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# Playoff Picture: Boys and Girls Hockey (Feb. 12)
- URL: https://www.nh-highschoolsports.com/playoff-picture-boys-and-girls-hockey-feb-12/
- Published: 2020-02-12T18:30:08.000Z
- Updated: 2020-02-12T18:30:08.000Z
- Description: (Updated Feb. 12) Don’t look now, but the boys and girls hockey playoffs are only a few weeks away. A lot will be determined between now and then, but you can keep up with where each team in the state stands with weekly updates of the playoff picture. Note: With the NHIAA’s 70-percent rule in place
- Author: Joe Marchilena
- Tags: Winter Sports, boys hockey, Division I, Division II, Division III, girls hockey, playoff picture, slider, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-18 04:44

Don’t look now, but the boys and girls hockey playoffs are only a few weeks away.

A lot will be determined between now and then, but you can keep up with where each team in the state stands with weekly updates of the playoff picture.

*Note: With the NHIAA’s 70-percent rule in place for the postseason, Division I boys and girls will have 11 playoff teams, Division II boys will have nine and Division III boys will have seven. Standings based off results reported to NHIAA.org and other media outlets.*

### Division I Boys

**Playoff field (record, rating, last week)**

1. Concord (11-1, 3.6667, 1st)
2. Salem (9-1-3, 3.2308, 3rd)
3. Trinity (9-2-1, 3.1667, 2nd)
4. Exeter (9-2-2, 3.0769, 5th)
5. Bedford (8-3-1, 2.8333, 4th)
6. Bishop Guertin (9-4, 2.7692, 6th)
7. Hanover (7-4, 2.5455, 7th)
8. Windham (8-5, 2.4615, 9th)
9. Pinkerton (7-6, 2.1538, 8th)
10. Bow (6-6, 2.0000, 11th)
11. Nashua North-Souhegan (5-7-2, 1.7143, 10th)

**Outside:** Londonderry (4-8-1, 1.3846); Nashua South-Pelham (4-10, 1.1429); Manchester Memorial (2-11, 0.6154); Bishop Brady (0-9-1, 0.2000); Manchester Central-West (0-12, 0.0000).

**First-round byes (changes in bold)**

- No. 1 Concord
- No. 2 **Salem**
- No. 3 **Trinity**
- No. 4 **Exeter**
- No. 5 **Bedford**

**First-round matchups**

- No. 9 **Pinkerton** at No. 8 **Windham**
- No. 10 **Bow** at No. 7 Hanover
- No. 11 **Nashua North-Souhegan** at No. 6 Bishop Guertin

### Division I Girls

**Playoff field (record, rating, last week)**

1. Concord (11-0, 4.0000, 1st)
2. Oyster River-Portsmouth (9-3, 3.0000, 3rd)
3. Berlin-Gorham (10-3-2, 2.9333, 2nd)
4. Hanover (8-3-1, 2.8333, 4th)
5. Bishop Brady-Trinity-West (8-4-1, 2.6154, 8th)
6. Pinkerton (7-4, 2.5455, 5th)
7. Lebanon-Stevens-Kearsarge (7-4-2, 2.4615, 7th)
8. St. Thomas-Winnacunnet-Dover (6-5, 2.1818, 6th)
9. Exeter (6-5, 2.1818, 9th)
10. Souhegan (4-6-1, 1.6364, 10th)
11. Bishop Guertin (4-7, 1.4545, 11th)

**Outside:** Keene-Monadnock-Fall Mountain (3-8, 1.0909); Bedford (3-10, 0.9231); Manchester Central-Memorial (2-11, 0.6154); ConVal-Conant (2-11, 0.6154); Kingswood (0-11, 0.0000).

**First-round byes (changes in bold)**

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

**First-round matchups**

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

### Division II

**Playoff field (record, rating, last week)**

1. Goffstown (10-2, 3.3333, 1st)
2. Keene (7-2-1, 3.0000, 3rd)
3. Oyster River (9-3-1, 2.9231, 5th)
4. Merrimack (8-3, 2.9091, 2nd)
5. St. Thomas (8-3-1, 2.8333, 4th)
6. Dover (7-5, 2.3333, 6th)
7. Somersworth-Coe-Brown (7-5-1, 2.3077, 7th)
8. Portsmouth-Newmarket (5-7, 1.6667, 9th)
9. Lebanon-Stevens-Mount Royal (4-7, 1.4545, out)

**Outside:** Kingswood (4-7, 1.4545, 8th); Winnacunnet (3-11-1, 0.9333); Spaulding (2-11, 0.6154); Alvirne-Milford (2-12, 0.5714).

**Tiebreakers**

- Lebanon-Stevens-Mount Royal wins the tiebreaker with Kingswood thanks to a head-to-head victory.

**First-round matchup (changes in bold)**

- No. 9 **Lebanon-Stevens-Mount Royal** at No. 8 **Portsmouth-Newmarket**

**Quarterfinals**

- LSMR/PN winner at No. 1 Goffstown
- No. 5 **St. Thomas** at No. 4 **Merrimack**
- No. 7 Somersworth-Coe-Brown at No. 2 **Keene**
- No. 6 Dover at No. 3 **Oyster River**

### Division III

**Playoff field (record, rating)**

1. Berlin-Gorham (11-1-1, 3.6923, 1st)
2. Belmont-Gilford (9-3, 3.0000, 4th)
3. John Stark-Hopkinton (9-3, 3.0000, 2nd)
4. Hollis Brookline-Derryfield (9-4, 2.7692, 3rd)
5. Kearsarge-Plymouth (6-4-1, 2.3636, 5th)
6. Kennett (6-6-1, 2.0000, 6th)
7. ConVal-Conant (3-6-1, 1.4000, 7th)

**Outside:** Laconia-Winnisquam-Inter-Lakes (3-6, 1.3333); Pembroke-Campbell (3-8, 1.0909); Monadnock-Fall Mountain (2-10, 0.6667); Sanborn-Epping (0-13, 0.0000).

**Tiebreakers**

- Belmont-Gilford wins the tiebreaker with John Stark-Hopkinton thanks to a head-to-head victory.

**Quarterfinal bye (changes in bold)**

- No. 1 Berlin-Gorham

**Quarterfinal matchups**

- No. 5 Kearsarge-Plymouth at No. 4 **Hollis Brookline-Derryfield**
- No. 7 ConVal-Conant at No. 2 **Belmont-Gilford**
- No. 6 Kennett at No. 3 **John Stark-Hopkinton**