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Playoff Picture: Boys and girls hockey

It's a little more than seven weeks until the start of the boys and girls hockey postseason in New Hampshire, so here is a look at where each team stands and who is in and who is out in all four divisions. These will be updated each week for Sports Insider Members. To signup for a membership, click

Joe Marchilena

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Playoff Picture: Boys and girls hockey

It's a little more than seven weeks until the start of the boys and girls hockey postseason in New Hampshire, so here is a look at where each team stands and who is in and who is out in all four divisions.

These will be updated each week for Sports Insider Members. To signup for a membership, go here.

Note: With the NHIAA’s new 70-percent rule in place for the postseason, Division I boys and girls hockey will have nine playoff teams, Division II will have 10 and Division III will have eight. Standings based off results reported to NHIAA.org.

Division I

Playoff field (Team, record, rating)

  1. Bedford (3-0-1, 3.5000). Games this week: vs. Hanover (Jan. 10); at Nashua North-Souhegan (Jan. 14).
  2. Londonderry (5-1, 3.3333). Games this week: vs. Pinkerton (Jan. 13).
  3. Concord (4-1, 3.2000). Games this week: at Trinity (Jan. 12).
  4. Salem (3-1, 3.0000). Games this week: vs. Bishop Guertin (Jan. 11); vs. Bishop Brady (Jan. 14).
  5. Pinkerton (3-1, 3.0000). Games this week: vs. Manchester Memorial (Jan. 11); at Londonderry (Jan. 13).
  6. Bishop Guertin (3-1-1, 2.8000). Games this week: at Salem (Jan. 11); vs. Manchester Central (Jan. 14).
  7. Hanover (2-2, 2.0000). Games this week: at Bedford (Jan. 10); vs. Trinity (Jan. 14).
  8. Manchester Central (1-2, 1.3333). Games this week: at Manchester Memorial (Jan. 9); vs Nashua North-Souhegan (Jan. 11); at Bishop Guertin (Jan. 14).
  9. Nashua North-Souhegan (1-3, 1.0000). Games this week: at Manchester Central (Jan. 11); vs. Bedford (Jan. 14).

Outside: Bishop Brady (1-3, 1.0000); Trinity (1-4, 0.8000); Manchester Memorial (0-3, 0.0000); Nashua South-Pelham (0-3, 0.0000); Exeter (0-4, 0.0000).

Tiebreakers

  • Salem holds the tiebreaker with Pinkerton thanks to a better rating in games against tournament teams.
  • Nashua North-Souhegan holds the tiebreaker over Bishop Brady thanks to a win over a higher seeded opponent.

First-round game

  • No. 9 Nashua North-Souhegan at. No. 8 Manchester Central

Quarterfinal matchups

  • NNS/MC winner at No. 1 Bedford
  • No. 5 Pinkerton at No. 4 Salem
  • No. 7 Hanover at No. 2 Londonderry
  • No. 6 Bishop Guertin at No. 3 Concord

Division II

Playoff field

  1. Goffstown (4-0, 4.2500). Games this week: at Dover (Jan. 14).
  2. Keene (5-0, 4.0000). Games this week: vs. Alvirne (Jan. 11); at Oyster River (Jan. 14).
  3. Windham (3-1, 3.2500). Games this week: vs. Dover (Jan. 11); at Alvirne (Jan. 14).
  4. Bow (4-1, 3.2000). Games this week: at Dover (Jan. 10); at Spaulding (Jan. 14).
  5. Spaulding (2-1, 2.6667). Games this week: at Merrimack (Jan. 11); vs. Bow (Jan. 14).
  6. Kingswood (2-2, 2.0000). Games this week: vs. Portsmouth-Newmarket (Jan. 11); at St. Thomas (Jan. 14).
  7. Dover (2-2, 2.0000). Games this week: vs. Bow (Jan. 10); at Windham (Jan. 11); Goffstown (Jan. 14).
  8. St. Thomas (2-2, 2.0000). Games this week: vs. Kingswood (Jan. 14).
  9. Oyster River (1-1, 2.0000). Games this week: vs. Timberlane (Jan. 10); vs. Keene (Jan. 14).
  10. Lebanon-Stevens (2-3, 1.6000). Games this week: vs. John Stark-Hopkinton (Jan. 9); at ConVal-Conant (Jan. 11); vs. Merrimack (Jan. 14).

Outside: Portsmouth-Newmarket (1-2, 1.3333); Alvirne (0-3,0.0000), Timberlane (0-3, 0.0000); Merrimack (0-3, 0.0000); Winnacunnet (0-4, 0.0000).

Tiebreakers

  • Kingswood wins the four-way tiebreaker with St. Thomas, Dover and Oyster River with a better rating in games against tournament teams. Dover would then win the tiebreaker with St. Thomas and Oyster River with a better rating in games against tournament teams. St. Thomas would win the tiebreaker with Oyster River for having more wins at home.

