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Seven New Members Join the Hall of Fame

Concord, NH

Master of Ceremonies, Bob Norton, and the New Hampshire Legends of Hockey Board of Directors inducted seven new members into the New Hampshire Hockey Hall of Fame, as a record crowd of more than 220 family members, friends, dignitaries and guests looked on. The Legends also paid tribute to Nashua Royals who played from 1948 through the 1966-67 season. The Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony & Luncheon was held on October 25, 2015 at the Grappone Conference Center in Concord and marked the NH Legends’ fourteenth year hosting the event.

President John Normand welcomes the crowd

John Normand, current President of the Legends’ Board of Directors, welcomed the large audience and thanked them for supporting the 2015 Hall of Fame inductees and the Nashua Royals. Normand offered special thanks to Bauer Hockey, whose Global Headquarters is in Exeter, NH. It marked the fourth straight year that Bauer has been the Presenting Sponsor of the Hall of Fame event, and Normand thanked Bauer for its continuing support of the Legends’ mission. Normand also recognized significant financial contributions from Vachon Clukay& Company, PC. and St. Paul’s School the Co-Title Sponsors; and New Hampshire Distributors, Inc. which again hosted the pre-event Social Hour.

Normand also thanked the 31 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; Bellavance Beverage Company, Inc; Christian Party Rental; Fay’s Boat Yard; Great State Beverages, Inc. and Speedy Printing & Copying

Silver Sponsors: Amoskeag Beverages, LLC; API of NH; Bogacz Photography/Digital Media; Brine & Capital Sporting Goods; Capital City Paving; Corriveau-Routhier, Inc; De Niro Construction; Holloway Motor Cars of Manchester; Milestone Engineering & Construction; Morgan Storage; PretiFlaherty; Pro Ambitions; Rene LeClerc Insurance Agency Inc. and Triplet Computers.

Bronze Sponsors: Central Paper Products Co.; Dwyer, Donovan & Pendleton; EVR Advertising; Granite State Glass; Label Tech, Inc.; L.A. Brochu, Inc; Law Offices of Roland E. Olivier, PLLC; Legacy Financial Solutions; Northway Bank; Town and Country Motor Inn and Zero Waste.

State Senator Lou D’Alessandro, longtime Legends supporter and a former Legends Board member, delivered a letter from The Honorable Governor Maggie Hassan and delivered State Senate Resolutions and State of New Hampshire Citations honoring the Hall of Fame Class of 2015 and the Nashua Royals.

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 attend.

Those attending the luncheon saw a 5 minute highlight of the Black Ice Pond Hockey documentary which was produced by Jeff Reagan on Concord. Anyone wishing to purchase the 16 minute documentary can contact Jeff at jeffreagan@gmail.com or 603-568-9932. Copies are $5.00

Key Note Speaker Joe Bertagna

Hockey East Commissioner Joe Bertagna addressed the room, sharing insights into how the game of college hockey has grown and its culture has changed. Bertagna spoke of how the leaders of college hockey today need to stay true to educational values and be wary of becoming too much part of the entertainment business.

The Legends recognized the Nashua Royals senior amateur team who began play in 1948 and In 1952, the Royals beat the Rye Seahawks for the New Hampshire Amateur Class B title. The Royals were instrumental in the success of the Granite State Hockey League. In the 1960’s, they were coached by Ron Peters, Hall of Fame ’08. The Royals played in three straight GSHL Championships, winning in the 1965-66 season over the Tam O’Shanters of Manchester. The Royals concluded play after the 1966-67 season. For more information of the Royals history read page 6 and 7 booklet, Click here to view Induction booklet.

Former Royal standout George Marineau with Executive Director Jim Hayes

The jerseys shown above were auctioned at the ceremony. If you are interested in purchasing one, please email hayes743@comcast.net Numbers available are 1, 4, 7, 9, 11, 15, 16 and two can be adorned with a number of your choice. Each jersey is selling for $100.

John Normand with Head Coach Steve McIsaac, Jerimey Braley, Blaine Cardali, Zach Bradanick, Dylan Palmer and Sean Leahy.

