Souhegan, Saturday Jan. 28th @ 8:00 PM at Cyclones Arena in Hudson
Working through the January schedule doldrums, the Marauders make the mid-season mark at 7-1-0, in a tie with Leb for the division lead. The lengthy recent home stand ends this weekend with our second Souhegan game in 5 days….Saturday evening in Hudson.
Souhegan, Tuesday Jan. 24th @ 4:00 PM at Campion
This week’s schedule for the Marauders includes consecutive home (Tuesday) and away (Saturday) matches with Souhegan.
8-1 win.
(What might also be worth the price of admission on Tuesday is Leb (6-1-0) taking on Oyster River (7-1-0) in Campion, scheduled immediately following our ice time.)
STD, Saturday Jan. 21st @ 4:10 PM at Campion
We got our first look at St.Thomas-Dover (were 2-3-0 on the year, but 2009 NHIAA Girls’ D1 State Champions) on Saturday afternoon, at home.
2-1 win.
Freshman Sarah Wagner scored her first high school varsity goal, which proved to be the game winner. (Hanover had 33 SOG.) Kelly Gaudet (19 saves) earned the complete game win.
Special Olympics, Saturday Jan. 21st at the Dartmouth Skiway
In what has become an annual community service tradition, the Marauders will again help out at the NH Special Olympics‘ Upper Valley Regional Winter Games, at the Dartmouth Skiway on Saturday morning.
Then after lunch and a little rest, we’ll take on STD in an important game, later that afternoon at Campion.
Congratulations to Tessa Hill for her 100th Point!
This afternoon marked yet another HHS Girls’ Hockey milestone…
Tessa Hill became the third member of the Marauders’ Black Line to reach the 100 high school career point mark!
Tessa Hill
Tessa generates consistent point production, using her speed and intensity, along with accurate passing, and creativity in puck-handling and shot selection.
Along with sister Madison Hill and Maddie Dewhirst, Tessa and her line-mates have produced remarkable individual and collective accomplishments. While it is rare enough to have two 100-point scorers on a team at once….it is indeed news-worthy to have three on the same line! And unlike many offensive, standout goal scorers, all three can pass and backcheck, having led the Marauders to consecutive NHIAA championships. We expect that all three members of high school hockey’s elite 100-point scorers’ club will continue this productive play… striving to help the Marauders reach the next team goal they seek, another state title
Concord, Saturday Jan. 14th @ 3:50 PM at Campion
The Marauder girls were back at home on Saturday afternoon to face-off against perennial contender, Concord’s Crimson Tide. At 3-1-0, Concord has a different head coach on their bench for the first time in many years, with Stacy Boudrias replacing Tom Ackerson.
3-2 win.
After a bit of a slow start (tied at 1 after one and down by 1 after two), the Marauders turned it up in the third, scoring two unanswered goals and controlling play in the offensive end…to surge ahead for the 3-2 lead. Hanover out-shot Concord 41 to 20 (35 to 9 over the last two periods.)
Tessa Hill reached the 100 career point marked by assists on Maddie Dewhirst’s tying goal and Madison Hill’s (shorthanded) game winner in the third. All three members of the Black Line have now scored more than 100 high school career points!
Great finishing effort against a good team. Exam week next…then STD at home, after Special Olympics, on Saturday.
Congratulations to Madison Hill for her 100th Point!
Tonight marked another HHS Girls’ Hockey milestone…
Madison Hill
Madison Hill became the second member of the Marauders’ Black Line to reach the 100 high school career point mark.
The anchor in the face-off circle for a line around which opponents have come to plot their game strategy, Madison is strong on the draw, skates tireless shifts and (with or without that twin thing) seems to have a knack for timely scoring.
Her line-mates contribute to and share in each other’s scoring success. 100-point scorers are uncommon in girls’ high school hockey; and it is remarkable to have two on a team at once. We expect that soon all three will be members of high school hockey’s elite 100-point club… in a team effort to help the Marauders reach the next milestone they seek, another state title.
Exeter, Tuesday Jan. 10th @ 4:00 PM at “The Rinks”
We were back on the road Tuesday for the season’s first meeting with Exeter’s Blue Hawks.
5-0 win.
The Marauders outshot the Blue Hawks 45 to 5. (Exeter’s goaltender had a great game.) Hanover’s freshman Katie Fenton got her first high school start (and win) in goal, with the complete game shutout.
Madison Hill scored her 100th high school career point. Margeaux Baker scored her first high school varsity goal. Grace Tecca and Sarah Muller notched their first scores of the 2011-12 season.
