New Hampshire Amateur Hockey (1946-1961)

This page details amateur hockey in the American state of New Hampshire between 1946 and 1961.

Results

Note: For results involving Berlin Maroons and Concord Sacred Heart, see the team articles.

1946-47

• 2/11: Nashua VFW - Gardner Hockey Club 5:1
• 2/13: Stoneham Hockey Club - Nashua VFW 9:2

1947-48

• 1/11: Laconia Hockey Club - Newburyport Paramount Club 5:3
• 1/25: Portsmouth VFW - Rye Hockey Club 5:2
• Manchester St. Jean - Keene American Legion 11:6
• 1/31: Laconia Hockey Club - Dover Legion 6:3
• 2/1: Hanover - Laconia Hockey Club 16:5
• Hanover Collegians - Dover American Legion 13:4
• Hanover Collegians - Laconia Hockey Club 10:4
• Hanover Collegians - Prep School All-Stars 26:6
• Hanover Collegians - Laconia Hockey Club 7:6
• Hanover Collegians - New Hampton 7:7

1948-49

• 12/26: Rye Hockey Club - Danvers Hockey Club 7:4
• 12/26: Manchester St. Jan - Worcester Hockey Club 6:4
• 1/3: Biddeford St. Andres - Rye Hockey Club 7:3
• 1/12: Biddeford St. Andres - Rye Hockey Club 4:3
• 1/29: Manchester St. Jean - Rye Hockey Club 5:4 - Manchester Tournament
• 1/29: Laconia Hockey Club - Dover Legion 5:3 - "
• 1/30: Laconia Hockey Club - Manchester St. Jean 7:6 - "
• 2/2: Rye Hockey Club - Dover Legion 5:5 OT
• 2/3: Rye Hockey Club - Newburyport Paramounts 9:3
• 2/5: Laconia Hockey Club - Rye Hockey Club 2:1
• 2/6: Rye Hockey Club - South Peabody 4:4
• 2/8: Dover Legion - Rye Hockey Club 4:3
• 2/11: Rye Hockey Club - Biddeford St. Andres 4:4
• 2/13: Rye Hockey Club - Dover Mohawks 9:5
• 2/18: Dover Mohawks - Rye Hockey Club 6:4

1949-50

1950 Rye Hockey Club

• 1/8: Rye Hockey Club - Gloucester Hockey Club 6:4
• 1/9: Rye Hockey Club - Newburyport Paramount Jewelers 9:4
• 1/12: Gloucester Hockey Club - Rye Hockey Club 7:5
• 1/13: Suncook - Dover Mohawks 4:2
• 1/19: Rye Hockey Club - Biddeford Silver Skates 6:5
• 1/20: Rye Hockey Club - Biddeford Cyclones 11:1
• 1/21: Lynn General Electric - Rye Hockey Club 5:4
• 1/22: Rye Hockey Club - Lynnfield Knights 4:2
• Winchester Hockey Club - Manchester St. Jean 4:3
• 2/3: Rye Hockey Club - Biddeford Silver Skates 10:1
• 2/5: Rye Hockey Club - Wolfeboro Indians 8:7
• 2/7: Westbrook Crusaders - Rye Hockey Club 6:3
• 2/12: Laconia Hockey Club - Rye Hockey Club 7:2
• 2/19: Rye Hockey Club - Dover Legion 6:0 - New Hampshire Class B Championship semifinal
• 2/19: Laconia Hockey Club - Manchester St. Jean 3:1 - "
• 2/25: Rye Hockey Club - Suncook 3:2
• 2/26: Rye Hockey Club - Dover Mohawks 4:3
• 2/28: Rye Hockey Club - Dover Legion 6:3
• 3/2: Wolfeboro Indians - Rye Hockey Club 8:7
• 3/3: Rye Hockey Club - Gloucester Hockey Club 6:3
• 3/6: Rye Hockey Club - Suncook 11:6
• 3/25: Laconia Hockey Club - Rye Hockey Club 9:4 - New Hampshire Class B Championship final @ Boston Garden - Laconia 13-2-1 on season

North Shore Harvest League @ Lynn, MA (played fall 1949)

• Rye Hockey Club - Peabody 5:0
• Rye Hockey Club - St. Anselm's 8:6
• Rye Hockey Club - Lynnfield Knights 3:2
• Rye Hockey Club - Wakefield Hockey Club 10:0
• Wakefield Outlaws - Rye Hockey Club 2:1
• Concord (MA) - Rye Hockey Club 2:1
• Hudson - Rye Hockey Club 5:1
• Stoneham - Rye Hockey Club 3:1

Hudson won the championship.