The Legends, and Bauer Hockey made a special presentation to the UNH Club Hockey team. John Normand presented the Silver (Bauer) Stick with an inscription on the blade recognizing the 2013-14 UNH Club Hockey team winning the ACHA D 2 National Championship. In winning the title, the Wildcats posted and overall record of 27-7-0. Head Coach Steve McIsaac and several members of that team were in attendance.

2015 Hall of Fame members: CJ Ficek, Taylor Chace, Ron DeGregorio, Dan Houston, Paula Colgan Heath, Denny Houston, Elizabeth Colgan Knowland, Ryan Weston and Russ Bartlett.

Treasurer Jim Rivers recognized all current Hall of Fame members in attendance shown in photo below.

All Hall of Fame members in attendance: Front Row L to R: Dick Boucher, Bruce Parker, Roland Lavigne, Ken McKinnon and Dick Roy. Second Row L to R: Jim Tufts, John Normand, Rene LeClerc, CJ Ficek, Merrill Fay, Brian Stone, Taylor Chace, Peter Maher, Ron DeGregorio, Dan Houston, Paula Colgan Heath, Denny Houston, Elizabeth Colgan Knowland, Bill Dennehy, Russ Bartlett, Bob Norton, Ryan Brandt, Ryan Weston. Missing from photo: Pierre Belanger, Ken Cail, Bruce Crowder, Mark Evans, Steve Murphy, Andre Prefontaine, Jim Rivers, Brian Stone.

President John Normand announced the team that will be honored during the 2016 Hockey Hall of Fame Ceremony.

The Legends have selected a school that has both men’s and women’s teams. Their men’s program began play during the 1969 season for men and they’ve won more than 500 games since that first season. since 2004 they have amassed a very impressive & successful history winning the Northeast 10 regular season title 8 times and NE-10 Championship 7 times.

This school has two individuals who have been inducted into our Hall of Fame. The first was enshrined in 2004 and the second, in 2012.

The women’s team has played Meanwhile the women’s team has won more than 200 games in just eleven seasons with an amazing seven 20 win seasons and 6 Championships in the ECAC Open Division in 9 games.

Normand asked everyone to help him welcome next year’s honored team, the St, Anselm College Hawks. By the way those two Hall of Famers are Hubie McDonough and Kathleen Twomey.

John Normand ,Ed Seney, Head Coach of the men’s team along with Assistant Coach for the women’s team, Karilyn Pilch.

2016 Induction Ceremony is slated for next October so please mark your calendar.

Next year, The Legends will honor the St. Anslem College Hawks. Shown below is Ed Seney, Head Coach of the men’s team along with Assistant Coach for the women’s team, Karilyn Pilch.

2016 Induction Ceremony is slated for next October so please mark your calendar for our Fifteenth Annual Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Grappone Conference Center in Concord. If you’d like to become a sponsor for next October, please email hayes743@comcast.net or call Jim Hayes at 603-731-4168.

2016 Nominations can be submitted on-line beginning January 1 and continuing through the end of February.

Video of Today’s Event can be purchased by contacting David Pearl at www.videonh.com or email info@videonh.com. DVD’s of the Induction Ceremony as well as Interviews may be purchased for $15.00 through Spotlight Video Productions, Hooksett, NH.

Photographs of Today’s Event were taken by Matt Parker Photography and are posted on his website. Click here to view or purchase photographs. If you have any questions contact Matt at mparker3011@gmail.com

Tenth Annual Golf Classic Another Huge Success

Manchester NH

Thank you to everyone that supported our Tenth Annual Golf Classic, presented by Bauer. Our event was held July 10 at the Stonebridge Country Club in Goffstown.

The event was kicked off with a message from John Normand, President of the New Hampshire Legends of Hockey (Legends). He gave special thanks and recognition to our “Presenting Sponsor, Bauer (Global Headquarters) of Exeter, NH and our Gold Sponsors, St. Paul’s School of Concord and Charles Schwab of Nashua”.

He told those in attendance “we are extremely grateful to all the players, sponsors, contributors (gifts in kind) and volunteers that help make this event one of the best in the state, each and every year”.

