| 2008-2009 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 - Reading. Favorites - Catholic Memorial, Needham, Malden Catholic. Preliminary Round: 02/23/2009 Burlington (18-2-1, #7 seed) defeated Springfield Cathedral (14-6-2, #9 seed) 3-2 in overtime. Winchester (17-3-1, #8 seed) defeated Arlington Catholic (12-5-4, #10 seed) 6-1. First Round: 03/01/2009 Bracket 1 Winchester (18-3-1, #8 seed) upset Catholic Memorial (11-6-4, #1 seed) 4-2. Central Catholic (16-0-7, #5 seed) defeated Hingham (15-3-5, #4 seed) 3-2. Bracket 2 Burlington (19-2-1, #7 seed) upset Needham (18-4-1, #2 seed) 2-0. Malden Catholic (16-3-2, #3 seed) shutout Xaverian (14-5-2, #6 seed) 5-0. Second Round: 03/04/2009 and 03/05/2009 Bracket 1 Catholic Memorial (12-6-4, #1 seed) defeated Central Catholic (16-1-7, #5 seed) 3-2. Hingham (16-3-5, #4 seed) defeated Winchester (18-4-1, #8 seed) 3-1. Bracket 2 Needham (19-4-1, #2 seed) defeated Xaverian (14-6-2, #6 seed) 3-1. Malden Catholic (17-3-2, #3 seed) defeated Burlington (19-3-1, #7 seed) 5-1. Third Round: 03/07/2009 Bracket 1 Catholic Memorial (13-6-4, #1 seed) defeated Hingham (16-4-5, #4 seed) 3-2. Winchester (19-4-1, #8 seed) defeated Central Catholic (16-2-7, #5 seed) 2-1. Bracket 2 Malden Catholic (18-3-2, #3 seed) shutout Needham (19-5-1, #2 seed) 3-0. Burlington (20-3-1, #7 seed) defeated Xaverian (14-7-2, #6 seed) 2-1 in overtime. Semifinals: 03/11/2009 Catholic Memorial (14-6-4, #1 seed) defeated Malden Catholic (18-4-2, #3 seed) 6-4. Burlington (21-3-1, #7 seed) shutout Winchester (19-5-1, #8 seed) 1-0. Final: 03/15/2009 Catholic Memorial (15-6-4, #1 seed) defeated Burlington (21-4-1, #7 seed) 5-1. Division 1 (55 schools) Defending Champ - Needham. Favorites - Arlington Catholic, Springfield Cathedral, Waltham. North: First Round: 02/25/2009 Medford (8-13-0, #14 seed) upset Woburn (13-6-3, #3 seed) 2-1 in a shootout. St. Mary's (10-9-3, #11 seed) upset Matignon (11-9-3, #6 seed) 2-1 in overtime. Quarterfinals: 02/28/2009 Arlington Catholic (13-5-4, #1 seed) shutout St. John's (8-9-4, #9 seed) 8-0. Wakefield (12-9-1, #10 seed) upset Waltham (12-3-7, #2 seed) 5-1. St. John's Prep (9-6-7, #12 seed) upset Andover (13-5-4, #4 seed) 1-0. St. Mary's (11-9-3, #11 seed) defeated Medford (8-14-0, #14 seed) 3-1. Semifinals: 03/04/2009 Arlington Catholic (14-5-4, #1 seed) defeated St. John's Prep (9-7-7, #12 seed) 2-1. Wakefield (13-9-1, #10 seed) upset St. Mary's (11-10-3, #6 seed) 9-5. Final: 03/08/2009 Arlington Catholic (15-5-4, #1 seed) defeated Wakefield (13-10-1, #10 seed) 3-2 in a shootout. South: Quarterfinals: 02/28/2009 Springfield Cathedral (15-6-2, #1 seed) defeated Marshfield (13-8-3, #9 seed) 5-4 in a shootout. Semifinals: 03/06/2009 and 03/07/2009 Springfield Cathedral (16-6-2, #1 seed) shutout Bridgewater-Raynham (14-7-2, #4 seed) 5-0. Braintree (16-5-1, #2 seed) shutout Falmouth (14-7-2, #3 seed) 3-0. Final: 03/11/2009 Springfield