First-round games

  • No. 10 Lebanon-Stevens at No. 7 Dover
  • No. 9 Oyster River at No. 8 St. Thomas

Quarterfinal matchups

  • OR/STA winner at No. 1 Goffstown
  • No. 5 Spaulding at No. 4 Bow
  • LS/Dover winner at No. 2 Keene
  • No. 6 Kingswood at No. 3 Windham

Division III

Playoff field

  1. Kennett (5-0, 4.2000). Games this week: vs. Berlin-Gorham (Jan. 11); vs. ConVal-Conant (Jan. 14).
  2. Berlin-Gorham (4-0, 4.0000). Games this week: at Kennett (Jan. 11); at Hollis Brookline-Derryfield (Jan. 14).
  3. Somersworth-Coe-Brown (4-1, 3.2000). Games this week: vs. Belmont-Gilford (Jan. 11); at Kearsarge-Plymouth (Jan. 14).
  4. Belmont-Gilford (3-1, 3.000). Games this week: vs. Pembroke-Campbell (Jan. 9); at Somersworth-Coe-Brown (Jan. 11).
  5. John Stark-Hopkinton (3-1, 3.000). Games this week: at Lebanon-Stevens (Jan. 9); at Monadnock (Jan. 11); vs. Sanborn (Jan. 14).
  6. Monadnock (2-2, 2.0000). Games this week: vs. John Stark-Hopkinton (Jan. 11), at Moultonborough-Inter-Lakes (Jan. 14).
  7. Hollis Brookline-Derryfield (2-3, 1.6000). Games this week: vs. Kearsarge-Plymouth (Jan. 11); vs. Berlin-Gorham (Jan. 14).
  8. Pembroke-Campbell (2-3, 1.6000). Games this week: at Belmont-Gilford (Jan. 9); vs. Laconia-Winnisquam (Jan. 14).

Outside: Moultonborough-Inter-Lakes (2-3, 1.6000); Kearsarge-Plymouth (1-3, 1.0000); ConVal-Conant (1-4, 0.8000); Laconia-Winnisquam (0-3, 0.0000); Sanborn (0-4, o.oooo).

Tiebreakers

  • Belmont-Gilford holds the tiebreaker over John Stark-Hopkinton thanks to a head-to-head win.
  • Hollis Brookline-Derryfield and Pembroke-Campbell take the final two spots over Moultonborough-Inter-Lakes based on a better rating against tournament teams. HBDS wins the head-to-head tiebreaker over Pembroke-Campbell.

Quarterfinal matchups

  • No. 8 Pembroke-Campbell at No. 1 Kennett
  • No. 5 John Stark-Hopkinton at No. 4 Belmont-Gilford
  • No. 7 Hollis Brookline-Derryfield at No. 2 Berlin-Gorham
  • No. 6 Monadnock at No. 3 Somersworth-Coe-Brown

Girls Hockey

Playoff field

  1. Exeter (4-0, 4.0000). Games this week: at Lebanon-Stevens (Jan. 10); vs. Berlin-Gorham (Jan. 14).
  2. Hanover (2-0, 4.0000). Games this week: vs. Berlin-Gorham (Jan. 10); at ConVal-Conant (Jan. 14).
  3. Souhegan (3-1, 3.0000). Games this week: vs. Concord (Jan, 11).
  4. Bishop Brady-Trinity-West (2-1, 2.6667). Games this week: at Manchester Central (Jan. 10); vs. Keene (Jan. 14).
  5. Berlin-Gorham (2-1, 2.6667). Games this week: at Hanover (Jan. 10); at Exeter (Jan. 14).
  6. Oyster River-Portsmouth (3-2, 2.4000). Games this week:
  7. Bishop Guertin (1-1, 2.0000). Games this week: vs. ConVal-Conant (Jan. 10); Oyster River-Portsmouth (Jan. 14).
  8. Lebanon-Stevens (2-2, 2.0000). Games this week: vs. Exeter (Jan. 10).
  9. Keene (2-2, 2.0000). Games this week: at Bishop Brady-Trinity-West (Jan. 14).

Outside: Kingswood (2-4, 1.3333); Concord (1-2, 1.3333); ConVal-Conant (1-4, 0.8000); Manchester Central (0-5, 0.0000).

Tiebreakers

  • Exeter holds the tiebreaker for the top seed over Hanover for a better rating in home games.
  • Bishop Brady-Trinity-West holds the tiebreaker over Berlin-Gorham with a better rating against tournament teams.
  • Bishop Guertin wins the three-way tiebreaker with Lebanon-Stevens and Keene with a better rating against tournament teams. Lebanon-Stevens holds a head-to-head tiebreaker with Keene.

First-round game

  • No. 9 Keene at No. 8 Lebanon-Stevens

Quarterfinal matchups

  • Keene/LS winner at No. 1 Exeter
  • No. 5 Berlin-Gorham at No. 4 Bishop Brady-Trinity-West
  • No. 7 Bishop Guertin at No. 2 Hanover
  • No. 6 Oyster River-Portsmouth at No. 3 Souhegan

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