Bishop Guertin, Saturday Jan. 7th @ 3:10 PM at Campion
On home ice at Campion again this weekend, the Marauders resumed NHIAA division play (at 2-1-0) against Bishop Guertin (2-2-0) in a mid-afternoon game.
4-1 win.
Hanover managed 4 goals from 33 shots on goal, while the Cardinals earned their tally from 16 shots. Kelly got the complete game win.
Back on the road to Exeter on Tuesday.
Spaulding, Monday Jan. 2nd @ 1:40 PM at Campion
Bob Dewhirst photo
After earning a holiday tournament split at St. Albans this week, the Marauder girls completed their 2011 non-conference schedule at home on Monday afternoon, with a second game against Barre’s Spaulding Crimson Tide, still one of the top-ranked teams in Vermont.
2 -1 win.
Goals were harder to come by than in the first game at Barre, but this game was neither less fast, nor less physical. Barre took a 1-0 first period lead, but Maddie Dewhirst tied the game in the second. Too many penalties eventually hurt the Crimson Tide, who surrendered the game-winning, power play goal to Hannah Lyons, while attempting to kill a 3-on-5 shorthanded situation in the third. (Hanover’s two scores resulted from 21 shots on goal.)
Kelly Gaudet was a wall in goal, allowing only one goal on 32 shots (0.97) by the Crimson Tide, and earning the complete game win.
The Marauders resume NHIAA competition on Saturday at home against Bishop Guertin.
2011 Christi Corrigan Blitz Holiday Tournament, Dec. 27th and 28th at St. Albans, VT
Tuesday Dec. 27th @ 7:30 PM v. BFA-St. Albans
1-3 loss to last year’s Vermont State (Metro Division) Champs. The Marauders went up 1-0 in the first (Kate Pattison goal), but surrendered the lead for a 1-1 tie at the second break, despite a significant advantage in shots on goal. The Comets had two more unanswered strikes in the third period to take the 3-1 win, their first victory of the season.
(5:30 PM Game: Beekmantown (NY) v. Essex, VT - Beekmantown 1-0 in OT; shorthanded goal)
Wednesday Dec. 28th @ 1:00 PM v. Essex, VT
3-2 win. The Marauders rallied from Tuesday’s defeat with a convincing victory over a strong Essex team (currently in 1st place in Vermont’s Metro Division.) While out-shot, the Hornets scored first, but were tied in the second (Madison Hill), then over-run in the third, by the fore-checking tenacity of all three Marauder lines, to fall behind 3-1 on goals by Tessa Hill and Caroline Howell. A late goal in third finished the scoring for Essex, yielding a 3-2 victory for the Marauders.
(3:00 PM Game: BFA-St. Albans v. Beekmantown (NY) – 1-1 Tie after OT; Beekmantown wins in Shootout, to take the 2011 CCB title.)
(All games at Collins Perley Sports & Fitness Center, St. Albans, VT)
2011 Alumnae Game, Friday Dec. 23rd @ 7:20 PM at Campion
2011 HHS Girls' Hockey Alumnae Game
Although there were snacks in the lobby after the game, the ’11-12 Marauder Girls served up a bagel to the Alumnae on the ice. In a fast-paced and spirited game, this year’s varsity team came out flying, with pressure from all three lines… and tight, back-checking defense. At least three goals were scored (Maddie, Madison and Emily) for the varsity, while the mature side was shut out (Kelly Gaudet in goal) for the first time in memorable history.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Congratulations to Maddie Dewhirst for her 100th Point!
Maddie Dewhirst
Although you will not find personal statistics on this Marauder site (that’s not what HHS Girls’ Hockey is about), there are certain special, individual accomplishments deserving of recognition.
On Tuesday, senior captain Maddie Dewhirst notched her 100th high school career point. (video)
Playing defense as well as offense and being an unselfish passer as well as a goal scorer, she is a dedicated team member on and off the ice. As a member of the most balanced and prolific scoring line in the state for the last two seasons, she would be the first to acknowledge that her scoring success is in part due to her fellow Black Line team-mates, who will also soon reach the century-point milestone.
Berlin-Gorham, Tuesday Dec. 20th @ 6:00PM at Notre Dame Arena
“Hockeytown”, Berlin, NH was in danger of losing its girls’ hockey team for lack of numbers. The NHIAA appropriately (unlike the other exemption) permitted Berlin’s co-op arrangement with adjacent Gorham, preserving one of the original nine teams in the division. On Tuesday evening, the Marauders traveled to historic Notre Dame Arena to meet the “new” Mountaineers (2-1-0)… both teams looking to rebound from Saturday’s first losses of the young season.
