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Around the Boards – February 2023

In this issue we will touch on the following: Our 2023 Supporter Campaign; Hall of Fame Nominations for 2023; High School and Prep School All-State Teams; The boy’s high school Senior All-Star Doubleheader; The history of hockey in Concord and the 1992 National Championship girl’s Pee Wee team.

Supporter Campaign: January was once again a huge month for individuals joining the Supporter Campaign. We closed the month with 71 individuals joining and of that number 27 are in our Hall of Fame. Thank you for your support.

Our gifts should arrive in the next few weeks and your items will be mailed at that time.

Click here to read the complete article on the Supporters Campaign from January 1. Thanks go out in advance, to all of you joining in February. You can mail a check or pay online.

Hall of Fame Nominations: There is less than one month remaining to submit a qualified Hall of Fame candidate. The Legends nomination committee encourages you research, document and submit a nomination form for consideration of this high honor in any one of the above categories. Click here to read the complete article from January 1.

High School & Prep School All-State Teams: The Legends partner with the NH High School Coaches Association (NHHSC) to help support New Hampshire high school hockey. NHHSC is comprised of high school coaches from across the State. At season’s end, The NHHSC meet and select First Team, Second Team and Honorable Mention teams for each of the four high school divisions.

The Legends also partner with the NH Prep School Coaches. The coaches will select their All-State Teams for 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.

The Legends provide certificates for all the New Hampshire High School and Prep School All-State players as selected by their coaches.

Senior All-Star Doubleheader: the NHHSC select the best high school seniors from the Boys Divisions I and II as well as the best from DIII. The DI and II game features the teams wearing the Legends jerseys. Both games will be held at THE Rinks at Exeter on Sunday March 19, 2023. The Division I/II game will start at 12:00 pm and the Division III All-Stars will play at 12:10 pm.

Our Legends jerseys are also used in the annual Make-A-Wish hockey games for both the boys and girls against VT each summer.

History of Hockey in Concord NH: The Concord Historical Society hosted a webcast where Executive Director Jim Hayes talks Concord hockey with four wonderful panelists. Bob Norton, Ken McKinnon, Dunc Walsh and George Chase spent an hour talking hockey here in the capital city. Rumors continue to exist that they might do a 24 hour webcast next year. Check out the videos on our Legends Museum Video Clips page. You’ll find this video by clicking here and opening the Misc. tab.

1992 National Championship game: Watch the NH Women’s Select hockey team compete and win the National Championship in Duluth, Minnesota. This team was started by Jay Jones in 1984-85. With the help of Dennis Nolin, Dave Boudrias, Mike Mounsey and others they led this New Hampshire contingent to the National Championship. Watch and listen to Jim Rivers and Jeff Cain commentating the game.
Click here to go to our video page and open the Misc. tab.

Around the Boards..Bruins, Monarchs and More

Bruins Canadiens

The hometown Boston Bruins will host their arch rivals, the Montreal Canadiens tonight at the TD Garden with face-off scheduled for 7:30 pm.

It’s a dream matchup for the second round as two Original Six NHL teams go at it for the Atlantic Division title, in their 34th playoff meeting in a storied history.

The Canadiens have the all-time edge, but it’s the Bruins who have won seven of their last 11 battles, including the last two in 2009 and 2011. Click here to view series schedule.

Auction

Haven’t joined a club yet for this season, well the timing couldn’t be better. The Legends are auctioning off a 2014 Season Membership at Stonebridge C.C. valued at $1995.00 and Opening bid is just $500.00. For course information visit the Stonebridge Country Club website by clicking here. Stonebridge is home of the NH Legends of Hockey Annual Golf Classic which is being held on Friday July 11, 2014.

Bidding is open though Friday May 9, 2014 at 6 :00 pm. We will update the highest bid with the bidders initials and amount at 5 pm on a daily basis.

Current Bid $

Email Jim Hayes at hayes743@comcast.net with your bid and good luck.

Monarchs battle on in Best of 5

With the series tied at 1 all, the #1 seeded Manchester Monarchs traveled to Norfolk to take on the 8th seeded Admirals last night. With the game scoreless at the end of regulation, the Admirals scored at 14:51 of overtime to give the Norfolk Admirals a 1-0 victory over the Manchester Monarchs. Eastern Conference Quarterfinals at the Norfolk Scope Arena on Wednesday night.

With a 2-1 lead in the series, game 4 is slated for Friday night in Norfolk and if necessary the final game would take place Saturday night, also in Norfolk.

Catch all of the play-by-play action of Monarchs hockey with Ken Cail on Monarchs Radio Network WGIR AM 610, WGIRAM.com, and at manchestermonarchs.com presented by Manchester-Boston Regional Airport. For all Monarchs news click here.

The Los Angeles Kings,

After losing the first three games to the San Joe Sharks in the best of seven in round one, , the Kings battled back to win four in a row by the score of 5-1 last night in San Jose.

With the series win, the Kings have became only 4th NHL team to overcome and win a playoff series after trailing 0-3.

The Kings will face the Anaheim Ducks (and NH’s own Ben Lovejoy) in the Western Conference Semifinals which begins on Saturday at Honda Center in Orange County.

For all Kings news click here.

2013-14 Supporters Drive Update

On October 1, 2013 the NH Legends of Hockey began our Annual Supporters Drive for the period running through September 30, 2014.

Our Supporters List as of 3/17/2014 can be viewed by clicking here. For all who have already joined, we thank you and for those who have not, we hope you will consider doing so.

You may send a check, made payable to the NH Legends of Hockey, PO Box 777, Manchester, NH 03105-0777. If you prefer to use your credit card to support the Legends click here: Select the Support Level of your choice and please include your mailing address, phone and email information.

Please visit our NH Legends of Hockey Facebook Page and “Like Us” to receive our upcoming Facebook posts.

Around the Boards – Supporters Update and NE Hockey Journal

2013-14 Supporters Drive Update

On October 1, 2012 the NH Legends of Hockey began our Annual Supporters Drive for the period running through September 30, 2013.

Our Supporters List as of January 8, 2014 can be viewed by clicking here. For all who have already joined, we thank you and for those who have not, we hope you will consider doing so.

You may send a check, made payable to the NH Legends of Hockey, PO Box 777, Manchester, NH 03105-0777. If you prefer to use your credit card to support the Legends click here: Select the Support Level of your choice and please include your mailing address, phone and email information.

New England Hockey Journal

This month, the NE Hockey Journal is packed with wonderful articles: Three of those stories which may be of particular interest to our readers include: the cover story on Jon Gillies; Mark Morris, Head Coach of the AHL’s Monarchs and the history of hockey in Manchester, NH.

Due to the size of the Journal, it will take several minutes to load. Click here to view the January edition of the New England Hockey Journal.

Please visit our NH Legends of Hockey Facebook Page and “Like Us” to receive our upcoming Facebook posts.