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NH Legends of Hockey, Bauer Hockey Donate Equipment

NH Legends of Hockey, Bauer Hockey Donate 30 Sets of Equipment to Local Associations – Support Geared Toward Goal of Continuing to Grow the Game in NH

MANCHESTER, NH – December 9, 2013 – The New Hampshire Legends of Hockey, a New Hampshire non-profit organization dedicated to preserving New Hampshire’s ice hockey history, maintaining the state’s Hockey Hall of Fame, and promoting the sport to New Hampshire’s youth, today announced a donation of approximately 30 sets of new hockey equipment to the Manchester Regional Youth Hockey Association (MRYHA) and Berlin Youth Hockey Association.

L to R: Steve Tempesta, President – MRYHA; Bill Houghton, MRYHA coach; Tory Mazzola, Bauer and Legends Director; Mike Williamson, MRYHA coach; Jay High, Legends Director; Brian Caldwell, MRYHA’s Mite Director; and John Normand, Legends Vice President

“Hockey has such a rich history in New Hampshire, from the first organized hockey game played in the U.S.at St. Paul’s School in 1883, to the expansive hockey landscape that exists here today for players of all skill levels,” said NH Legends of Hockey President Gregory Moffett. “We’re proud to be partnering with Manchester and Berlin Youth Hockey to help continue NH’s hockey tradition and attract even more kids to this great sport. With these two communities as our starting point, we hope to expand this effort in the coming years to support youth programs in other parts of the state.”

The donation, having a retail value of approximately $12,000, will help to grow the game of hockey in the Granite State by providing equipment to kids who want to try the sport and participate in learn-to-play programs. The equipment presented today includes a variety of sizes for kids aged 5 – 10 and includes goalie equipment for those wanting to play net.

The equipment will be made available in Manchester at West Side Arena and in Berlin at Notre Dame Ice Arena. These learn-to-play programs will be locally administered by the MRYHA and Berlin Youth Hockey Association.

“As MRYHA’s Mite Director, one of my main priorities for my organization is to grow the game, which starts at the youngest of levels. In order for us to be successful, we need to move to different, non-traditional demographics in our society and offer children who are not brought up around hockey a chance to play this great game. With this help from Bauer Hockey and the NH Legends of Hockey, we can now reach out to children and families in our community who may not have given hockey a chance,” said Brian Caldwell of MRYHA.” Our program was once one of the largest not-or-profit hockey organizations in the country, and we are celebrating our 50th anniversary next year, making us one of the oldest as well. We’re looking forward to expanding this to many more families next season.”

The NH Legends’ equipment donation program is made possible through its partnership with Bauer Hockey, a New Hampshire company with its global headquarters in Exeter. Bauer Hockey has been a long-standing sponsor of the NH Legends and has notched another assist by helping to provide the new gear.

“As a New Hampshire company we’re happy to support this local initiative and help grow the game in communities around the Granite State,” said Tory Mazzola, Global Communications Manager for Bauer Hockey.

Five New Members Join the Hall of Fame in 2013

Master of Ceremonies, Bob Norton, and the New Hampshire Legends of Hockey Board of Directors welcomed five new inductees into the New Hampshire Hockey Hall of Fame, as a crowd of more than 280 family members, friends, dignitaries and guests looked on. The Legends also paid tribute to Concord High School’s Boys’ and Girl’s ice hockey programs and their tradition of excellence, including 8 State Championships. The Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony was held on October 27, 2013 at the Grappone Conference Center in Concord and marked the NH Legends’ twelfth year holding the event.

Greg Moffett, current President of the Legends’ Board of Directors, welcomed the large audience and thanked them for supporting the 2013 Hall of Fame inductees and the Concord High hockey program. Moffett offered special thanks to Bauer Hockey, the Presenting Sponsor of this year’s Hall of Fame Ceremony, for its continuing support of the Legends’ mission, and he praised this year’s Co-Title Sponsors, St. Paul’s School and Vachon Clukay& Company, PC., for their significant financial contributions. Moffett also recognized New Hampshire Distributors, Inc. which again hosted the pre-event Social Hour, and thanked the 27 other individuals and businesses who helped make the Hall of Fame Ceremony possible through their Gold, Silver, and Bronze-level sponsorships.

