CIAC Boys Ice Hockey Tournament Pairings Announced

CONNECTICUT — Brackets for the CIAC boys ice hockey tournaments were released Friday morning, and 14 teams from schools in Hartford and Tolland counties will be competing in three divisions beginning Monday.

The lone top seed from the Hartford and Tolland county region is the E.O. Smith/Tolland co-op. The Newington co-op is seeded second in Div. III, and Northwest Catholic (Div. I) and Wethersfield (Div. II) are ranked third.

Here are the opening round matchups for all teams from the region. Click the class headers for complete brackets.

DIV. I
All games 3/8, times TBA

• No. 14 Notre Dame-Fairfield at No. 3 Northwest Catholic
• No. 9 Simsbury at No. 8 Ridgefield

DIV. II
All games 3/7, times TBA

• No. 14 North Branford at No. 3 Wethersfield
• No. 13 East Catholic at No. 4 Sheehan
• No. 12 East Haven at No. 5 Farmington Valley
• No. 11 Watertown/Pomperaug at No. 6 South Windsor

DIV. III
All games 3/7, times TBA

• No. 16 Housatonic co-op at No. 1 E.O. Smith/Tolland
• No. 15 Rocky Hill co-op at No. 2 Newington co-op
• No. 12 Hall at No. 5 New Milford
• No. 11 Enfield co-op at No. 6 Masuk
• No. 10 Staples at No. 7 Suffield co-op
• No. 9 Conard at No. 8 Tri-Town