Once again we were blessed with marvelous weather and it was a great way to spend time with our hockey family and friends. We enjoyed another near-capacity field (127 golfers) and, with generous contributions we exceeded our 2014 sponsorship totals, ranking this year’s Golf Classic one of the most successful events we’ve run in the past decade!

Bauer foursome including left to right CJ Ficek, John Davidson, Tory Mazzola, and Brad James

Listed below are our twelve Silver and twenty-two Bronze Sponsors.

Silver Sponsors: Amoskeag Beverages, LLC – Beauchamp Estate Services – Bogacz Photography/Digital Media – Gamache Enterprises – Great State Beverages, Inc.- Law Offices of Roland E. Olivier, PLLC – Morgan Self Storage – North Country Tractor – PretiFlaherty Greg Moffett & Dan Luker – Rowley Insurance Agency – Triplet Computers, LLC – Vachon Clukay & Company PC.

Bronze Sponsors: Ackerson State Farm Insurance Agency – Arcomm Communications – Banks Chevrolet-Cadillac-Buick-GMC – Berlin Youth Hockey Association – Capital City Paving – Christopher Cahill Construction, Inc. – Christian Party Rental – Corriveau-Routhier, Inc. – EVR Advertising – Fay’s Boat Yard – Karr & Boucher PLLC – L. A. Brochu Inc. – Manchester 40+ Hockey League – Milford Lumber Co. Inc. – New Hampshire Distributors, Inc. – Northway Bank – Pro Ambitions – R & T Electric Inc. – Rath, Young & Pignatelli – Rene LeClerc Insurance Agency Inc. – Sleepnet, Tom Moulton – The Houston Family

More than 100 businesses and individuals donated gifts in kind for the tournament. To view complete list, click on Contributors (Gifts in Kind)

In addition, Greg acknowledged five of the two of the seven members from the Class of 2015 who will be honored this October 25 at Concord’s Grappone Center at the Fourteenth Annual Legends of Hockey Induction Ceremony. Those playing today are CJ Ficek and three members of the Jim Houston Family. The Legends will be paying tribute to the Nashua Royals Senior Amateur teams of days gone by.

Volunteers
Our volunteers worked very hard all-day long keeping the registration, raffle and on course contests running smoothly. Many thanks again: to Dave Beauchamp; Mark Bogacz; Dick Boucher; Monique Chauvette; Dave Corriveau; Dave Elliott; Jay Hauser; Bruce Parker; Cory Philbrick; Arlene Robbins; Lucien Roy; Dick Roy; Dick Theriault; Bob Vachon and Kathy Vachon

Players gather and catch up with one another prior to the Shot-Gun start. Pictured from left to right are: Michael Martin, Roland Martin and fore-ground Tom Brown, Tom Philbrick, Tom Foote, Brian Smith and Tom Painchaud

Champions!
Congratulations to this year’s Champions The Rene LeClerc group scored a 11 under 61 and on a match of cards edged the group of (Steve Tempesta, Jim Cotter, Mike Desmond and Brain Caldwell.

 

2015 Champions L to R: Rene LeClerc, Steve Grzywacz, Dave Kuhman and Pete Ackerson

All Champions
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

Celebration: Just after Lee Hayes holed a long birdie putt, team-mates Matt Junkin (right) and Brian Mirek (fore-ground) mobbed Hayes as Colin Sheen tended the pin.

On Course Contests
Long Drive # 18 – Tamara McAllister
Closest to the Line #1 – Al Gilbert
Closest to the Pin # 4 – Roland Martin II
Closest to the Pin # 6 – Ken Collins 8’9″
Closest to the Pin # 13 – Rene LeClerc 6’1″
Closest to the Pin # 16 – Dana Barbin
Closest to the Pin #18 Second Shot – Peter Houston
Putting Contest Champion – Jon Ruggles *

* Ruggles defeated Mike Dubeau, Lee Hayes, Tom Grant, Gerry Bergeron and Jon Dowst in a one-chance putt-off.

Left to Right is Ryan Brandt, Steve Arndt, Randy Blossom and Bob Blood

From Left Hugh Barrett and Bill Gould watch Tamara MacAllister drain a putt. Tending flag was Jeanne Canty.