2013 Inductees – L to R: Mark Stuckey; Dick Bradley; Harvey L. Smith; Roger Dignard (representing the late Bea Lambert); and Bill & Chris Rice (representing the late Ted Rice).

The Honorable Governor Maggie Hassan congratulated this year’s Hall of Fame inductees and praised them for their significant accomplishments and achievements. The Governor spoke of her appreciation for the game of hockey and the team-building skills and self-confidence it promotes. She also spoke directly to the current members of the Concord High Girls’ Hockey team who attended and encouraged them to reach for the sky. Governor Hassan concluded her remarks by providing State of New Hampshire Citations for each of the 2013 inductees.

State Senator Lou D’Alessandro, longtime Legends supporter and a former Board member, delivered State Senate Resolutions, honoring each of the members of the Hall of Fame Class of 2013. Concord Mayor, Jim Bouley, extended a welcome on behalf of the Capital City and briefly traced the history of ice hockey in the City of Concord, from the first hockey game played in 1883 at St. Paul’s School to the more recent Black Ice Pond Hockey Championship at White Park. Bouley remarked that the Black Ice event will be held at Concord’s White Park again this year in late January, and he encouraged everyone to participate.

Tara Mounsey

Keynote speaker, Tara Mounsey,  a two-time Olympic ice hockey medalist and former Concord High standout, recalled her early days playing in the Concord Youth Hockey system and of the various parents, coaches, and friends from within the Greater-Concord community and across the state who influenced her outstanding hockey career. Mounsey, who is currently a Nurse Practitioner, spoke of the valuable relationships she’s developed through hockey and of the life-lessons hockey taught her along the way. Mounsey also praised the current Concord Girl’s Hockey Coach, Stacy Boudrias, and offered that the Concord High Girls program is poised to do great things in the future under Coach Boudrias’s leadership.

The Legends recognized the Concord High School Crimson Tide, whose boys’ team played its first season in 1933-34 and has won 8 State Titles between 1977 and 2010. Concord High teams have competed in 19 State Championship Title Games. During the luncheon, attendees were shown a video tribute to the Crimson Tide boy’s and girls teams, recapping various Concord High victories.

Duncan Matthews, former Boys’ Coach at Concord High, recounted his days growing up across the street from Concord’s White Park, watching players like Rusty Martin play on the White Park Pond in the early 60’s. Mathews recalled his days as the Captain of the Crimson Tide hockey team in 1969-70 and, eventually, coaching CHS for two years. Matthews had special words of praise for Concord High’s current boy’s hockey coach, Dunc Walsh, and his string of successes behind the bench.

Concord High School principal Gene Connolly thanked the Legends for honoring their school this year and for recognizing the great ice hockey tradition of the Crimson Tide. President Moffett presented Mr. Connolly with a replica jersey from Concord’s first Championship season in 1976-77. Connolly thanked Moffett and the Legends for the gift, which he said will be placed in the School’s trophy case.

Concord High Hockey Alumni (players and Coaches) Left to Right Front Row: John Reagan; Hunk O’Connell; Tom Champagne; Chris Rice; Bill Rice; Tara Mounsey; Duncan Matthews; Buster Gilbert; Peter Champagne and Steve Vallieres. Back Row: Tom Foote; Vic Stanfield; Jim Heath; Mike Commerford; Todd Philbrick; Tom Champagne; Kurt Gillies; Tom Wright; Jack Mudge; Mark Ruddy; Tom Dustin; Lee Blossom; Chris Brown; John Stevenson; Shayne Lebreton; Greg Herrick; Scott O’Donnell; Brent Sowle; Ken McKinnon and Jim Hayes. Missing from photo: Stacey Boudrias; Barney Colgan; Pike Colgan; Ethan Cole; Tom Croteau; Matt Landis; Dick Sibley; John Pendleton; Jeffrey Reagan and Brian Smith.

Secretary Jim Rivers recognized the 24 returning Hall of Fame members shown in photo below.