Cathedral (17-6-2, #1 seed) defeated Braintree (16-6-1, #2 seed) 3-1. State Fina1: 03/15/2009 Springfield Cathedral (18-6-2, South #1 seed) defeated Arlington Catholic (15-6-4, North #1 seed) 2-1 in overtime. Division 2 (43 schools) Defending Champ - Sandwich. Favorites - Winthrop, Canton, Peabody. North: Quarterfinals: 02/27/2009 Newburyport (15-4-4, #8 seed) upset Winthrop (16-2-3, #1 seed) 4-1. Lincoln Sudbury (15-4-3, #7 seed) upset Peabody (17-4-0, #2 seed) 4.1 Semifinals: 03/03/2009 Lincoln Sudbury (16-4-3, #7 seed) upset Revere (17-3-3, #3 seed) 2-1. Newburyport (16-4-4, #8 seed) upset Tewksbury (18-5-1, #5 seed) 7-3. Final: 03/05/2009 Newburyport (17-4-4, #8 seed) defeated Lincoln Sudbury (16-5-3, #7 seed) 3-1. South: Quarterfinals: 02/24/2009-02/26/2009 Martha's Vineyard (14-4-4, #7 seed) upset Mansfield (15-6-1, #2 seed) 8-3. Semifinals: 02/27/2009 and 02/28/2009 Canton (17-3-2, #1 seed) defeated Nauset (15-6-1, #5 seed) 3-2 in a shootout. Coyle Cassidy (16-4-2, #3 seed) defeated Martha's Vineyard (14-5-4, #7 seed) 3-2 in a shootout. Final: 03/04/2009 Canton (18-3-2, #1 seed) defeated Coyle Cassidy (16-5-2, #3 seed) 3-1. State Final: 03/07/2009 Newburyport (17-4-4, #8 seed) upset Canton (18-4-2, #1 seed) 4-3 in overtime. Division 3 (82 schools) Defending Champ - Westfield. Favorites - Concord-Carlisle, Ashland, Wachusett, East Longmeadow. North: Final: 03/08/2009 Shawsheen (17-5-3, #3 seed) defeated Concord-Carlisle (17-3-3, #1 seed) 3-1. South: First Round: 02/25/2009 and 02/26/2009 Scituate (12-7-3, #15 seed) upset Ashland (18-1-2, #1 seed) 2-1. Somerset (12-8-2, #18 seed) upset Diman (17-4-0, #2 seed) 7-2. Final: 03/08/2009 Norwell (16-4-4, #7 seed) defeated Scituate (14-8-3, #16 seed) 2-1. Central: Quarterfinals: 03/03/2009 Hudson (10-8-3, #7 seed) upset Marlboro (14-3-4, #2 seed) 1-0. Semifinals: 03/07/2009 Shrewsbury (15-4-3, #5 seed) upset Wachusett (16-3-2, #1 seed) 4-1. Hudson (11-8-3, #7 seed) upset Gardner (15-4-3, #3 seed) 2-1 in overtime. Final: 03/10/2009 Shrewsbury (16-4-3, #5 seed) shutout Hudson (11-9-3, #7 seed) 2-0. West: Final: 03/09/2009 Longmeadow (9-10-3, #3 seed) defeated East Longmeadow (13-4-5, #1 seed) 4-1. State: Semifinals: 03/12/2009 Shawsheen (18-5-3, North #3 seed) defeated Norwell (16-5-4, South #7 seed) 4-3 in overtime. Shrewsbury (17-4-3, Central #5 seed) shutout Longmeadow (9-11-3, #3 seed) 3-0. Final: 03/15/2009 Shrewsbury (18-4-3, Central #5 seed) defeated Shawsheen (18-6-3, North #3 seed) 3-2. Division 3A (29 schools) Favorites - Oakmont, Taconic. Central: Final: 03/10/2009 Oakmont (20-2-0, #1 seed ) defeated Fitchburg (15-3-5, #3 seed) 2-1 in a shootout. West: Semifinals: 03/03/2009 Holyoke (13-6-2, #7 seed) upset Chicopee (16-5-1, #2 seed) 6-4. Final: 03/09/2009 Holyoke (14-6-2, #7 seed) upset Taconic (20-2-0, #1 seed) 6-3. State Final: 03/12/2009 Holyoke (15-6-2, West #7 seed) upset Oakmont(20-3-0, Central #1 seed) 4-2. |