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# Playoff Picture: Division II boys hockey (Feb. 26)
- URL: https://www.nh-highschoolsports.com/playoff-picture-division-ii-boys-hockey-feb-26/
- Published: 2017-02-26T15:15:39.000Z
- Updated: 2017-02-26T15:15:39.000Z
- Description: The Division II boys hockey regular season is in the books and the postseason is scheduled to begin next week. Here is what the tournament field will likely look like when the pairings are announced by the NHIAA on Monday. To view the projected pairings, you need to be a Sports Insider Member. To si
- Author: Joe Marchilena
- Tags: Division II, boys hockey, NH High School Sports Insider, playoff picture, playoffs, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-18 04:44

The Division II boys hockey regular season is in the books and the postseason is scheduled to begin next week. Here is what the tournament field will likely look like when the pairings are announced by the NHIAA on Monday.

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*Note: With the NHIAA’s new 70-percent rule in place for the postseason, Division II boys hockey will have 10 playoff teams. Standings based off results reported to NHIAA.org. *These are not official pairings.**

### Division II

**Playoff field**

1. Keene (16-0, 4.0625)
2. Bow (15-2-1, 3.5000)
3. Windham (12-5-1, 2.8333)
4. Goffstown (12-6, 2.7222)
5. St. Thomas (11-7, 2.4444)
6. Dover (10-7-1, 2.3889)
7. Oyster River (9-8-1, 2.1111)
8. Lebanon-Stevens (9-9, 2.0000)
9. Spaulding (8-9, 1.8824)
10. Portsmouth-Newmarket (8-10, 1.7778)

**Outside:** Merrimack (7-9-1, 1.7647); Kingswood (7-10-1, 1.6667); Timberlane (3-13, 0.7500); Alvirne (3-15, 0.7222); Winnacunnet (0-18, 0.0000).

**First-round matchups** 

- No. 9 Spaulding at No. 8 Lebanon-Stevens
- No. 10 Portsmouth-Newmarket at No. 7 Oyster River

**Quarterfinal matchups**

- Spaulding/L-S winner at No. 1 Keene
- No. 5 St. Thomas at No. 4 Goffstown
- P-N/OR winner at No. 2 Bow
- No. 6 Dover at No. 3 Windham