All Hall of Famers in Attendance, Front Row Left to Right: Leo Gould; Steve Arndt; Ken Cail; Jim Rivers; Ken McKinnon; Dede Villeneuve; Jim Tufts; Peter Maher; Dick Dodds. Back Row Left to Right: Omer Morin; Lee Blossom; Dick Boucher; Ryan Brandt; Mark Stuckey; (Roger Dignard); Harvey L. Smith; Merrill Fay; Dick Bradley; Roland Lavigne; (Bill Rice and Chris Rice); Tara Mounsey; Bob Norton; Pierre Belanger; Dick Roy and John Normand. Missing from Photo: Andre Prefontaine; Brian Stone and Dunc Walsh

Executive Director Jim Hayes announces the team that will be honored during the 2014 Hockey Hall of Fame Ceremony. “In 2014, the Legends will be honoring a school whose Boy’s team has long been a cornerstone of Division I Hockey. This school began playing ice hockey in 1933 and is celebrating its 80th year of competition this year. In addition, this school’s Girls’ program, founded in 1987, is entering its 27th year of play. The school’s Boys’ teams have competed in 15 NHIAA State Championship games, winning 8 of them, and its Girls’ teams have won 5 of 6 NHIAA Championships. Of note, the Boys’ first NHIAA State Championship was in 1970, when they became the first team other than Notre Dame (of Berlin) and Berlin High School to take the crown. With us today, are six (former) players of the two teams, including their two Head Coaches and their wives: John Dodds and (Hall of Famer) Dick Dodds, of Hanover High School. It’s my pleasure to announce the Hanover High School Mauraders as next year’s honored team. Please help me give a warm welcome to the Marauders of Hanover.”

Hanover High School Representatives Left to Right: Dan Peraza, Head Boys’ Coach Dick Dodds, Head Girls’ Coach John Dodds, Bob Peiffer and Clark Brighton. Peraza, Peiffer and Brighton are all former players for the Marauders.

Presenting Sponsor
Bauer Hockey
Co-Title Sponsors
Vachon Clukay & Company, PC and St. Paul’s School
Social Hour Sponsor
New Hampshire Distributors, Inc.
Gold Sponsors
Amoskeag Beverages, LLC
Bogacz Photography/Digital Media
Banks Chevrolet-Cadillac-Buick-GMC
Christian Party Rental
Corriveau-Routhier, Inc.
Great State Beverages, Inc.
Speedy Printing and Copying
Silver Sponsors
Berlin City Auto Group
Brine – Capital Sporting Goods
De Niro Construction
Fay’s Boat Yard
Morgan Storage
Olivier Law Offices
Bronze Sponsors
Berlin IGA Foodliner
Capital City Paving
Central Paper Products, Inc.
Dwyer, Donovan & Pendleton
EVR Advertising
Granite State Glass
Mason & Rich P.A.
Northway Bank
Plodzik& Sanderson, PA
PretiFlaherty
Rene LeClerc Insurance Agency
Tardif Contracting and Landscaping, Inc
Town and Country Motor Inn
Zero Waste

Services Provided by
Spotlight Video Productions, David Pearl – Hooksett, NH
Defining Moments Photography, Amanda Sullivan – Bedford, NH
Text writer – Mike Zhe
Layout and design – Bonnie Jaillet
Master of Ceremonies – Bob Norton
Audio / interviewer – Ken Cail

All photographs at our event taken by Defining Moments Photography will be posted on their website at a later date after December 15th. Go to www.definingmomentsphotonh.com and click on On-Line Ordering, to view or purchase photographs. You may purchase individual photographs or the entire CD with all the images, including copyrights for $50.00. Accepted cards are VISA, MC and AMEX.

In addition, DVD’s of the Induction Ceremony as well as Interiews may be purchased for $15.00 through Spotlight Video Productions, Hooksett, NH. Contact David Pearl at www.videonh.com or email info@videonh.com. Copies of the Concord High Hockey Tribute will be available for $10.00.

Mark your calendar for the 2014 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony scheduled for Sunday October 26, 2014 at the Grappone Conference Center in Concord.

Golf Classic ’13 Another Success

2013 Prep School All-State Teams Announced

Manchester, NH – May 17, 2013

The Prep School Hockey Coaches of NH announced their 2012-13 All-State selections for both the boys and girls divisions. The eight prep schools in New Hampshire are: Brewster Academy; Holderness School; Kimball Union Academy; New Hampton School; Phillips Exeter Academy; Proctor Academy; St. Paul’s School and Tilton School.

Certificate shown above is Senior Forward Nick Roberto of Kimball Union Academy.

Dana Barbin, long time head coach of Phillips Exeter said “we are extremely pleased to continue our partnership with the NH Legends of Hockey”. The Legends have provided framed certificates for each recipient of both of boys and girls teams.

