and raffle donors hit record highs as well. A complete list of event sponsors is located below. We appreciate everyone’s support as well as all the volunteers that help make this the most successful golf tournament put on this year’s event.

Now for the Golf results:

Putting Championships: 1st Steve Grzywacz, 2nd Leo Gould
Closest to the Pin # 4: Derek Boogard
Closest to the Pin # 6: (card was taken)
Closest to the Pin # 13: Rene LeClerc
Closest to the Pin # 16: Derek Boogard
Closest to the Pin (second shot) #18: Gregg Fournier
Longest Putt #9: Peter Bedford Straightest Drive #1 Rob Bouchard
Long Drive Men #2 Doug Snyder and Lee Hayes
Long Drive Women #2 Vicky Cruz

3rd Place: (58) Ken Roberge, Mike McGinn, Dwayne Robinson and John Filyaw
2nd Place (57) Jim Hayes, Pat McNicholas, Chris Chisholm and Ray Martin

And congratulations to the 2009 winners:

1st Place (57) Paul Lemire, Michael Castagna, Doug Snyder and Doug Leppart

To view and purchase photos taken during the tournament, go to www.garabrantphotography.com, then slideshow and NH Legends of Hockey. The password is “Legends”. If you have any questions email amanda@garabrantphotography.com

Keep an eye on our website for next year’s 2010 Golf Classic brochure. Don’t wait to sign up and pay as the field will be limited. The date is tentatively set for Friday July 9, 2010 back at Stonebridge.

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
Would like to thank all of our Sponsors and hope you will patronize them when you have the opportunity.

Gold Sponsor
Vachon, Clukay & Co., PA – Manchester

Silver Sponsors
Amoskeag Beverages, LLC – Bow, NH
Gamache Enterprises – Manchester
Tanguay Homes – Concord

Bronze Sponsors
Ackerson State Farm Insurance Agency
Bailey’s Custom Carpets
CCHL 40+ Hockey League
Corriveau-Routhier, Inc.
Karr & Boucher, PLLC
Lakes Region Legends Hockey Club
L.A. Brochu Inc.
Legacy Financial Solutions, Inc.
Manchester 40+ Hockey League
Milford Lumber
Morgan Storage
New England Huskies Junior Hockey Club
Plodzik and Sanderson, PA
PretiFlaherty – Concord
Print Management Group
Queen City Glass
R & T Electric
Rowley Insurance Agency
Rene LeClerc State Farm Insurance Agency
Sendlabs
St. Mary’s Bank
Total Sports Management
Town and Country Motor Inn
Wachovia Securities – David Higgins

Many thanks to our players, volunteers and the businesses and individuals who help make our raffle the Ultimate raffle.

Everett Sports Center and Dave Mattson for their help with the 1st place team prizes as well as Everett Sports for our 2nd and 3rd place team prizes and Stonebridge Country Club for their donation of one group lesson for the last place team given by Head Professional Matt Madore.

NH’s Ben Lovejoy Hoists Stanley Cup


This past spring Ben Lovejoy realized the dream of any kid who ever laced up a pair of skates. . . raising the coveted Stanley Cup. Although Ben did not play in this year’s Stanley Cup playoffs he did play in two NHL regular season games with the champion Pittsburgh Penguins. He also played in 76 regular season games and 12 play-off games for Pittsburgh’s AHL team in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA. A defenseman, Ben had 7 goals and 24 assists for 31 points as well as 84 penalty minutes. His +42 rating lead the league and set a franchise record. Ben was selected to represent Team USA in the 2009 AHL All-Star Team and was named to the 2009 AHL All-League Team (Second Team). He was also named his team’s MVD (defenseman).

A NH native, Ben was born in Concord, NH and played his youth hockey in Hanover before heading off to Cardigan Mountain School. Ben played his high school hockey at Deerfield Academy where he was also an All-American lacrosse player and an All-New England soccer player. Ben graduated from Dartmouth College in 2007.

Although Ben did not appear in enough NHL games to get his name on the Cup he did have the opportunity to suit up after the final playoff game and carry the cup.

Ben is off to a great start in the NHL and we are proud the have him representing NH.

Go Ben!

Bruce Valley – “Seahawk”

By Bruce Valley

Seahawk is a personal memoir of a youngster’s late 1950s participation on a championship New England town hockey team composed of WWII veterans, and traces that boy’s life and connection to hockey across almost sixty years.

for more information, visit ryeseahawks.com