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Playoff Picture: Boys and Girls Hockey (Feb. 20)

The boys and girls high school hockey season is down to the final few days before the playoffs, and there’s still plenty to be decided before the postseason begins.

Joe Marchilena

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Playoff Picture: Boys and Girls Hockey (Feb. 20)

The boys and girls high school hockey season is down to the final few days before the playoffs, and there’s still plenty to be decided before the postseason begins.

Here’s a look at where teams stand in each division going into Wednesday’s action.

Division I Boys

With the NHIAA’s 70-percent rule in place for the postseason, Division I boys hockey will have 11 playoff teams. Standings based off results reported to NHIAA.org and other media outlets.

Playoff Field

  1. Pinkerton (14-2, 3.5000)
  2. Hanover (12-3-1, 3.1250)
  3. Concord (12-3-1, 3.1250)
  4. Bedford (12-3-1, 3.0625)
  5. Trinity (10-5-1, 2.6250)
  6. Exeter (9-5-1, 2.5333)
  7. Londonderry (8-7-1, 2.1250)
  8. Nashua South-Pelham (8-8-1, 2.0000)
  9. Bishop Guertin (8-8, 1.9375)
  10. Salem (7-8-1, 1.8750)
  11. Windham (7-8-1, 1.8750)

Outside: Bishop Brady (7-8-1, 1.8750); Nashua North-Souhegan (3-14, 0.7059); Bow (2-12-1, 0.6667); Manchester Memorial (2-13-1, 0.6250); Manchester Central-West (0-15, 0.0000).

Tiebreakers

  • Hanover wins the tiebreaker with Concord thanks to a better rating in head-to-head games.
  • Salem and Windham finish ahead of Bishop Brady in a three-way tiebreaker, however, the Giants hold the head-to-head tiebreaker over both the Blue Devils and the Jaguars.
  • Salem wins the tiebreaker with Windham thanks to a better quality of wins against tournament teams.

Remaining schedule

  • Wednesday, Feb 20: Nashua South-Pelham at Exeter, 4 p.m.; Bishop Brady at Manchester Memorial, 4:30 p.m.; Manchester Central-West at Concord, 5:30 p.m.; Trinity at Nashua North-Souhegan, 6:10 p.m.; Bow at Windham, 6:50 p.m.; Pinkerton at Londonderry, 8:10 p.m.; Bishop Guertin at Salem, 9 p.m.
  • Thursday, Feb. 21: Keene at Manchester Central-West, 4:20 p.m.; Exeter at Bow, 4:30 p.m.; Hanover at Bedford, 7 p.m.
  • Saturday, Feb. 23: Windham at Salem, 12:35 p.m.; Manchester Central-West at Bedford 4:10 p.m.; Manchester Memorial at Pinkerton, 5:20 p.m.; Concord at Bow, 5:30 p.m.; Londonderry at Bishop Guertin, 6:10 p.m.; Hanover at Bishop Brady, 8 p.m.; Trinity at Exeter, 8 p.m.

First-round byes

  • No. 1 Pinkerton
  • No. 2 Hanover
  • No. 3 Concord
  • No. 4 Bedford
  • No. 5 Trinity

First-round matchups

  • No. 9 Bishop Guertin at No. 8 Nashua South-Pelham
  • No. 10 Salem at No. 7 Londonderry
  • No. 11 Windham at No. 6 Exeter

Division II Boys

With the NHIAA’s 70-percent rule in place for the postseason, Division II boys hockey will have nine playoff teams. Standings based off results reported to NHIAA.org and other media outlets.

Playoff Field

  1. St. Thomas (14-2, 3.6250)
  2. Dover (13-3, 3.2500)
  3. Goffstown (13-3-1, 3.1765)
  4. Keene (9-5,2.5714)
  5. Merrimack (8-6-2, 2.3125)
  6. Kingswood (9-7, 2.2500)
  7. Oyster River (8-6-2, 2.2500)
  8. Alvirne-Milford (8-7-2, 2.1765)
  9. Lebanon-Stevens-Mount Royal (7-7-1, 2.0000)

Outside: Portsmouth-Newmarket (6-8-2, 1.8125); Somersworth-Coe-Brown (5-10-1; 1.3750); Winnacunnet (4-11-1, 1.1250); Timberlane (3-13, 0.7500); Spaulding (3-14, 0.7059).

Tiebreakers

  • Kingswood wins the tiebreaker with Oyster River thanks to a better rating in head-to-head games.

Remaining schedule

  • Wednesday, Feb. 20: Oyster River at Dover, 6:15 p.m.; Somersworth-Coe-Brown at Winnacunnet, 7 p.m.; Merrimack at Kingswood, 7 p.m.; Lebanon-Stevens-Mount Royal at Keene, 8 p.m.; St. Thomas at Portsmouth-Newmarket, 8:15 p.m.
  • Thursday, Feb. 21: Keene at Manchester Central, 4:20 p.m.
  • Saturday, Feb. 23: Goffstown at Alvirne-Milford, 1:30 p.m.; St. Thomas at St. Dominic (Maine), 5 p.m.; Oyster River at Merrimack, 5 p.m.; Winnacunnet at Lebanon-Stevens-Mount Royal, 5:30 p.m.; Keene at Somersworth-Coe-Brown, 6 p.m.; Portsmouth-Newmarket at Kingswood, 7 p.m.; Dover at Spaulding, 8 p.m.

