Born and raised on the Vineyard, Nick Kent has trotted the globe to play hockey and now works for the Tampa Bay Lightning. But he still comes back every summer to teach the games he loves to Island kids.
Born and raised on the Vineyard, Nick Kent has trotted the globe to play hockey and now works for the Tampa Bay Lightning. But he still comes back every summer to teach the games he loves to Island kids.
The NHL spared no expense making a documentary short on the Vineyard high school boys hockey team, shipping over an entire five-person camera crew in the run-up to its season opener against off-Island rival Whitman-Hanson.
Some families go to church on Christmas. The Coogans play hockey. “I don’t remember when we started,” Will Coogan said.
When Gene Townes slid a nifty pass to land the puck right on the stick of Vicky Thurber and she flipped it into the net, the combined age of the goal scoring duo was 134 years.
Bragging rights took a back seat at the third annual police versus fire hockey game which was a benefit this year for the Island Autism Group and the family of Erica Ponte. (P.S. Team Blue won).
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School boys hockey team beat rival Nantucket 3-0 Saturday afternoon.