New England Senior B Championship @ Lynn, MA

• 4/4: Lynnfield Knights - Laconia Hockey Club 5:2
• 4/4: Rye Hockey Club - Saugus 5:4 OT
• 4/4: Winchester Hockey Club - Amesbury Maple Leafs
• 4/4: Weymouth Cubs - Biddeford Cyclones
• 4/6: Lynnfield Knights - Rye Hockey Club 2:1 6OT
• 4/6: Winchester Hockey Club - Weymouth Cubs 4:2
• 4/8: Winchester Hockey Club - Lynnfield Knights 2:1 - final
• 4/8: Weymouth Cubs - Rye Hockey Club 10:7 - consolation

1950-51

• 10/31: Lynnfield Knights - Rye Seahawks 5:2 - North Shore Harvest League @ Lynn, MA
• 11/2: Rye Seahawks - Wakefield Outlaws 6:1 - "
• 11/7: Rye Seahawks - Malden 5:5 - "
• 11/9: Wakefield Hockey Club - Rye Seahawks 5:1 - "
• 11/14: North Andover Hockey Club - Rye Seahawks 5:4 - "
• 11/16: Rye Seahawks - Beverly Flyers 7:5 - "
• 11/21: Rye Seahawks - North Andover Hockey Club 5:0 - "
• 11/23: Rye Seahawks' - Wakefield Outlaws 3:2 - "
• 1/11: Rye Seahawks - Suncook 7:3
• 1/14: Amesbury Maple Leafs - Rye Seahawks 5:4
• 1/23: Rye Seahawks - Biddeford Silver Skates 7:1
• 1/26: Rye Seahawks - Wolfeboro Indians 7:7
• 1/28: Rye Seahawks - Gloucester Hockey Club 5:4
• 1/28: Nashua Royals - Suncook 4:3
• 2/4: Rye Seahawks - Amesbury Maple Leafs 11:3
• 2/10: Rye Seahawks - Laconia Hockey Club 5:2
• 2/11: Rye Seahawks - Nashua Royals 9:5

1951-52

• 1/8: Rye Seahawks - Amesbury Sacred Heart 7:6 OT
• 2/10: Rye Seahawks - Wolfeboro Indians 4:3
• Nashua Royals - Rye Seahawks 8:4 - New Hampshire Class B Championship

New England Senior B Championship @ Lynn, MA

• 3/25: Rye Seahawks - Laconia 4:3
• 3/25: Nashua Royals - Weymouth 11:7
• 3/25: Lynnfield Knights - Woburn 5:1
• 3/27: Lynnfield Knights - Rye Seahawks 5:0
• 3/29: Lynnfield Knights - Nashua Royals 14:10 - final

1952-53

North Shore Harvest League @ Lynn, MA

• 11/8: Lynnfield Knights - Rye Seahawks 18:0
• 11/8: Danvers - Nashua Royals 6:1
• 11/8: East Boston - Lynn Jets 4:1
• 11/8: MIT HC - Amesbury Sacred Heart 3:2
• 11/22: Lynnfield Knights - Nashua Royals 6:3
• 11/22: Danvers - Rye Seahawks 3:1
• 11/22: Amesbury Sacred Heart - Lynn Jets 6:2
• 11/22: MIT HC - East Boston 1:0

Final standings

1. Lynnfield Knights 6-0-1-13 60:14
2. Danvers 5-0-2-12 34:13
3. MIT HC 4-2-1-9 17:16
4. East Boston 3-4-0-6 20:18
5. Nashua Royals 2-3-2-6 24:30
6. Rye Seahawks 2-4-1-5 16:35
7. Amesbury Sacred Heart 1-5-1-3 19:29
8. Lynn Jets 0-5-2-2 12:47