 

Certificate shown above is Senior Forward Nick Roberto of Kimball Union Academy.

Click on year to view 2012-13 All State Teams

2013 Senior All-Star Games Entertaining

Senior All-Star Classic
Last Saturday night the Third Annual Senior All-Star Classic was held at the Douglas N. Everett Arena in Concord. A terrific game was played and a very large crowd of family members watched the Red All-Stars and White All-Stars. To view rosters, click here.

2013 Senior All-Star Game in Concord. Shown battling for the puck is # 9 Eathan Pollack of Memorial with #10 John Gomes of Londonderry.

The two teams were selected by the Coaches Association from Divisions I, II and III. Each team used all three goaltenders: For White, Brett Glendye of Merrimack started the game before giving way to Nic Phair of Salem and then to Matt Marchman of Pinkerton. Kurt Mitchell of Bedford (White) broke the scoreless tie in the middle frame on assists from Chris O’Hara and Cullen Willey, both of Bedford. Netminders for the Red All-Stars were starter Ryan Slatky of Trinity, Brennan Young of Oyster River and James Montgomery of Hanover. Ryan Sullivan of Winnacunnet scored late in the contest on assists from Eli Cobb of Dover and Chris Lovell of Bishop Guertin.

From these players, the Coaches Association will select one team to represent New Hampshire in the Annual Make A Wish game and players will be notified by the coaches. However, when we receive the announcement, we will send out an enewsletter. The game is scheduled for Saturday July 13, 2013 and will be played at the University of Vermont in Burlington. Teams will wear the NH of Legends of Hockey uniforms which were worn in Concord.

Legends President Roland Olivier congratulates Austin Sprague of Central. Olivier presented Austin with his First Team All-State Award along with the Player of the Year Award for Division I from the NH Legends of Hockey. The All-State Awards were selected by the High School Coaches Association.

Action photographs were taken by Jim Paiva. To view and/or purchase, please visit
click here.

In addition, exact replica Kamazu jerseys worn in today’s’ game (shown in top photo) are available for purchase through Brine – ESC Team Sports here in Concord for the players in both games. Jerseys are available in RED version only, with the number of your choice and name plate on the back. Order must be placed after Wednesday 20 and before Saturday, March 30, 2013. Go to Brine Everett Sports website after Wednesday at www.brineteamsales.com then click on the Brine Team Sales apparel site. For reference, sizes worn in today’s game were as follows: 1,30,31 All Goalie Cut; 2-11 XL and 12-21 L. Cost of the jersey is $82.00 plus shipping if necessary. Use CC or your paypal account. If you have any questions, call Bob Palisi at 603-228-5976 ext. 204 or 603-231-1446.

Division III Senior All-Star Classic
On Saturday afternoon the 7th Annual Division III Senior All-Star Game was held at the Laconia Ice Arena. The game featured 26 seniors from nine of the twelve division III schools. Team North was made up of seniors from Berlin, Kennett, Moultonborough-Inter Lakes & Conval High School earned the victory 11-7 over team South made up of players from John Stark-Hopkinton, Souhegan, Belmont-Gilford, Laconia-Winnisquam and Kearsarge.

Senior Anthony LaRusso of Kennett High School earned the game’s MVP honors with a 2 goal-3 assist performance. Other players considered for the honor was Connor Todd also of Kennett (3G 1A), Tim Casey of Moultonborough-Inter Lakes (3 G), Jeff O’Neil of Berlin (3 A), Simon Becka of John Stark-Hopkinton (3 G), Keith Galli of John Stark-Hopkinton (2 G) and Ryan Peterson of Souhegan High School (14 Saves).

The game featured the normal three 15 minute periods as well as a skills competition before each intermission. In the six skills competitions events the teams played to a 3-3 tie. That 3-3 tie was included in the final score. This game was sponsored and hosted by Laconia Ice Arena.

New Hampshire Legends of Hockey
Consistent with its mission of preserving the history of ice hockey, and growing the sport of ice hockey, in New Hampshire, the New Hampshire Legends of Hockey “Legends” supports secondary school hockey by awarding certificates to New Hampshire high school and prep school All-State players and coaches of the year, and sponsors the Annual Senior All-Star Hockey Classic and Make-A-Wish games. The Legends also actively solicits historical, hockey-related artifacts for preservation and display to the general public. Late last year, the Legends launched their new online museum. This museum contains the state’s hockey history and heritage gathered from periodicals, game film, trophies, photos, uniforms, other clothing, etc. The museum is searchable by the number of fields such as team, player, jerseys etc. While there are several hundred photos currently available for viewing new ones will be added on a ongoing basis so be sure to check back frequently.

