Winter Sports

Playoff Picture: Boys and Girls Hockey (Jan. 29)

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

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)

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

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

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

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