Playoff Picture: Division II boys hockey (Feb. 6)
It’s a little more than three weeks until the start of the Division II boys 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, clic
It’s a little more than three weeks until the start of the Division II boys 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 on the registration button below.
Note: With the NHIAA’s new 70-percent rule in place for the postseason, Division II will have 10 playoff teams. Standings based off results reported to NHIAA.org.
Division II
Playoff field
- Keene (12-0, 4.000)
- Bow (12-1-1, 3.6429)
- Windham (9-3-1, 3.0000)
- Dover (9-4, 2.8462)
- Goffstown (8-4, 2.7500)
- Oyster River (5-4, 2.2222)
- Spaulding (6-5, 2.1818)
- Portsmouth-Newmarket (5-7, 1.6667)
- Lebanon-Stevens (5-7, 1.6667)
- Merrimack (5-6-1, 1.8333)
Outside: St. Thomas (5-6, 1.6000); Kingswood (4-7-1, 1.5000); Alvirne (2-12, 0.5714); Timberlane (1-9, 0.4000); Winnacunnet (0-11, 0.0000).
Tiebreakers
- Portsmouth-Newmarket wins the tiebreaker with Lebanon-Stevens thanks to a head-to-head victory.
Rising: Oyster River picked up a pair of wins last week jump from outside of the playoffs to the sixth spot in the standings.
Falling: In its last six games, Kingswood is 1-4-1, including losing three in a row, to drop out of a postseason spot.
First-round games
- No. 9 Lebanon-Stevens at No. 9 Portsmouth-Newmarket
- No. 10 Merrimack at No. 7 Spaulding
Quarterfinal matchups
- L-S/P-N winner at No. 1 Keene
- No. 5 Goffstown at No. 4 Dover
- Merrimack/Spaulding winner at No. 2 Bow
- No. 6 Oyster River at No. 3 Windham
