Winter Sports

Playoff Picture: Boys and Girls Hockey (Feb. 12)

(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

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)

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

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

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

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