| 2007-2008 MASSACHUSETTS STATE HOCKEY TOURNAMENT Division 1A (Super 8 Class) Playoff Format: Shootouts are used after one eight minute overtime. Preliminary Round. Seeds #7-#10 are matched up to eliminate two teams with the two winners advancing to the Division 1A Tournament and the two losers going to the Division 1 Tournament. Three Rounds of Round Robin play for two brackets of four teams each. The top two teams in each bracket move on to the semifinals. Semifinals Final Defending Champ - Boston College High. Favorites - Catholic Memorial, Hingham, Sr. John's Prep. Preliminary Round: 02/26/2008 Xaverian (11-6-3, #10 seed) defeated Needham (16-4-2, #7 seed) 3-0. Waltham (16-3-4, #8 seed) defeated Westford Academy (15-6-1, #9 seed) 1-0 in overtime. First Round: 03/01/2008 Bracket 1 Catholic Memorial (15-1-3, #1 seed) shutout Waltham (16-4-4, #8 seed) 2-0. Reading (21-1-0, #5 seed) defeated Boston College High (11-5-5, #4 seed) 2-1. Bracket 2 Xaverian (12-6-3, #10 seed) upset Hingham (17-4-2, #2 seed) 3-1. Malden Catholic (12-5-4, #6 seed) upset St. John's Prep (12-6-3, #3 seed) 4-2. Second Round: 03/06/2008 and 03/07/2008 Bracket 1 Reading (22-1-0, #5 seed) upset Catholic Memorial (15-2-3, #1 seed) 5-2. Boston College High (12-5-5, #4 seed) shutout Waltham (16-5-4, #8 seed) 3-0. Bracket 2 Malden Catholic (13-5-4, #6 seed) upset Hingham (17-5-2, #2 seed) 5-4 in a shootout. Xaverian (13-6-3, #10 seed) upset St. John's Prep (12-7-3, #3 seed) 7-4. Third Round: 03/09/2008 Bracket 1 Catholic Memorial (16-2-3, #1 seed) defeated Boston College High (12-6-5, #4 seed) 3-2. Reading (23-1-0, #5 seed) defeated Waltham (16-6-4, #8 seed) 4-1. Bracket 2 St. John's Prep (13-7-3, #3 seed) defeated Hingham (17-6-2, #2 seed) 4-2. Malden Catholic (14-5-4, #6 seed) defeated Xaverian (13-7-3, #10 seed) 5-2. Semifinals: 03/12/2008 Malden Catholic (15-5-4, #6 seed) defeated Catholic Memorial (16-3-3, #1 seed) 3-2. Reading (24-1-0, #5 seed) defeated Xaverian (13-8-3, #10 seed) 5-2.. Final: 03/16/2008 Reading (25-1-0, #5 seed) shutout Malden Catholic (15-6-4, #6 seed) 3-0. Division 1 (54 schools) Defending Champ - Duxbury. Favorites - Westford Academy, Needham, Winchester, Wellesley. North: Quarterfinals: 03/01/2008 Westford Academy (16-6-1, #1 seed) defeated St. Mary's (11-9-2, #9 seed) 4-3 in overtime. Wakefield (11-7-4, #10 seed) upset Winchester (14-3-4, #2 seed) 2-1. Austin Prep (13-4-5, #6 seed) upset Andover (13-4-4, #3 seed) 2-1 in a shootout. Semifinals: 03/05/2008 Westford Academy (17-6-1, #1 seed) defeated St. Bernard's (17-6-1, #4 seed) 9-2. Austin Prep (14-4-5, #6 seed) shutout Wakefield (11-8-4, #10 seed) 6-0. Final: 03/09/2008 Westford Academy (18-6-1, #1 seed) shutout Austin Prep (14-5-5, #6 seed) 6-0. South: Quarterfinals: 03/02/2008 Falmouth (15-6-3, #6 seed) upset New Bedford (15-5-1, #3 seed) 7-1. Semifinals: 03/07/2008 Needham (18-4-2, #1 seed) shutout Marshfield (17-6-1, #4 seed) 1-0. Wellesley (17-2-3, #2 seed) defeated Falmouth (15-7-3, #6 seed) 7-4. Final: 03/09/2008 Needham (19-4-2, #1 seed) shutout Wellesley (17-3-3, #2 seed) 3-0. State Fina1: 03/16/2008 Needham (20-4-2, South #1 seed) defeated Westford Academy (18-7-1, North #1 seed) ) 4-1. Division 2 (46 schools) Defending Champ - Hanover. Favorites - Coyle Cassidy, Sandwich, Wilmington. North: Quarterfinals: 03/02/2008 Newburyport (15-6-1, #6 seed) upset Gloucester (15-5-2, #3 seed) 6-5. Semifinals: 03/05/2008 Wilmington (16-2-4, #1 seed) defeated Peabody (17-6-0, #4 seed) 5-1. Tewksbury (17-3-3, #2 seed) shutout Newburyport (15-7-1, #6 seed) 4-0. Final: 03/08/2008 Wilmington (17-2-4, #1 seed) defeated Tewksbury (17-4-3, #2 seed) 4-3 in a shootout. South: Quarterfinals: 03/01/2008 Franklin (14-5-3, #8 seed) upset Coyle Cassidy (16-3-1, #1 seed) 4-3. Semifinals: 03/05/2008 Franklin (15-5-3, #8 seed) upset Canton (15-5-0, #4 seed) 4-3 in overtime. Sandwich (18-2-3, #2 seed) defeated Martha's Vineyard (13-2-6, #3 seed) 3-1. Final: 03/09/2008 Sandwich (19-2-3, #2 seed) defeated Franklin (15-6-3, #8 seed) 1-0 in a shootout. State Final: 03/16/2008 Sandwich (20-2-3, South #2 seed) shutout Wilmington (17-3-4, North #1 seed) 1-0. Division 3 (185 schools) Defending Champ - Scituate. Favorites - Trinity Catholic, Somerset, Gardner, Westfield. North: Semifinals: 03/03/2008 Marblehead (13-10-0, #12 seed) upset Trinity Catholic (17-4-1, #1 seed) 1-0. Final: 03/07/2008 Marblehead (14-10-0, #12 seed) upset Concord Carlisle (16-6-1, #2 seed) 1-0. South: First Round: 02/28/2008 Scituate (9-6-5, #15 seed) upset Norwell (16-4-1, #2 seed) 4-1. Quarterfinals: 03/02/2008 Westwood (14-4-4, #9 seed) upset Somerset (17-3-2, #1 seed) 8-3. Final: 03/09/2008 Scituate (12-6-5, #15 seed) defeated Westwood (15-5-4, #9 seed) 5-3 eng. Central: Quarterfinals: 03/03/2008 Auburn (10-9-3, #10 seed) upset Marlboro (14-3-4, #2 seed) 5-3. Final: 03/08/2008 Gardner (18-1-4, #1 seed) defeated Hudson (16-4-3, #3 seed) 5-3. West: Final: 03/09/2008 Westfield (14-5-2, #1 seed) defeated Longmeadow (11-9-2, #3 seed) 2-1. State: Semifinals: 03/13/2008 Scituate (13-6-5, South #15 seed) defeated Marblehead (14-11-0, North #12 seed) 8-2. Westfield (15-5-2, West #1 seed) defeated Gardner (18-2-4, Central #1 seed) 3-2. Final: 03/16/2008 Westfield (16-5-2, West #1 seed) defeated Scituate (13-7-5, South #15 seed) 3-2. |