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Recent U-18 Split Season News

Wolves Announce End of Season Jamboree

By Staff Reports 02/17/2025, 6:30pm EST

On March 16th, 2025 the Wolves will conclude their inaugural Youth Season with a fun-filled Jamboree at the Merrill Fay Arena in Laconia.  All teams and players will be in the building to celebrate their spectacular efforts!

The event will start off with an Open Skate from 9-930am for everyone in the Wolves Youth Program who wants to jump on the ice.  Music will be played and Apparel Give Aways will go out.

930-10am the 8U teams will take the ice for cross ice games between one another.

From 1015-11am the 10Us will hit the ice for a 3 on 3 tournament with teams selected by the coaches.  

1115-12pm the 12Us will follow with their own 3 on 3 in house tournament for bragging rights and 12-1pm the 14s will follow with their own.

Team parties will take place organized by each respective team in the warm room at the Merrill Fay Arena immediately after or nearing the conclusion of each teams skate.

The Wolves would like to sincerely thank all teams, coaches and parents for their hard work and effort this year in making our inaugural campaign a successful one.

United Tier 1 Hockey League Expands to Younger Divisions

By Will offer games for Wolves Youth at 8U & 10U 02/16/2025, 8:30am EST

The United Tier 1 Hockey League will create a Northeast Youth League starting in 2025-26 season with:

3-4 Game Parity

12-16 Divisional Game Schedule

4 Game crossover & 4 Game Playoff

Some of the confirmed teams include:

New England Wolves

NH Selects

Whitehawks Hockey

Boston Rockets

Ice Dogs

Maine Jr Mariners

Maine Nordiques

New Divisions Include:

8u, 10u, 12u, and 13u

The New England Wolves look forward to adding this fantastic offering to their players for the 2025-26 season and beyond.  This will increase their game totals, tournaments and much more.

The UT1HL will be an excellent addition to the Wolves membership in the Granite State Hockey league.

 

Wolves Youth 2025-26

By Staff Reports 02/13/2025, 8:45am EST

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. 


Register for tryouts today- www.ne-wolveshockey.com
 

Wolves Split Season Information

* Head Coach Mike Potenza

* 3 Practices a Week

* Skill Sessions with EHL JR Coaches

* NEPHL Fall Season + Playoffs

* Uniforms & Apparel Included