Ronald "The Hawk" Villeneuve tended goal for Berlin High School around 1963 to 1967. In his senior year he was between the pipes when Berlin defeated St. Dom's in overtime 3-2, to bring home the only New England High School Hockey Championship in the history of Berlin High School. (COURTESY PHOTO)
Ronald "The Hawk" Villeneuve tended goal for Berlin High School around 1963 to 1967. In his senior year he was between the pipes when Berlin defeated St. Dom's in overtime 3-2, to bring home the only New England High School Hockey Championship in the history of Berlin High School. (COURTESY PHOTO)
BERLIN — Berlin High graduate (Class of 1967), old friend and sport historian Ben Napert was recently asked by an old friend, Bobby Rodrique, if he could write something up for Ronald Villeneuve who tended goal for Berlin High School around 1963 to 1967. Ben was a good friend of Ron's for over 55 years, until Ron's passing away last year from cancer, and he responded with the following information.
"Ron, known as the "The Hawk" by his friends, started playing goalkeeper for the Angel Guardian School, which was part of the grammar school league. Upon graduation from eighth grade, he attended Berlin High. He was mentored by none other than Richard Bradley, who at the turn of the 1960s was turning the future of the hockey team in Berlin around.
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