John Normand (H of F) recognized all Hall of Famers in attendance. They were as follows: Steve Arndt; Dana Barbin; Lee Blossom; Dick Boucher; Ryan Brandt; Dick Dodds; Mark Evans; Rene LeClerc; Steve Murphy; Bruce Parker; Dick Roy; Dick Theriault.

2016 Golf Date
Next year’s Golf Classic is scheduled for Friday July, 15, 2016, so please mark your calendar, grab your players plan on joining us!

2015 Golf Photos
More than 500 terrific photographs were taken by Matt Parker Photography and are available to view and or purchase. Click here to view. If you have any questions contact Matt at mparker3011@gmail.com

just some of the auction items sold at the Golf Classic including a Grey Goose hat signed by Wayne Gretzky.

On-Line Auction Items
We are offering the following six items for auction to our entire contact list. We will update current high bids along with the initials of the bidder approximately twice a week beginning with Monday August 17, 2015 and continuing to 5:00 Eastern time on Friday August 28th. If you are interested in bidding on any item(s) email hayes743@comcast.net.

Item One
Nashua Country Club 4-some and 2 carts Value $ 360.00
Opening Bid $175.00 JH $175
Item Two
Executive Health Club 3 month membership Value $300.00 / Opening Bid $100.00
Item Three
Computerized Putting Analysis from Ken Collins Kustom Clubs in Manchester
Value $75.00 / Opening Bid $25.00
Item Four
NH Motor Speedway 4 Seats NHMS Sylvania 300 on Sunday September 27, 2015
Value $180.00 / Opening Bid $100.00
Item Five
NH Motor Speedway 4 Additional Seats NHMS Sylvania 300 on Sunday September 27, 2015. Value $180.00 / Opening Bid $100.00
Item Six
Marvel Universe Live SMG / Verizon Wireless Arena – Suite 17 with 12 tickets and 3 parking passes October 29th, 2015. Value $1,200.00 / Opening Bid $500.00 CL $500

Each year, the Legends hosts the Annual 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. 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 donate either is welcomed to do so.

All-Star Results / All-State Teams Announced

Exeter, NH – Last Saturday afternoon, at the Rinks of Exeter, the New Hampshire Legends of Hockey (“Legends”) hosted both Senior All-Star Classic Hockey games. The 1:00 pm game featured the very best players from Division I and II, while the 1:30 pm game was for Division III players only.

Seniors were selected by the New Hampshire High School Hockey Coaches Association. At the conclusion of each game, a reception hosted by the Legends took place in the lobby of the Rinks of Exeter for players and their families. Click here to view 1:00 Rosters and here for the 1:30 Rosters

 

Players gather after the 1:00 pm Senior All-Star game.

At the conclusion of each game, all Senior players were announced individually and received a certificate for their participation of the Senior All-Star Classic from John Normand Vice President of the Legends.

Ryan Damren (10) Lebanon skates the puck away from Ben Acker (7) Hanover and Justin Jewell (13) Spaulding.

Those Senior players in attendance who had been selected for All-State recognition by the NH High School Hockey Coaches Association each received a framed All-State certificate from the Legends.

President Greg Moffett, Executive Director Jim Hayes and Vice President John Normand.

For the fifth straight year, the Legends provided framed certificates for each member of the various All-State teams. In addition, for each division, the Legends awards certificates to the Player-of-the-Year and Coach-of-the-Year. Click on each Division to view the list of this year’s All-State recipients for Girls, Division I, Division II and Division III. Certificates for those underclassmen and girls recipients not in attendance were taken by team mates or coaches in attendance for disbursement.

Division I Player of the Year – Paul Antkowiak of Salem with John Normand

Many thanks to the following DI and DII coaches for their time and effort to help make this event a great one. Jim Tufts – Exeter; Jerry Manchester – Windham; Kurt Mithoefer, Matt Davis – Merrimack; Gary Smith – Lebanon; Steve Riker – Dover; Mark McGinn – Salem; Gary Bishop – Bishop Guertin and Paul George of Spaulding.

