MIAA releases first high school boys and girls hockey tournament power rankings
The MIAA released its first high school tournament power rankings for the winter season on Friday.
The rankings include all scoeres entered into Arbiter Live (the MIAA's schedule website) as of 4 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 13. The top-32 ranked teams in each division automatically qualify for a tournament spot. Any team outside the top 32 with a winning percentage of .500 or better also gets into the tournament.
The MIAA plans to update the rankings every Tuesday and Friday throughout the rest of the winter season.
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In boys hockey, the Cape is well represented. Defending Division 4 state champion is the area's highest-ranked team, coming in at No. 2. Nantucket, Dennis-Yarmouth and Bourne are also in the top 10 in Div. 4. Nauset is currently No. 3 in Div. 3.
In girls hockey, both Sandwich and Falmouth are currently in the top 10 in Div. 2
Boys Hockey
Division 1
Who's in?
1. St. John's Prep
2. Catholic Memorial
3. Pope Francis
4. Hingham
5. Wellesley
6. Franklin
7. Reading Memorial
8. St. Mary's
9. Arlington
10. Boston College High
11. Xaverian Brothers
12. Marshfield
13. Braintree
14. Belmont
15. Lincoln-Sudbury
16. Saint John's
17. Framingham
18. Central Catholic
19. Andover
20. Archbishop Williams
21. Malden Catholic
22. Falmouth
23. Woburn Memorial
24. Barnstable
25. King Philip Regional
26. Milton
27. Natick
28. Weymouth
29. Lexington
30. Westford Academy
31. Needham
32. Arlington Catholic
33. Wachusett Regional
34. Chelmsford
35. North Andover
What locals are outside the playoff field currently?
None
Divison 2
Who's in?
1. Duxbury
2. Canton
3. Walpole
4. Silver Lake Regional
5. Tewksbury Memorial
6. Whitman-Hanson Reg.
7. Algonquin
8. Oliver Ames
9. North Attleborough
10. Boston Latin
11. Concord-Carlisle
12. Hopkinton
13. Marblehead
14. Plymouth South
15. Masconomet Regional
16. Somerset Berkley Reg.
17. Plymouth North
18. Newburyport
19. Gloucester
20. Norwood
21. Wakefield Memorial
22. Dartmouth
23. Westborough
24. Auburn
25. Wilmington
26. Melrose
27. Newton South
28. Minnechaug
29. Mansfield
30. Westwood
31. Medford
32. Lowell Catholic
33. Bishop Stang
34. Haverhill
35. Somerville
36. Diman
What locals are outside the playoff field currently?
None
Division 3
Who's in
1. Lynnfield
2. Medfield
3. Nauset Regional
4. Scituate
5. Hanover
6. Watertown
7. Dracut
8. Pembroke
9. Nashoba Regional
10. Triton Regional
11. Marlborough
12. Essex North Shore
13. West Springfield
14. Hopedale
15. East Longmeadow
16. Methuen
17. Seekonk
18. Southeastern RVT
19. Middleborough
20. Taunton
21. North Middlesex Reg.
22. Old Rochester Regional
23. Danvers
24. Northbridge
25. Groton-Dunstable
26. Saint Paul Diocesan
27. North Quincy
28. North Reading
29. Bedford
30. Foxborough
31. Apponequet Regional
32. Amherst-Pelham Reg.
33. Ludlow
34. Easthampton
What locals are outside the playoff field currently?
None
Division 4
Who's in?
1. Norwell
2. Sandwich
3. Winthrop
4. Grafton
5. Nantucket
6. Dennis-Yarmouth
7. Hull
8. Rockland
9. Martha’s Vineyard Reg.
10. Stoneham
11. Abington
12. Shawsheen Valley Tech
13. Amesbury
14. Boston Latin Academy
15. Ashland
16. Norton
17. Blackstone Valley RVT
18. Littleton
19. Bourne
20. Assabet Valley RVT
21. East Bridgewater
22. Swampscott
23. Greenfield
24. Hamilton-Wenham
25. Fitchburg
26. Belchertown
27. Dover-Sherborn
28. Northeast Metro RVT
29. Dedham
30. Rockport
31. Saint John Paul II
32. Saint Bernard’s
33. Lunenburg
34. South Shore Tech
35. Taconic
What locals are outside the playoff field currently?
Monomoy (37), Upper Cape (46)
Girls Hockey
Division 1
Who's in?
1. St. Mary's
2. Notre Dame (Hingham)
3. Shrewsbury
4. Peabody Veterans
5. Winthrop
6. Arlington
7. Haverhill
8. Bishop Fenwick
9. Billerica Memorial
10. Norwell
11. Bishop Stang
12. Hingham
13. Beverly
14. Reading Memorial.
15. Bishop Feehan
16. Nauset Regional
17. Methuen
18. Pope Francis
19. Plymouth South
20. Longmeadow
21. Stoneham
22. Newburyport
23. Whitman Hanson Reg.
24. Arlington Catholic
25. Acton-Boxborough
26. Shawsheen Valley Tech
27. Westford Academy
28. Marblehead
29. Auburn
30.•Hopkinton
31. North Quincy
32. Lexington
What locals are outside the playoff field currently?
None
Division 2
Who's in?
1. Archbishop Williams
2. Andover
3. Duxbury
4. Algonquin’
5. Sandwich
6. Malden Catholic
7. Braintree
8. Falmouth
9. Canton
10. Lincoln-Sudbury
11. Pembroke
12. Dedham
13. Winchester
14. Burlington
15. Milton
16. Medway
17. Martha’s Vineyard Reg.
18. King Philip Regional
19. Barnstable
20. Medfield
21. Franklin
22. Needham
23. Boston Latin Academy
24. Framingham
25. Matignon
26. Belmont
27. Norwood
28. Boston Latin
29. Wellesley
30. Westwood
31. Walpole
32. Hanover
33. Wakefield
34. Natick
35. Waltham
36. Leominster
What locals are outside the playoff field currently?
Dennis-Yarmouth (45), Nantucket (47)
This article originally appeared on Cape Cod Times: MIAA releases first MIAA high school hockey tournament power rankings