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Playoff Picture: Boys and Girls Hockey (Feb. 5)

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

Joe Marchilena

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Playoff Picture: Boys and Girls Hockey (Feb. 5)

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. Trinity (8-1-1, 3.4000, 2nd)
  3. Salem (7-1-3, 3.0909, 5th)
  4. Bedford (8-3-1, 2.8333, 6th)
  5. Exeter (6-2-2, 2.8000, 7th)
  6. Bishop Guertin (8-4, 2.6667, 3rd)
  7. Hanover (6-3, 2.6667, 4th)
  8. Pinkerton (7-5, 2.3333, 8th)
  9. Windham (7-5, 2.3333, 9th)
  10. Nashua North-Souhegan (4-6-1, 1.6364, out)
  11. Bow (4-6, 1.6000, 10th)

Outside: Londonderry (3-6-1, 1.4000, 11th); Nashua South-Pelham (4-8, 1.3333); Manchester Memorial (1-10, 0.3636); Bishop Brady (0-7-1, 0.2500); Manchester Central-West (0-10, 0.0000).

Tiebreakers

  • Bishop Guertin wins the tiebreaker with Hanover thanks to a head-to-head victory.
  • Pinkerton wins the tiebreaker with Windham thanks to a better rating against tournament teams.

First-round byes

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

First-round matchups

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

Division I Girls

Playoff field (record, rating, last week)

  1. Concord (10-0, 4.0000, 1st)
  2. Berlin-Gorham (9-2-2, 3.0769, 2nd)
  3. Oyster River-Portsmouth (8-3, 2.9091, 3rd)
  4. Hanover (7-3-1, 2.7273, 7th)
  5. Pinkerton (6-4, 2.4000, 8th)
  6. St. Thomas-Winnacunnet-Dover (6-4, 2.4000, 6th)
  7. Lebanon-Stevens-Kearsarge (5-3-2, 2.4000, 4th)
  8. Bishop Brady-Trinity-West (6-4-1, 2.3636, 5th)
  9. Exeter (5-5, 2.0000, 9th)
  10. Souhegan (3-5-1, 1.5556, 10th)
  11. Bishop Guertin (3-7, 1.2000, 11th)

Outside: Manchester Central-Memorial (2-7, 0.8889); ConVal-Conant (2-9, 0.7273); Bedford (2-9, 0.7273); Keene-Monadnock-Fall Mountain (1-7, 0.5000); Kingswood (0-8, 0.0000).

Tiebreakers

  • In a three-way tiebreaker, Pinkerton finishes ahead of St. Thomas-Winnacunnet-Dover and Lebanon-Stevens-Kearsarge thanks to a better rating against tournament teams. St. Thomas-Winnacunnet-Dover finishes second in the tiebreaker.

First-round byes

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

First-round matchups

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

Division II

Playoff field (record, rating, last week)

  1. Goffstown (9-2, 3.2727, 2nd)
  2. Merrimack (7-2, 3.1111, 1st)
  3. Keene (6-2-1, 2.8889, 3rd)
  4. St. Thomas (7-3-1, 2.7273, 6th)
  5. Oyster River (7-3-1, 2.7273, 4th)
  6. Dover (6-4, 2.4000, 5th)
  7. Somersworth-Coe-Brown (6-4-1, 2.3636, 9th)
  8. Kingswood (4-4, 2.0000, 7th)
  9. Portsmouth-Newmarket (4-6, 1.6000, 8th)

Outside: Winnacunnet (3-9, 1.0000); Lebanon-Stevens-Mount Royal (2-6, 1.000); Alvirne-Milford (2-10, 0.6667); Spaulding (2-11, 0.6154).

Tiebreakers

  • St. Thomas wins the tiebreaker with Oyster River thanks to a better rating against tournament teams.

First-round matchup

  • No. 9 Portsmouth-Newmarket at No. 8 Kingswood

Quarterfinals

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

Division III

Playoff field (record, rating)

  1. Berlin-Gorham (10-1, 3.6364, 2nd)
  2. John Stark-Hopkinton (8-3, 2.9091, 3rd)
  3. Hollis Brookline-Derryfield (8-3, 2.9091, 1st)
  4. Belmont-Gilford (7-3, 2.8000, 4th)
  5. Kearsarge-Plymouth (5-3-1, 2.4444, 6th)
  6. Kennett (5-6, 1.8182, 5th)
  7. ConVal-Conant (3-5-1, 1.5556, 7th)

Outside: Laconia-Winnisquam-Inter-Lakes (3-5, 1.5000); Pembroke-Campbell (2-7, 0.8889); Monadnock-Fall Mountain (2-8, 0.8000); Sanborn-Epping (0-12, 0.0000).

Tiebreakers

  • John Stark-Hopkinton wins the tiebreaker with Hollis Brookline-Derryfield thanks to a head-to-head victory.

Quarterfinal bye

  • No. 1 Berlin-Gorham

Quarterfinal matchups

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

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