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Story Archives of 'Hockey'
Here's What's Awesome Salutes Ingenuity... And Zambonis
By Brady Carlson on Sunday, December 28, 2008.
In putting together our last set of weekly links of 2008, Here's What's Awesome noticed a lot of the links reflected a certain trait that makes so much of what you hear and read from Word of Mouth... ingenuity. That spark of genius that builds something out of nothing, that sees what isn't there and makes it so. We also had a link about zambonis that we didn't dare discard, so a little something for everybody - plenty of ingenuity and a dash of zamboni.
Preview of This Weekend's Women's Hockey Tournament
By Brady Carlson on Friday, March 24, 2006.This weekend the University of New Hampshire women's hockey team heads to Minneapolis to compete in the NCAA Frozen Four. The team is ranked first in the nation.
NHPR's sports commentator, Jim Jeannotte, is here to give us a preview.
UNH Wildcats Are Number One in Women's Hockey
By Jim Jeannotte on Thursday, March 16, 2006.At the University of New Hampshire, it’s almost expected the men's hockey team will be one of the best in the nation.
This year, however, it's the UNH women's team that has taken the country by storm.
The Wildcat women have not lost a hockey game since early November.
And they are ranked number one heading in to this week’s national tournament.
NHPR’s Sports Correspondent Jim Jeannotte reports.
The REAL Big Story in Berlin
By Lisa Peakes on Friday, March 10, 2006.Morning Edition's Lisa Peakes talks with Sarah Young-Knox, editor of The Berlin Reporter, about the Fraser Paper pulp mill closure, the federal prison project, and the high school hockey team playing for the state championship.
The Miracle On Ice- 25 Years Later
By Laura Knoy on Tuesday, February 22, 2005.Twenty-five years ago today, during the height of the cold war, one of the greatest upsets in sports history unfolded, when a fledgling U.S. hockey team defeated the formidable Soviet powerhouse in the 1980 Olympics. Its been called one of the greatest sports events of the 20th century but for an America faced with a new President, a hostage crisis and major economic woes it meant so much more. Laura's guest is Wayne Coffee, Award winning sportswriter for the New York Daily News and author of "The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team".
UNH Goes to the Playoffs at the Verizon Center
By John Walters on Friday, March 26, 2004.The spring thaw got an early start this year in New Hampshire… but while some of the ice has melted outdoors, it’s still hockey season. This weekend, the University of New Hampshire men’s team plays in the NCAA tournament. The Wildcats are one of four teams in the Northeast regional at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester. The winner goes on to the Frozen Four, on April 8th at the Fleet Center in Boston.
Joining me to preview this weekend’s regional is veteran sports reporter Jim Jeannotte. Jim, thanks for joining us today.
Talking Hockey with Rick Middleton
By John Walters on Thursday, April 10, 2003.Rick Middleton spent most of his 15 year career playing for the Boston Bruins. Today he is a hockey analyst for the New England Sports Network and head coach of the US National sled hockey team. He joins John to talk about his long career on the ice.
Also, April is National Poetry Month. John speaks with Ken Steinberg of the Merrimack Valley Writers Guild as they get ready to set a world record for the world's longest poetry reading. More information at http://www.dventus.com/mvwg/poetry.
UNH Women's Hockey-New Coach, New Era
By Jim Jeannotte on Friday, March 14, 2003.IT?S GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT WEEKEND FOR THE HOCKEY TEAMS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
BOTH WILL BE IN BOSTON VYING FOR A HOCKEY EAST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP.
THE MEN PLAY THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS IN THE SEMIFINALS TONIGHT.
THE WOMEN WILL FACE MAINE IN THEIR SEMIFINAL SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
UNH WOMENS HOCKEY HAS BEEN REJUVENATED THIS YEAR.
THE TEAM JUST CELEBRATED ITS 25 BIRTHDAY.
AND THIS SEASON, IT BEGAN WHAT PLAYERS HOPE IS A NEW ERA UNDER A NEW HEAD COACH.
NHPR SPORTS CORRESPONDENT JIM JEANNOTTE.
Can Wildcats Make Championship This Year?
By Jim Jeannotte on Friday, November 22, 2002.ANOTHER COLLEGE HOCKEY SEASON IS UNDERWAY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE WILDCATS AGAIN HAVE THEIR SIGHTS ON THEIR FIRST NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. CURRENTLY RANKED NUMBER TWO IN THE NATION, THE WILDCATS TONIGHT HAVE THEIR FIRST MEETING OF THE SEASON AGAINST THEIR ARCH-RIVALS, THE BLACK BEARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE. NHPR?S JIM JEANNOTTE SAYS, WHILE IT?S AN IMPORTANT EARLY-SEASON GAME, IT?S ONLY ONE STEP ON THE BUMPY ROAD TO A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
A Puck for the Blind
By Trish Anderton on Monday, November 11, 2002.In recent years sports for people with disabilities have boomed. Adaptive skiing and wheelchair basketball are now commonplace. But some ideas, like ice hockey for the blind, have been slower to catch on. A group of Dartmouth students is hoping to change that. NHPR?s Trish Anderton has our story.
