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# Playoff Picture: Boys and Girls Hockey (Jan. 29)
- URL: https://www.nh-highschoolsports.com/playoff-picture-boys-and-girls-hockey-jan-29/
- Published: 2020-01-29T15:00:20.000Z
- Updated: 2020-01-29T15:00:20.000Z
- Description: 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
- 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)**

1. Concord (11-0, 4.0000)
2. Trinity (6-1-1, 3.2500)
3. Bishop Guertin (7-2, 3.1111)
4. Hanover (6-2, 3.0000)
5. Salem (5-1-3, 2.8889)
6. Bedford (7-3-1, 2.7273)
7. Exeter (4-2-2, 2.5000)
8. Pinkerton (6-4, 2.4000)
9. Windham (6-5, 2.1818)
10. Bow (3-5, 1.5000)
11. Londonderry (2-6-1, 1.1111)

**Outside:** Nashua North-Souhegan (2-6-1, 1.1111); Nashua South-Pelham (2-7, 0.8889); Manchester Memorial (1-7, 0.5000); Bishop Brady (0-5-1, 0.3333); Manchester Central-West (0-9, 0.0000).

**Tiebreakers**

- Londonderry wins the tiebreaker with Nashua North-Souhegan for the final playoff spot thanks to a better rating against tournament teams.

**First-round byes**

- No. 1 Concord
- No. 2 Trinity
- No. 3 Bishop Guertin
- No. 4 Hanover
- No. 5 Salem

**First-round matchups**

- No. 9 Windham at No. 8 Pinkerton
- No. 10 Bow at No. 7 Exeter
- No. 11 Londonderry at No. 6 Bedford

### Division I Girls

**Playoff field (record, rating)**

1. Concord (8-0, 4.0000)
2. Berlin-Gorham (7-2-2, 2.9091)
3. Oyster River-Portsmouth (7-3, 2.8000)
4. Lebanon-Stevens-Kearsarge (5-2-2, 2.6667)
5. Bishop Brady-Trinity-West (4-2-1, 2.5714)
6. St. Thomas-Winnacunnet-Dover (5-3, 2.5000)
7. Hanover (5-3-1, 2.4444)
8. Pinkerton (5-4, 2.2222)
9. Exeter (4-4, 2.0000)
10. Souhegan (2-4-1, 1.4286)
11. Bishop Guertin (2-6, 1.0000)

**Outside:** Manchester Central-Memorial (2-6, 1.0000); ConVal-Conant (2-7, 0.8889); Bedford (2-8, 0.8000); Keene-Monadnock-Fall Mountain (1-6, 0.5714); Kingswood (0-6, 0.0000).

**Tiebreakers**

- Bishop Guertin wins the tiebreaker with Manchester Central-Memorial thanks to a head-to-head victory.

**First-round byes**

- No. 1 Concord
- No. 2 Berlin-Gorham
- No. 3 Oyster River-Portsmouth
- No. 4 Lebanon-Stevens-Kearsarge
- No. 5 Bishop Brady-Trinity-West

**First-round matchups**

- No. 9 Exeter at No. 8 Pinkerton
- No. 10 Souhegan at No. 7 Hanover
- No. 11 Bishop Guertin at No. 6 St. Thomas-Winnacunnet-Dover

### Division II

**Playoff field (record, rating)**

1. Merrimack (6-1, 3.5714)
2. Goffstown (8-2, 3.3000)
3. Keene (5-1-1, 3.1429)
4. Oyster River (6-2-1, 2.8889)
5. Dover (6-3, 2.6667)
6. St. Thomas (5-3-1, 2.4444)
7. Kingswood (3-3, 2.0000)
8. Portsmouth-Newmarket (4-5, 1.7778)
9. Somersworth-Coe-Brown (3-4-1, 1.7500)

**Outside:** Lebanon-Stevens-Mount Royal (2-4, 1.3333); Winnacunnet (2-6, 1.0000); Alvirne-Milford (2-7, 0.8889); Spaulding (2-9, 0.7273).

**First-round matchup**

- No. 9 Somersworth-Coe-Brown at No. 8 Portsmouth-Newmarket

**Quarterfinals**

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

### Division III

**Playoff field (record, rating)**

1. Hollis Brookline-Derryfield (7-1, 3.5000)
2. Berlin-Gorham (8-1, 3.4444)
3. John Stark-Hopkinton (7-2, 3.1111)
4. Belmont-Gilford (5-3, 2.5000)
5. Kennett (4-4, 2.0000)
6. Kearsarge-Plymouth (3-3-1, 2.0000)
7. ConVal-Conant (3-4-1, 1.7500)

**Outside:** Pembroke-Campbell (2-5, 1.1429); Laconia-Winnisquam-Inter-Lakes (1-5, 0.6667); Monadnock-Fall Mountain (1-7, 0.5000); Sanborn-Epping (0-10, 0.0000).

**Tiebreakers**

- Kennett wins the tiebreaker with Keasarge-Plymouth thanks to a better rating against tournament teams.

**Quarterfinal bye**

- No. 1 Hollis Brookline-Derryfield

**Quarterfinal matchups**

- No. 5 Kennett at No. 4 Belmont-Gilford
- No. 7 ConVal-Conant at No. 2 Berlin-Gorham
- No. 6 Kearsarge-Plymouth at No. 3 John Stark-Hopkinton