Eight first round games acros four regions took place Wednesday in the New Hampshire Division 1 state tournament. State Quarterfinals (region finals) are scheduled for Saturday. Here is a look at Wednesday’s action: REGION ONE Salem 4, Windham 1 Ryan Pappalardo had two goals and ...
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New Hampshire Girls HS Hockey: Are Undefeated Bishop Guertin and St. Thomas/Winnacunnet/Dover On Course For A Tournament Showdown?
This could be very interesting. Undefeated Bishop Guertin (13-0-0) and St. Thomas/Winnacunnet/Dover (15-0-0) begin their State Championship quests Tuesday night and are on a path to meet in the NHIAA Girls State Title game on Saturday, March 13 at Dover Ice Arena (1:30 pm). Under ...
Read More »New Hampshire Boys HS Hockey – Division 1 Top 10: Concord Closes On Six-Game Streak To Finish On Top
When regional scheduling prevents long-time rivals from meeting during the regular season, formulating polls is reduced to an arbitrary exercise at best. So we took a deeper dive and concluded that, although ranked fourth just a week ago, No. 1 Concord (12-2-0) deserved to close ...
Read More »New Hampshire Boys HS Hockey – Division 2 Top 8: Undefeated #1 Manchester Memorial Runs The Table
When Chuck Goss took over as head coach at Manchester Memorial this season he politely declined a detailed pre-season evaluation of the Crusaders simply because he hadn’t been around the team much and didn’t know the players. Fair enough. It’s pretty clear now what kind ...
Read More »New Hampshire Boys HS Hockey – Division 3 Top 6: New #1 Lebanon/Stevens/Mount Royal Supplants Berlin/Gorham
Sometimes you simply have to go with the results and that’s reason enough for a change at the top in this last regular season HNIB News New Hampshire Division 3 Top 6. When new No. 1 Lebanon/Stevens/Mount Royal (7-3-1) tied, 2-2, and defeated, 4-2, previous ...
Read More »New Hampshire Girls HS Hockey: Brackets Announced For Open Concept Post-Season Tournament
All 16 girls high school programs are slated to participate in the 2021 NHIAA Girls state tournament which begins on Tuesday, March 2nd and features an open concept, which allows all teams to play regardless of record. The teams will play this year in four ...
Read More »New Hampshire Boys HS Hockey: Open Tournament Pairings Set In Three Divisions
Thirty-nine teams across three divisions will compete in this year’s NHIAA Boys Hockey State Tournaments, which start next Wednesday, March 3 with preliminary round play. There is a twist to this year’s tournaments, which feature an open concept and teams grouped in four regions. Regional ...
Read More »New Hampshire HS Hockey: Goffstown Senior Grady Chretien Scores His 100th Career Goal
Absent the existence of a state-wide list of New Hampshire’s all-time scoring leaders, there is no way to know where Goffstown High School’s senior standout Grady Chretien slots into the pantheon of the Granite State’s very best scorers. This much, however, is absolute: Chretien accomplished something pretty amazing ...
Read More »New Hampshire Boys HS Hockey – Division 1 Highlights: #1 Exeter, #3 Bp. Guertin, #4 Concord Sweep Series
There was an abundance of home-and-home action in the Granite State last week with Exeter, Bishop Guertin and Concord all sweeping series while Bedford and Salem battled to a split. Four players – Jaxson Roenick, Liam Walsh, Ty Robinson and Keegan Knight – all had ...
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