9-2 win.
Congratulations to freshman Emma Malenka who scored her first two high school goals. Maddie Dewhirst scored twice, marking her 100th high school career point. Defender Caroline Howell chipped in with two, with three others by Madison (1) and Tessa Hill (2). Kelly Gaudet and Katie Fenton shared the win in goal.
Oyster River, Saturday Dec. 17th @ 7:00 PM at Jacksons Landing in Durham
Bob Dewhirst photo
The Marauders were on the road again this weekend, to Durham’s outdoor Jacksons Landing Rink, for the first “re-match” with last season’s other NHIAA finalist Oyster River. The Bobcats opened their season on Tuesday with a 5-4 win over neighbor STD.
Tonight in a penalty-filled game, the OR Bobcat used a physical counter-attack to turn a 1-3 second-period deficit into a 7-4 lead midway through the third…then withstood the Marauders’ late two goal surge. 6-7 loss.
Leb, Tuesday Dec. 13th @ 5:40 PM at Campion
The 2011-12 season began in earnest with our first home game and NHIAA contest, against Lebanon on Tuesday afternoon. After all the hype of the first contest between two rivals who share Campion Rink as their home ice, the Marauders prevailed in the first of two regular season meetings. The Black Line may have provided the results (Maddie Dewhirst 2 goals, Tessa and Madison Hill one each), but all three lines contributed with offensive pressure, while the defense and Kelly Gaudet (14 saves/15 shots; 0.93, complete game win) held the Raiders to a single tally.
4-1 win.
One of the largest crowds we’ve seen at a girls’ varsity hockey game, supported their high school teams. Many brought food items to be donated to the Upper Valley Haven. Thank you from the Marauder girls to all who contributed.
Food Collection for The Haven on Tuesday
On Tuesday, Hanover will be the Home Team at Campion for our game with Lebanon and, as usual, we do not charge for admission to the game.
However,
PLEASE BRING A NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEM for donation to The Upper Valley Haven.
Spaulding, Saturday Dec. 10th @ 3:45 PM at Barre, VT
Hanover opened their 2011-12 season with a road-game at the B.O.R. Arena in Barre, the first of a home-and-away pair of non-NHIAA games with the Crimson Tide. (Last season’s only defeat came at the hands of Vermont’s regular season #1 Spaulding High School, in our home opener at Campion. Although the Marauders subsequently earned a re-match tie at the B.O.R. in Barre, this was the only team that they played last season without notching a victory.)
After a back-and-forth duel with a fast, physical and skilled Barre team… in which the Marauders trailed by a goal, then led by one twice… a 3-3 tie was broken in the last minute by Madison Hill, who deked the goaltender 1 v 1 with 13 seconds left in the game for the winning score. Maddie Dewhirst had two goals and Tessa Hill one. Kelly Gaudet (20 saves/23 shots; 0.87) earned the complete game victory in goal.
4-3 win.
The Marauders begin their NHIAA schedule on Tuesday, at home against Leb.
Tacking Toward the Start…
After a productive first scrimmage with a fast and skilled Mount Saint Charles Academy team on Saturday afternoon, the Marauders will face off against neighboring Hartford High School on Wednesday evening, at the Wendell A. Barwood Arena. The Hurricanes also had a strong team last year, exiting Vermont’s Division 1 playoffs only after losing in the semi-finals to eventual girls’ state champion, St. Albans. This should be another good skate…and will be our girls’ final tune-up competition before beginning their regular season schedule next Saturday afternoon at Barre.
First Action…
The Marauders will scrimmage Mount Saint Charles Academy (Woonsocket, RI) on Saturday, Dec. 3rd. MSCA is a perennial girls’ ice hockey power in RI, and that state’s D1 state champion last season. We have not played them since the years before NHIAA girls’ hockey, but we can be sure this will be a challenging first competition of the new season. They’ve made a weekend trip up I95 to tilt against Bishop Guertin (Friday evening at Skate3) and then us tomorrow at Campion.
2011-12 Team Roster Finalized
Congratulations and welcome to new Marauders:
Margeaux Baker
Katie Fenton
Emma Malenka
Sarah Wagner
It Starts AGAIN. First Day of Practice/Tryouts: Monday Nov. 21st
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“Success is a journey not a destination. The doing is usually more important than the outcome. Not everyone can be Number 1.” Arthur Ashe
TRYOUTS Begin Nov. 21st
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New season, new faces, new uniforms… same HHS Girls’ Hockey tradition. Time to Pirate-up!
SEASON SCHEDULE IS POSTED
Tryouts begin Monday, November 21st.