First-round matchup

  • No. 9 Lebanon-Stevens-Mount Royal at No. 8 Alvirne-Milford

Quarterfinal matchups

  • LSMR/A-M winner at No. 1 St. Thomas
  • No. 5 Merrimack at No. 4 Keene
  • No. 7 Oyster River at No. 2 Dover
  • No. 6 Kingswood at No. 3 Goffstown

Division III Boys

With the NHIAA’s 70-percent rule in place for the postseason, Division III boys hockey will have eight playoff teams. Standings based off results reported to NHIAA.org and other media outlets.

Playoff Field

  1. John Stark-Hopkinton (15-1, 3.8125)
  2. Monadnock-Fall Mountain (11-2, 3.3846)
  3. Belmont-Gilford (12-5, 2.8235)
  4. Berlin (11-6, 2.6471)
  5. Hollis Brookline-Derryfield (9-7, 2.2500)
  6. Moultonborough-Inter-Lakes (7-9, 1.7500)
  7. ConVal-Conant (6-8, 1.7143)
  8. Kennett (7-10, 1.6471)

Outside: Pembroke-Campbell (6-10, 1.5625); Kearsarge-Plymouth (4-10, 1.1429); Laconia-Winnisquam (1-13, 0.2857); Sanborn (1-15, 0.2500).

Remaining schedule

  • Wednesday, Feb. 20: Hollis Brookline-Derryfield at Moultonborough-Inter-Lakes, 5 p.m.; Belmont-Gilford at Kennett, 6 p.m.; Laconia-Winnisquam at Berlin, 6 p.m.; ConVal-Conant at Monadnock-Fall Mountain, 6 p.m.; Pembroke-Campbell at Sanborn, 8:05 p.m.
  • Thursday, Feb. 21: Monadnock-Fall Mountain at Kearsarge-Plymouth, 4:30 p.m.
  • Saturday, Feb. 23: Moultonborough-Inter-Lakes at Hollis Brookline-Derryfield, 3:40 p.m.; Kearsarge-Plymouth at Laconia-Winnisquam, 4:20 p.m.; John Stark-Hopkinton at ConVal-Conant, 5 p.m.; Monadnock-Fall Mountain at Pembroke-Campbell, 7:30 p.m.
  • Sunday, Feb. 24: John Stark-Hopkinton at Monadnock-Fall Mountain, 10:40 a.m.

Quarterfinal matchups

  • No. 8 Kennett at No. 1 John Stark-Hopkinton
  • No. 5 Hollis Brookline-Derryfield at No. 4 Berlin
  • No. 7 ConVal-Conant at No. 2 Monadnock-Fall Mountain
  • No. 6 Moultonborough-Inter-Lakes at No. 3 Belmont-Gilford

Division I Girls

With the NHIAA’s 70-percent rule in place for the postseason, Division I girls hockey will have 11 playoff teams. Standings based off results reported to NHIAA.org and other media outlets.

Playoff Field

  1. Oyster River-Portsmouth (16-1, 3.7647)
  2. Concord (13-4, 3.0588)
  3. Exeter (11-4-1, 2.8750)
  4. Bishop Brady-Trinity-West (11-5, 2.7500)
  5. Berlin-Gorham (11-5-1, 2.7059)
  6. Hanover (9-5-1, 2.5333)
  7. St. Thomas-Winnacunnet (9-7, 2.2500)
  8. Souhegan (8-7-1, 2.1250)
  9. Bishop Guertin (7-8, 1.8667)
  10. Pinkerton (6-8, 1.7143)
  11. Lebanon-Stevens-Kearsarge (6-9, 1.6000)

Outside: Keene-Monadnock-Fall Mountain (4-11, 1.0667); Bedford (4-13, 0.9412); ConVal-Conant (3-11, 0.8571); Kingswood (1-14, 0.2667); Manchester Central (1-15, 0.2500).

Remaining schedule

  • Wednesday, Feb. 20: Lebanon-Stevens-Kearsarge at Keene-Monandock-Fall Mountain, 3 p.m.; Hanover at Bishop Guertin, 7:50 p.m.; Bedford at Oyster River-Portsmouth, 8 p.m.; Bishop Brady-Trinity-West, 8:15 p.m.
  • Thursday, Feb. 21: Kingswood at Bishop Guertin, 2:50 p.m.; Keene-Monadnock-Fall Mountain at Hanover, 6 p.m.
  • Friday, Feb. 22: Kingswood at Exeter, 3 p.m.
  • Saturday, Feb. 23: St. Thomas-Winnacunnet at Lebanon-Stevens-Kearsarge, 3:10 p.m.; Concord at Berlin-Gorham, 4 p.m.; Souhegan at Kingswood, 5 p.m.; ConVal-Conant at Keene-Monadnock-Fall Mountain, 5:10 p.m.; Bishop Guertin at Bishop Brady-Trinity-West, 5:40 p.m.; Pinkerton at Exeter, 6 p.m.; Hanover at Acton-Boxborough (Mass.), 6:10 p.m.

First-round byes

  • No. 1 Oyster River-Portsmouth
  • No. 2 Concord
  • No. 3 Exeter
  • No. 4 Bishop Brady-Trinity-West
  • No. 5 Berlin-Gorham

First-round matchups

  • No. 9 Bishop Guertin at No. 8 Souhegan
  • No. 10 Pinkerton at No. 7 St. Thomas-Winnacunnet
  • No. 11 Lebanon-Stevens-Kearsarge at No. 6 Hanover

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