In addition, many thanks to the following DIII coaches for their time and effort to help make this event a successful one. Michael Lane – Kennett; Jay Londer – Belmont-Gilford; Dave Saball – Belmont-Gilford; Denis Kolehmainen – John Stark-Hopkinton; Matt Thompson – West; Chuck Yeager – Moultonborough-Inter Lakes; Dan Belliveau – Souhegan and Kevin Merrick of Sanborn.

Participating players from only the 1:00 pm game were eligible to be selected by the New Hampshire High School Hockey Coaches Association for the Annual Make-A-Wish team. That game against Vermont is scheduled for June 26-27 at the University of Vermont. Those players will be contacted shortly. Click here to view roster. In addition, the list should be posted on the Coaches Association website.

Now for the game recap. Two large crowds of family members and friends watched the Red All-Stars and White All-Stars in the 1:00 pm game and light, dark in the 1:30 game. To view rosters, click team names to left.

A random drawing took place for each game and selected was Andrew Stevens from the first game and Erik Leger from the second. Each player won a Bauer composite stick of a standard stock pattern of their choice. They should contact our Executive Director Jim Hayes hayes743@comcast.net with their choice.

1:00 pm All-Star Game
The highlight of the first period featured perfect goaltending by Zane Angelopoulus (Team Red 14 saves) and Matt Brewster (Team White 10 saves) which thwarted the All-Star scorers.

In the second period Kyle Svenson gave Team White the lead on assists from Soucy and Burgess. It didn’t take long to even the score as Kyle Nagri scored with helpers from Antkowiak and Monahan. White retook the lead on a goal from Devon Sprague with assists going to Jacob and Stephens. Team Red then scored three straight on goals from Dakota Pidgeon, Ryan Damren and Casey Glynn. Team White rebounded with a goal by Cam Crowley to close out the scoring after two periods with Red holding a slim 4-3 lead. Brandan Mackenzie made four saves for Team Red while Sam Macdonald stopped 8 for Team White.

In the third stanza, Brett Silva scored for Team Red assisted by Palker and Devito and late in the period The Red Team struck again as Jin Kim closed out the scoring for a 6-3 final score. Mike Doyan made 7 saves for Team Red in the third while Brendan Murphy stopped 5 for Team White.

Andrew Putney (9) Manchester Memorial and Asa Palker (7) Bedford of Team Red battle for puck with Jeremy Duhamel (18) Bow

1:30 pm All-Star Game
The Dark All-Stars overmatched the Light All-Stars by the final score of 8-4. This game consisted of two halves with a skills competition at the break. In the first half, Team Light took a 3-2 lead into the break, Kyle Kolehmainen, Alec Medic and Matthew Pickman provided the goals while Team Dark had a pair of goals from Cooper Bourque. Brayden Harriman played the entire game and made 36 total stops while Bobby Davis stopped 15 for Team Dark.

In the second half, Andrew D’Amour struck first for Team Dark to even the score at 3 all. Less than a minute later, Tristan Rowe scored for Team Light to give them the lead again. However, another goal by D’Amour, two by Robby Moody and another by Zack Allard ended the day’s scoring. Josh Kondrat made 15 saves for Team Dark in the second half.

Players gather after the 1:30 Senior All-Star game

All photos were taken by Matt Parker Photos. To view all photos from the doubleheader, click HERE to view and or purchase.

More About New Hampshire Legends of Hockey
The New Hampshire Legends of Hockey, a New Hampshire non-profit organization, is 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. “In keeping with our mission, the Legends is proud to celebrate the achievements of our talented high school and prep school athletes, who represent the future of the sport,” said Greg Moffett, President of the Legends.

“The Legends recognizes the important role high school hockey plays in the state’s rich ice hockey history,” said Jim Hayes, Legends Executive Director. “In addition to supporting high school hockey with various events, we have compiled and documented the results of all high school hockey championship games – and coaching records – dating back to the 1946-47 season.” To access this information, simply click on the High School Archives link at our website: www.nhlegendsofhockey.com.

The Legends actively solicits historical, hockey-related artifacts for preservation and display to the general public. The Legends online museum catalogs 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 are added on a ongoing basis, so be sure to check back frequently. For more information on the Legends of Hockey, visit our web site at nhlegendsofhockey.com.