BRACKET BREAKDOWN: MIAA announces boys and girls high school hockey tournament field
The road to TD Garden starts now.
The MIAA announced the high school hockey tournament pairings on Saturday.
Cape Cod will be represented by seven boys hockey teams and six girls hockey teams. The Nauset boys are the highest-ranked team, coming in at No. 1 in Division 3. The Sandwich boys will look to make their third straight state title appearance.
Div. 4 boys has the most local flare. Nantucket, Sandwich, and Martha's Vineyard are all ranked inside the top 10.
There are five girls teams in Div. 2. The Falmouth girls enter the tournament as a No. 2 seed, while Nauset/Monomoy has the No. 4 seed in Div. 2.
BOYS
Division 1
The Field
St. John's Prep (17-3-0)
Pope Francis (16-5-0)
Catholic Memorial (13-4-3)
Xaverian Brothers (15-4-1)
Archbishop Williams (16-4-1)
Arlington (16-3-3)
Reading Memorial (15-5-1)
Hingham (13-7-2)
Westford Academy (14-3-1)
Marshfield (16-3-3)
Winchester (12-9-1)
Franklin (13-8-0)
Saint John's (10-8-2)
Boston College High (9-10-1)
Shrewsbury (12-7-1)
Wellesley (14-4-2)
Belmont (8-11-3)
Arlington Catholic (9-11-1)
Andover (11-8-1)
Central Catholic (7-13-2)
St. Mary's (11-10-1)
Waltham (11-8-1)
Needham (11-8-1)
Braintree (8-11-1)
Burlington (11-8-3)
Bishop Feehan (9-13-0)
Wachusett Regional (13-7-0)
Weymouth (9-11-1)
Framingham (9-10-1)
Natick (8-13-0)
Medford (11-8-1)
Lincoln Sudbury (5-15-1)
Lexington (9-9-2)
Division 2
The Field
Tewksbury Memorial (17-3-0)
Canton (15-4-2)
Concord-Carlisle (16-4-0)
Woburn Memorial (12-5-1)
Newburyport (16-4-1)
Billerica Memorial (9-7-2)
Norwood (14-3-3)
King Phillip Regional (13-4-3)
Aubrun (15-5-0)
Duxbury (10-8-4)
Boston Latin (12-8-0)
Gloucester (10-8-2)
North Andover (11-8-1)
Algonquin (11-5-3)
Masconomet Regional (13-7-0)
Plymouth North (10-7-3)
Falmouth (12-10-0)
Hopkinton (14-4-2)
Whitman-Hanson Reg. (10-8-2)
Milton (5-8-5)
Walpole (8-11-1)
Westwood (12-7-1)
Oliver Ames (11-8-1)
Amesbury (12-6-0)
Plymouth South (8-11-1)
Malden Catholic (2-17-1)
Westfield (11-11-0)
Dartmouth (12-8-0)
Lowell Catholic (9-8-3)
Mansfield (9-9-2)
North Attleborough (5-12-3)
Minnechaug (11-9-0)
Agawam (11-8-0)
Who do the Cape Cod locals play?
No. 17 Falmouth at No. 16 Plymouth North
Division 3
The Field
Nauset (18-1-1)
Shawsheen Calley Tech (19-1-0)
Scituate (15-5-2)
Lynnfield (10-9-1)
Essex North Shore (12-7-1)
Marblehead (12-9-1)
Triton Regional (11-9-0)
Pembroke (11-5-4)
Grafton (12-5-1)
Medfield (14-7-1)
Methuen (15-3-2)
Somerset Berkley Reg. (15-2-2)
Danvers (11-6-3)
Saint Paul Diocesan (16-3-1)
Blackstone Valley RVT (17-3-0)
Bedford (14-4-2)
Marlborough (9-8-3)
North Middlesex Reg. (11-9-0)
Watertown (7-11-2)
West Springfield (12-8-0)
Nashoba Regional (8-11-1)
Dracut (13-5-2)
Wakefield Memorial (5-13-2)
Longmeadow (12-8-0)
Taunton (14-7-1)
Middleborough (13-7-0)
Foxborough (9-11-1)
East Longmeadow (9-9-2)
Norton (11-8-1)
Melrose (4-15-1)
Hopedale (5-13-2)
North Quincy (8-10-2)
Diman RVT (15-4-1)
Somerville (10-8-2)
Amherst-Pelham Reg. (12-7-1)
Ludlow (9-9-2)
Bishop Stang (10-9-1)
Easthampton (12-8-0)
Nashoba Valley Tech (12-8-1)
Southeastern RVT (13-7-0)
Who do the Cape Cod locals play?