The New Hampshire Legends of Hockey is a self-governing, non-profit, 501(C)(3) association incorporated with the State of New Hampshire. For more information on the Legends of Hockey, visit their web site at nhlegendsofhockey.com.

2013 High School Hockey News

Manchester, NH – March 13, 2013

2013 State Champions
Congratulations to all the players, coaches and staff for your State Championship for the 2012-13 season. To read related story from the New Hampshire Sunday News (Union Leader), click on headlines listed below.

Div. I – Memorial tops Central in OT, 3-2.
Div. II – Bedford takes down # 1 Merrimack 5-2
Div. III – John Stark / Hopkinton knocks off Berlin in OT, 3-2
Girls – Hanover perfect season ends with 3-1 win over Oyster River

2013 All-State Teams Announced
The NH High School Coaches Association (NHHSC) announced today their 2012-13 All-State selections for Girls and Boys Div. I, II and III. The NHHSC is comprised of high school coaches from across the state. Duncan Walsh, President of the NHHSC and Head Coach of Concord HS Hockey team said “we are pleased to continue our partnership with the NH Legends of Hockey”. For the third year, the Legends are providing framed certificates for each recipient. Those is attendance for the boys Senior All-Star Classic will receive theirs after the game.

Click on each Division to view All-State recipients for this year and All-Time. Girls, Division I, Division II and Division III. If anyone has news articles of All-State recipients for missing years, please contact the Legends and we will include in this history.

2013 Senior All-Star Teams Announced
The NH High School Senior All-Star Classic will be held Saturday March 16th at the Douglas N. Everett Arena in Concord beginning at 7:00 pm. The NHHSC selected two teams who will compete against each other in the Annual Red White Game. The players will wear the Legends jerseys for the game pictured below. Tickets may be purchased at the door and prices are $5.00 for Adults and $2.00 for students and seniors.

At this time rosters have not been submitted to us. They will be posted in this article on as soon as we receive them.

Action photographs will be taken by Jim Paiva. Click on http://www.jimpaiva.com/2013_All_Star_Classic/ to view and or purchase. The NH Legends purchased jerseys and socks which are used annually for this game. Exact replica jerseys are available for purchase and ordering details will be available at the game.

In addition, from those participants Saturday night, the Coaches will select one team to participate this July in Vermont to compete in the Annual Make a Wish Games at the University of Vermont in Burlington. The Girl’s will also be competing in Vermont and both teams will wear the Legends uniforms.

“Our organization is proud to support and celebrate the history and game of hockey in NH and wanted to do something to recognize these special high school athletes” stated Roland Olivier, President of the Legends.

“The NH Legends organization recognizes the important role high school hockey has played in the history of the sport in our state” said Jim Hayes, Legends, Executive Director. “In addition to supporting high school hockey with this donation, we also collected and made available on our web site results of all high school hockey championship games dating back to 1946-47 as well as coaching records.” To view records, go to High School Archives.

About New Hampshire Legends of Hockey
Consistent with its mission of preserving the history of ice hockey, and growing the sport of ice hockey, in New Hampshire, the New Hampshire Legends of Hockey (“Legends”) supports secondary school hockey by awarding certificates to New Hampshire high school and prep school All-State players and coaches of the year, and sponsors the Annual Ssenior All-Star Hockey Classic and Make-A-Wish games. The Legends also actively solicits historical, hockey-related artifacts for preservation and display to the general public. Late last year, the Legends launched their new online museum. This museum contains the state’s hockey history and heritage gathered from periodicals, game film, trophies, photos, uniforms, other clothing, etc. The museum is searchable by the number of fields such as team, player, jerseys etc. While there are several hundred photos currently available for viewing new ones will be added on a ongoing basis so be sure to check back frequently.

The New Hampshire Legends of Hockey is a self-governing, non-profit, 501(C)(3) association incorporated with the State of New Hampshire. For more information on the Legends of Hockey, visit their web site at nhlegendsofhockey.com.