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Playoff Picture: Boys and Girls Hockey (Feb. 24)

The boys and girls hockey regular seasons are done and tournament pairings are expected to be released by the NHIAA on Monday.

Joe Marchilena

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Playoff Picture: Boys and Girls Hockey (Feb. 24)

The boys and girls hockey regular seasons are done and tournament pairings are expected to be released by the NHIAA on Monday.

But if you don’t want to wait that long to get an idea of where and when each team will be playing in the tournament, here are projections of what the tournaments will look like when the brackets are released.

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 (16-2, 3.5556)
  2. Concord (14-3-1, 3.2222)
  3. Bedford (14-3-1, 3.1667)
  4. Hanover (13-4-1, 3.0000)
  5. Trinity (12-5-1, 2.7778)
  6. Exeter (12-6, 2.6667)
  7. Bishop Guertin (11-7, 2.3889)
  8. Londonderry (8-9-1, 1.8889)
  9. Salem (8-9-1, 1.8889)
  10. Nashua South-Pelham (8-9-1, 1.8889)
  11. Bishop Brady (8-9-1, 1.8889)

Eliminated: Windham (4-14, 0.8889); Nashua North-Souhegan (4-14, 0.8889); Manchester Memorial (3-14-1, 0.7778); Bow (2-14-1, 0.5882); Manchester Central-West (1-17, 0.2222).

Tiebreakers

  • Londonderry (3-9-1, 1.0769) wins the four-way tiebreaker with Salem (2-8-1, 0.8182),
  • Nashua South-Pelham (1-8-1, 0.6000) and Bishop Brady (1-9, 0.4000) thanks to a better rating against tournament teams.
  • Salem wins the three-way tiebreaker with Nashua South-Pelham and Bishop Brady thanks to a better rating against tournament teams.
  • Nashua South-Pelham wins the tiebreaker with Bishop Brady thanks to a better rating against tournament teams.

First-round byes

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

First-round matchups

  • No. 9 Salem at No. 8 Londonderry
  • No. 10 Nashua South-Pelham at No. 7 Bishop Guertin
  • No. 11 Bishop Brady 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 (16-2, 3.6667)
  2. Dover (15-3, 3.3333)
  3. Goffstown (14-3-1, 3.2222)
  4. Keene (10-6-1, 2.5294)
  5. Kingswood (11-7, 2.4444)
  6. Merrimack (9-7-2, 2.2778)
  7. Lebanon-Stevens-Mount Royal (8-7-2, 2.1176)
  8. Alvirne-Milford (8-8-2, 2.0556)
  9. Oyster River (8-8-2, 2.0000)

Eliminated: Somersworth-Coe-Brown (7-10-1; 1.6667); Portsmouth-Newmarket (6-10-2, 1.5556); Winnacunnet (4-13-1, 1.0000); Timberlane (3-13, 0.7500); Spaulding (3-15, 0.6667).

First-round matchup

  • No. 9 Oyster River at No. 8 Alvirne-Milford

Quarterfinal matchups

  • OR/A-M winner at No. 1 St. Thomas
  • No. 5 Kingswood at No. 4 Keene
  • No. 7 Lebanon-Stevens-Mount Royal at No. 2 Dover
  • No. 6 Merrimack 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 (16-1, 3.8235)*
  2. Monadnock-Fall Mountain (15-2, 3.5294)*
  3. Belmont-Gilford (13-5, 2.8889)
  4. Berlin (12-6, 2.7222)
  5. Moultonborough-Inter-Lakes (9-9, 2.0000)
  6. Hollis Brookline-Derryfield (9-9, 2.0000)
  7. Pembroke-Campbell (7-11, 1.6111)
  8. Kennett (7-11, 1.5556)

Eliminated: ConVal-Conant (6-10, 1.5000); Kearsarge-Plymouth (4-12, 0.8888); Laconia-Winnisquam (2-14, 0.5000); Sanborn (1-17, 0.2222).

Remaining schedule

  • Sunday, Feb. 24: John Stark-Hopkinton at Monadnock-Fall Mountain, 10:40 a.m. *-the outcome of this game will have no impact on seeding because John Stark-Hopkinton will have a higher overall rating with a win, loss or tie.

Quarterfinal matchups

  • No. 8 Kennett at No. 1 John Stark-Hopkinton
  • No. 5 Moultonborough-Inter-Lakes at No. 4 Berlin
  • No. 7 Pembroke-Campbell at No. 2 Monadnock-Fall Mountain
  • No. 6 Hollis Brookline-Derryfield 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 (17-1, 3.7778)
  2. Exeter (13-4-1, 3.0000)
  3. Concord (13-5, 2.8889)
  4. Berlin-Gorham (12-5-1, 2.7778)
  5. Hanover (11-5-1, 2.7059)
  6. Bishop Brady-Trinity-West (11-7, 2.4444)
  7. Souhegan (10-7-1, 2.3333)
  8. St. Thomas-Winnacunnet (9-8, 2.1176)
  9. Bishop Guertin (9-9, 2.0000)
  10. Lebanon-Stevens-Kearsarge (8-9, 1.8824)
  11. Pinkerton (6-9, 1.6000)

Eliminated: Keene-Monadnock-Fall Mountain (5-12, 1.1765); Bedford (4-14, 0.8889); ConVal-Conant (3-12, 0.8000); Kingswood (1-17, 0.2222); Manchester Central (1-15, 0.2500).

First-round byes

  • No. 1 Oyster River-Portsmouth
  • No. 2 Exeter
  • No. 3 Concord
  • No. 4 Berlin-Gorham
  • No. 5 Hanover

First-round matchups

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

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