No. 33 Diman RVT/No. 32 North Quincy at No. 1 Nauset
Division 4
The Field
Winthrop (15-3-2)
Nantucket (15-4-1)
Norwell (15-5-1)
Sandwich (17-4-1)
Dover-Sherborn (16-4-0)
Hanover (11-9-0)
Wilmington (6-12-2)
Martha's Vineyard (9-9-2)
Medway (11-9-0)
Stoneham (8-11-1)
Old Rochester Reg. (12-8-1)
Dedham (10-9-1)
North Reading (8-9-1)
Lunenburg (15-4-1)
Bourne (13-6-1)
Seekonk (11-9-0)
Hudson (12-8-0)
Abington (10-9-1)
Littleton (11-9-0)
Gardner (14-6-0)
Swampscott (8-9-3)
Cohasset (11-9-0)
Rockport (7-13-0)
Ashland (4-11-3)
Greenfield (11-8-1)
Fitchburg (11-9-0)
Saint Bernard's (11-9-0)
Boston Latin Acad. (5-9-3)
Taconic (7-8-3)
Groton-Dunstable (1-8-1)
Saint John Paul II (6-14-2)
Tri-County RVT (11-6-0)
Who do the Cape Cod locals play?
No. 31 St. John Paul II at No. 2 Nantucket
No. 29 Taconic at No. 4 Sandwich
No. 25 Greenfield at No. 8 Martha's Vineyard
No. 18 Abington at No. 15 Bourne
GIRLS
Division 1
The Field
Notre Dame (Hingham) (14-4-2)
St. Mary's (18-3-1)
Lincoln-Sudbury (17-2-1)
Malden Catholic (13-3-4)
Hingham (16-5-1)
Methuen (14-4-2)
Shrewsbury (11-4-5)
Pope Francis (12-7-2)
Peabody Veterans (16-4-0)
Bishop Feehan (10-9-3)
Archbishop Williams (9-10-2)
North Andover (8-9-3)
Winthrop (13-3-2)
Belmont (13-2-3)
Andover (7-9-3)
Braintree (9-9-3)
Needham (12-7-1)
Boston Latin (16-4-2)
Billerica Memorial (6-9-5)
Westford Academy (7-10-3)
Natick (12-7-1)
Waltham (14-5-1)
Reading Memorial (9-10-1)
Winchester (9-9-2)
Arlington (7-11-2)
Bishop Stang (8-10-2)
Wellesley (8-9-3)
Shawsheen Valley Tech (13-6-0)
Barnstable (6-13-1)
Arlington Catholic (7-11-2)
Weymouth (10-9-3)
Franklin (7-13-0)
Who do the Cape Cod locals play?
No. 29 Barnstable at No. 4 Malden Catholic
Division 2
The Field
Duxbury (19-3-0)
Falmouth (19-2-1)
Burlington (19-2-1)
Nauset/Monomoy (17-2-1)
Algonquin (13-6-1)
Longmeadow (11-4-1)
Canton (17-4-1)
Pembroke (15-5-0)
Milton (17-4-1)
Westwood (13-5-0)
Marshfield (12-8-0)
Dedham (14-4-2)
Sandwich (10-10-2)
Plymouth South (9-8-3)
King Phillip (14-8-0)
Walpole (9-8-3)
Gloucester (13-5-2)
Medfield (9-8-3)
Beverly (11-8-1)
Stoneham (11-8-1)
Martha's Vineyard (11-9-0)
Scituate (7-12-1)
Woburn Memorial (10-6-4)
Norwood (7-12-1)
Whitman-Hanson Reg. (7-12-1)
Hanover (9-9-1)
Leominster (11-8-0)
Auburn (7-11-2)
Dennis-Yarmouth/Cape Cod Academy/St. John Paul II (5-13-1)
Medway (2-16-2)
Newburyport (5-15-0)
Boston Latin Academy (9-12-1)
Who do the Cape Cod locals play?
No. 31 Newburyport at No. 2 Falmouth
No. 29 Dennis-Yarmouth at No. 4 Nauset/Monomoy
No. 20 Stoneham at No. 13 Sandwich
No. 21 Martha's Vineyard at No. 12 Dedham
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