1953-54

• 9/26: Lynn Commoners - Nashua Royals 4:3 - North Shore Harvest League @ Lynn, MA
• 10/3: Nashua Royals - Weymouth Hockey Club 4:2 - "
• 10/10: Nashua Royals - Winchester Hockey Club 9:1 - "
• 10/17: Nashua Royals - Somerville Hockey Club 10:2 - "
• 10/24: Nashua Royals - Winthrop Hockey Club 4:1 - "
• 10/31: Nashua Royals - Lynn Centrals 14:2 - "
• 11/7: Nashua Royals - Glenmore Hockey Club 6:0 - "
• 11/14: Nashua Royals - Weymouth Hockey Club 7:2 - " - first round
• 11/14: Lynn Commoners - Glenmore Hockey Club 10:2 - " - first round
• 11/21: Nashua Royals - Lynn Commoners 6:3 - " - semifinal
• 11/22: Winthrop Hockey Club - Nashua Royals 2:1 - " - final
• 1/8: Concord Hockey Club - Manchester Hockey Club 10:4
• 1/16: Nashua Royals - Wolfeboro Indians 8:6
• 1/17: Nashua Royals - Manchester Hockey Club
• 2/8: Manchester Queen City Aces - Andover
• 2/28: Concord Hockey Club - Hanover Collegians 12:5
• 3/6: Concord Hockey Club - Hanover Collegians 5:3

1954-55

• 10/9: Melrose Hockey Club - Nashua Royals 4:2 - Harvest Hockey League @ Lynn, MA
• 10/16: Nashua Royals - Revere Crescent Motors 4:2 - "
• 10/23: Nashua Royals - Winthrop Hockey Club 5:0 - "
• 11/6: Nashua Royals - Malden Hockey Club 12:2 - "
• 11/20: Melrose Hockey Club - Nashua Royals 4:2 - "
• Hanover Storm Kings - Concord Hockey Club 14:4
• 1/9: Concord Hockey Club - Hanover Storm Kings 9:5
• 1/29: Concord Hockey Club - University of New Hampshire 7:3
• 2/27: Hanover Storm Kings - Concord Hockey Club 7:6 OT

Merrimack Valley Hockey League

Standings as of 2/8

1. Amesbury Maples 13-0-1-27
2. Haverhill Ryans 6-4-3-15
3. Rye Seahawks 4-8-1-9
4. Newburyport MV 4-7-1-9
5. Exeter K of C 1-9-2-4

1955-56

Concord and Manchester in action on January 28, 1956.

• 12/26: Manchester Hockey Club - Derry Townies 10:0
• 1/1: Concord Hockey Club - Manchester Hockey Club 9:4
• 1/28: Concord Hockey Club - Manchester Hockey Club 8:3
• 2/1: Concord Hockey Club - Manchester Hockey Club 12:5

The Rye Seahawks were set to compete in the Merrimack Valley Hockey League, along with Exeter, Haverhill, Newburyport, and Amesbury.

1956-57

The Rye Seahawks were set to compete in the Merrimack Valley Hockey League, along with Exeter, Haverhill, Newburyport, and Amesbury.

1957-58

Seven teams were set to compete in the Merrimack Valley Hockey League, including the Rye Seahawks, Haverhill Vikings, Exeter, Newburyport Clippers, Haverhill Wasmacca, and Dover.

1958-59

• Hanover Storm Kings - Concord Hockey Club 6:3
• 2/15: Hanover Storm Kings - Concord Hockey Club 4:3
• 3/1: Concord Hockey Club - Hanover Storm Kings 9:3

1959-60

• 1/31: Concord Hockey Club - Exeter Hockey Club
• 2/5: Manchester Hockey Club - Rye Seahawks
• 2/7: Concord Hockey Club - Manchester Hockey Club

1960-61

• 1/15: Manchester Braves - Exeter Legion 7:4
• 1/17: Amesbury Maples - Manchester Braves 13:6
• 1/22: Concord Hockey Club - New England College 5:2
• 1/22: Manchester Braves - Laconia

Sources

• Concord Monitor
• Manchester Union Leader
• Nashua Telegraph
• Portsmouth Herald