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Established in 1985, the Tri-State Lottery was the nation's first multi-jurisdictional lottery. [2] New Hampshire hosts these drawings. [c] The state's lottery is overseen by the three-member New Hampshire Lottery Commission. [3] Initially known as the Sweepstakes Commission, its first members were sworn into office on August 1, 1963. [4]
The Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup is a trophy awarded annually to the playoff champion club of the National Hockey League (NHL) ice hockey league. It was donated by the Governor General of Canada Lord Stanley of Preston in 1892, and is the oldest professional sports trophy in North America. Inscribed the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup, the trophy was first awarded to Canada's amateur ice hockey ...
run over distances of 2– 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (3–5.5 km). over obstacles called hurdles that are a minimum of 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet (1.1 m) high. National Hunt Flat race (NH Flat) – are flat races for horses that have not yet competed either in flat racing or over obstacles, often called 'bumper' races. run over distances of 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 2 + 1 ...
The Pattern underwent further revisions in the 1980s and was subject to a major change in 1989 when the Jockey Club, the governing body of British horseracing at the time, overhauled the Pattern to create a mid-season and season-ending Grade 1 race in each of twelve categories, with lead-up Grade 2 races and a set of 14 major handicaps of Grade ...
The football programs of New Hampshire and the Maine Black Bears first met in 1903, and have met annually since 1922, except for two season during World War II and during the 2020 season due to impact from the COVID-19 pandemic. Since 1948, the winning team gets possession of an antique musket until the next season's game.
The National Hockey League All-Star Game (French: Match des étoiles de la Ligue nationale de hockey) is an exhibition ice hockey tournament that is traditionally held during the regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL), with many of the League's star players playing against each other. The game's proceeds benefit the pension fund of ...
1 The Bruins' 29 consecutive is the second longest post-season streak in North American major professional sports history, and the longest of the "Big 4". This compares to the CFL's Edmonton Elks (then named the Eskimos) 37 consecutive, the NBA's Syracuse Nationals/Philadelphia 76ers and San Antonio Spurs 22 consecutive, the MLB's Atlanta ...
The first New Hampshire ice hockey team played in January 1925, winning its first two games in a contest held in Lewiston, Maine. [3] A year later, under the stewardship of Ernest Christensen, UNH played its first home game at the UNH ice rink, an outdoor facility that was completely dependent on cold weather for its surface.