Wolves Youth Program provides a player-focused environment with some of the most experienced coaches in the region. These coaches have assisted hundreds of players on their pathway to college hockey and beyond. In 2025-26 the U8 & U12s will be coached by Tim Kunes & U10s by Andrew Trimble. 14s and Split Midgets will have some of the top High School coaches.
In 2024-25 the New England Wolves took over the youth operation at the Merrill Fay Arena in Laconia. The Majority of the teams in the program went from competing at the Tier 5 level to Tier 4 or in some cases Tier 3. The U12s and U14s also competed in the United Tier 1 Hockey league, posting stellar records within Showcase play.
Tournaments have been some of the highlights of the season thus far. U12s won their September tournament in Waterville, and U10s reached the finals of the White Mountain Shootout.
Practices include off- ice training each session and these include team building, strength, conditioning and coordination activities that are fun and rewarding. With the Wolves "Minnesota Hockey Model" many players have taken advantage of the additional ice time and have gone from the previous organization in Laconia's 3 practices a week to 2 days of up to 4 or 6 ice sessions a week.
The Wolves community service initiatives has led to the youth teams volunteering with the Free learn to play program, marching in the Gilford Old Home Day parade and Thanksgiving Day parade in Laconia. Intertwined with the Jr program these initiatives have accumulated over 1000 man hours of service time and helped the Annual JBT game raise over $62,000.00 for the Cure Starts Now.
The Wolves Management is proud of the first year using this model and aims to continue to strive to improve to make this the best program in the state.
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