Schedule:
21 Nov. Monday 5:45 PM Player Meeting
. 6:30-7:30 PM TRYOUT
22 Nov. Tuesday 6:00-7:20 PM TRYOUT
23 Nov. Wednesday 9:40-10:50 AM TRYOUT
(All at Campion Rink)
See Captains for more information.
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To Do BEFORE Tryouts…
Requirements for HHS Girls’ Hockey Tryouts and Season:
1) Sign-Up Sheet (for eligibility confirmation by AD’s Office)
2) Medical (3) and Parental Consent Forms (required of all/Submit to Kim in Athletic Dept.)
3) Code of Conduct Acceptance (required of all/Submit to Kim in Athletic Dept.)
4) HHS Athletic Participation Fee ($150 required from all varsity team members/Paid to Hanover High School)
Sign Up Meeting, Thursday Nov. 3rd
Sign up and informational meeting for all intending to play Girls’ Varsity Ice Hockey this season.
Date: Thursday, Nov. 3rd
Time: 3:15 PM
Location: Cafe
(For more information, see Captains Maddie Dewhirst, Hannah Lyons, or Madison Hill.)
We Are All In…
The NH high school hockey season is less than 2 months away.
- Preliminary game schedule is posted (and uploaded to our Calendar.)
- New uniforms are on the way….while fundraising for them continues.
Not resting on their laurels of consecutive Marauder NHIAA titles, many returning varsity players have already committed to this season by improving their skills at such summer venues as: Elite Hockey camp at Norwich University , CHE’s Just for Girls camp at Lake Placid , Green Mountain Girls’ Hockey Development Camp at UVM, NAHA at Jay Peak, NH Lady Monarchs and Skater’s Edge with Dave Reece
Competition will be intense for a position on a championship team that graduated only three seniors this spring. Fitness, First Touch, and Finish will be necessary for success. Get some ice before November and be ready to bring them all to tryouts.
HHS Girls Hockey…Honor the Tradition!
Ice
School is back in session and fall sports are in full swing….but even better, the ice is down at Campion! 
Preparation for the 2011-12 hockey season is under way (including fundraising for new uniforms) and tryouts begin on November 21st.
Seems like a long time off, but autumn goes by fast. It’s not too soon to get ready for hockey. Go Marauders!
HHS Girls’ Hockey at 2011 Hanover StreetFest
Thanks to all who visited the HHS Girls’ Hockey tent at the 2011 StreetFest. We sold many raffle tickets, Marauders’ sunglasses and wristbands, had a silent auction for some great donated items, and received generous contributions….providing a good start toward the purchase of new uniforms.
2011 Make-A-Wish NH-VT All Star Hockey Classic
2010-11 Co-Captain Courtney Mayers was the lone Marauder representing Hanover in the NH Girls’ 5-1 Victory over Vermont, in Burlington on Saturday.
(I was never able to find the full NH roster published anywhere, but Lebanon Girls’ Coach Brad Shaw served as Assistant Coach for the NH side. Although this has sometimes been described as a contest of prep school players, Berlin High School’s Trisha Falardeau scored one of the granite state’s goals.)
Valley News Article Sunday July 17, 2011
Marauders win NHIAA Girls’ Hockey Sportsmanship Award
The HHS Athletic Department recently received notice from NHIAA that the Girls’ Hockey Team has garnered the Sportsmanship Award for the 2010-11 season. Congratulations to our girls and their coaches for this well-deserved honor.
Hanover Hockey Association: GIRLS INTRODUCTION TO HOCKEY CLINIC
From HHA: “On April 9th and 10th at Campion Rink, Hanover Hockey is hosting a Free Clinic for Girls that will allow them to try Hockey for the first time. Attached is a brochure with details. This clinic is offered in conjunction with Hanover Hockey offering the Girls Development Program in the 2011/12 season for girls age 8-12 who are new to hockey. Please visit the HHA web site to review the 2011/12 girls program offering. Please get the word out to anyone you know who might be interested! Also, this year more that ever we need help with loaner gear to get players on the ice. This is a great way to help out HHA so please help out a friend.
To register, please contact Brooke Judd at brooke.g.judd@hitchcock.org or call her. Space it limited to 30 players on a first come first serve basis.
Also, to register for the Girls Development Program visit the www.hanoverhockey.org after April 1. Spaces are limited and pre-registration closes on April 30th.
“A Dynasty in the Making?” (Valley News 3/23)
(Note: While there is no direct relationship between HHA and HHS Girls’ Hockey, many Hanover girls’ varsity players have grown from HHA, and last year several of our players assisted with the program.)
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