Boys hockey rankings for Jan. 23

The top three teams remain unchanged in this week’s New Hampshire high school boys hockey rankings.

With Bedford, Keene and Concord all picking up wins this week, the trio remained in the top three spots in the statewide rankings. Bishop Guertin, despite a loss on Saturday to Hanover, moved up to fourth and Bow, which has won seven in a row, came in at No. 5.

Here are the complete statewide rankings, along with the rankings for each division.

New Hampshire Top 15

Team (record, division), rating

1. Bedford (8-0-1, Division I), 19.33 (1)
2. Keene (8-0, Division II), 19.13 (2)
3. Concord (7-1, Division I), 15.88 (3)
4. Bishop Guertin (5-2-2, Division I), 14.78 (6)
5. Bow (8-1, Division II), 14.11 (7)
6. Kennett (8-1, Division III), 13.56 (4)
7. Berlin-Gorham (7-1, Division III), 13.38 (9)
8. Belmont-Gilford (6-1-1, Division III), 13.19 (11)
9. Windham (8-2, Division II), 12.70 (8)
10. Londonderry (6-2, Division I), 12.13 (12)
11. Pinkerton (5-2, Division I), 12.00 (5)
12. Salem (4-2-2, Division I), 11.44 (10)
13. Somersworth-Coe-Brown (7-1-1, Division III), 11.39 (13)
14. Hanover (5-3, Division I), 10.13 (NR)
15. Dover (6-4, Division II), 9.70 (NR)

Dropped from rankings: Goffstown (14), John Stark-Hopkinton (15).

How the rankings are done

We took the NHIAA’s football rating system, and gave it a little tweak. Instead of 10 points for a win, we weighted the wins by division, giving 12 for a win over a D1 team, 10 for a win over D2 and eight for a win over D3. Plus, every team got two points for a win by a beaten opponent. In the case of ties, point totals were cut in half. The two point totals were added together and divided by the number of games played.

Division I

1. Bedford (8-0-1), 19.33
2. Concord (7-1), 15.88
3. Bishop Guertin (5-2-2), 14.78
4. Londonderry (6-2), 12.13
5. Pinkerton (5-2), 12.00
6. Salem (4-2-2), 11.44
7. Hanover (5-3), 10.13
8. Manchester Central (4-5), 6.56
9. Exeter (2-5), 4.29
10. Bishop Brady (2-6), 4.25
11. Trinity (1-6-1), 3.75
12. Nashua South-Pelham (1-6), 2.86
13. Nashua North-Souhegan (1-6), 2.43
14. Manchester Memorial (1-6), 2.00

Division II

1. Keene (8-0), 19.13
2. Bow (8-1), 14.11
3. Windham (8-2), 12.70
4. Dover (6-4), 9.70
5. Goffstown (5-2), 9.14
6. Kingswood (4-3-1), 8.19
7. Merrimack (2-3-1), 7.25
8. St. Thomas (3-4), 6.14
9. Lebanon-Stevens (4-5), 6.00
10. Spaulding (3-4), 6.00
11. Portsmouth-Newmarket (2-4), 6.00
12. Oyster River (3-3), 5.67
13. Alvirne (2-8), 2.00
14. Timberlane (0-6), 0.00
15. Winnacunnet (0-7), 0.00

Division III

1. Kennett (8-1), 13.56
2. Berlin-Gorham (7-1), 13.38
3. Belmont-Gilford (6-1-1), 13.19
4. Somersworth-Coe-Brown (7-1-1), 11.39
5. John Stark-Hopkinton (5-3), 8.25
6. Pembroke-Campbell (5-4), 6.89
7. Moultonborough-Inter-Lakes (4-4), 5.25
8. Hollis Brookline-Derryfield (3-6), 4.44
9. ConVal-Conant (2-6), 3.25
10. Monadnock (2-6), 2.75
11. Kearsarge-Plymouth (2-7), 2.67
12. Sanborn (1-5), 1.33
13. Laconia-Winnisquam (0-7), 0.00