2016 MIAA Division 1A Boy's Ice Hockey Tournament

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2016 MIAA Division 1A Boy's Ice Hockey Tournament

2016
Tournament information
Sport	Ice hockey
Location	Massachusetts
Dates	February 27–March 19
Administrator(s)	Barry Haley
Tournament format(s)	single-elimination tournament best-of-three quarterfinals
Venue(s)	Chelmsford Forum, TD Garden (finals), Tsongas Center
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Malden Catholic Lancers (5th title)
Runner-up	St. John's Prep Eagles (3rd title game)
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The 2016 MIAA Division 1A Boy's Ice Hockey Tournament was the state championship tournament for boy's ice hockey in Massachusetts, held from February 29 to March 20. The tournament involved 10 teams in play to determine the state champion of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA).

Malden Catholic defeated St. John's Prep 2–1 to win the program's 5th MIAA Division 1A title.^[1]

Qualifying teams[]

The Catholic Conference and Middlesex League had 3 teams receive a berth in the tournament, while the Catholic Central League, Merrimack Valley Conference, and Catholic West Hockey Conference had one team receive a berth. An independent program, Hingham, also received a berth.^[2]

Seed	School	Conference	Record	Appearance	Last bid
1	Boston College High	Catholic	17–0–3	21st	2015
2	Pope Francis		17���1–3	6th	2015
3	Malden Catholic	Catholic	14–3–3	10th	2015
4	St. John's Prep	Catholic	14–2–4	15th	2015
5	Burlington		17–1–3	6th	2015
6	Austin Prep	Catholic Central	13–4–3	12th	2015
7	Arlington		15–3–3	13th	2003
8	Reading		12–2–6	15th	2013
9	Central Catholic	Merrimack Valley	14–7–1	9th	2015
10	Hingham	Independent	10–8–3	11th	2013

Bracket[]

	Play-in					Quarterfinals							Semifinals					Finals
						1	Boston College High	3	2	5
	8	Reading	3			8	Central Catholic	4	1	3
	9	Central Catholic	4***										1	Boston College High	3
													4	St. John's Prep	5
						4	St. John's Prep	6	5	X
						5	Burlington	1	4	X
																		4	St. John's Prep	1
																		3	Malden Catholic	2*
						3	Malden Catholic	1	4	4
						6	Austin Prep	2**	1	0
													3	Malden Catholic	3
	7	Arlington	2										2	Pope Francis	1
	10	Hingham	4			2	Pope Francis	8	2	–
						7	Hingham	1	0	–

Note: * denotes overtime; ** denotes double overtime; *** denotes double overtime and shootout

Results[]

Play-in Round[]

February 29, 2016 6:00 p.m.

Arlington

2 – 4 (0–2, 0–0, 2–2)

Hingham

Chelmsford Forum, Billerica, Massachusetts

Game reference
	Jack Pinard	Goalies	Matt Personeni
	0–1 Marc O’Rourke – 1:40 0–2 Marshall Terres – 3:40 Kevin Ouellette – 30:22 1–2 1–3 Marc O'Rourke – 34:27 Unknown – 44:23 2–3 2–4 Unknown (EN)
	24	Shots

February 29, 2016 8:00 p.m.

Reading

3 – 4

Central Catholic

Chelmsford Forum, Billerica, Massachusetts

Game reference

Quarterfinals[]

Boston College High vs. Central Catholic[]

March 6, 2017

Boston College High

3 – 4 (2–1, 1–1, 0–2)

Central Catholic

Tsongas Center, Lowell, Massachusetts

Game reference
	Mitch Grenier – 2:19 1–0 Michael Ball – 4:10 2–0 2–1 Sean Brown (Jake Wise) – 6:43 2–2 William Winship – 22:53 Kayser Raei – 28:06 3–2 3–3 Jake Wise – 30:39 3–4 Andrew Nadeau – 37:43
	30	Shots

March 9, 2016

Boston College High

2 – 1

Central Catholic

Tsongas Center, Lowell, Massachusetts

Game reference

March 12, 2016

Boston College High

5 – 3 (3–2, 2–0, 0–1)

Central Catholic

Chelmsford Forum, Billerica, Massachusetts

Game reference
	Ian Murphy – 2:12 1–0 Ian Murphy – 2:51 2–0 2–1 Robert Ferreira 2–2 Robert Ferreira Kayser Raei – 14:48 3–2 Kayser Raei – 16:14 4–2 Thomas Kramer 5–2 5–3 Unknown

St. John's Prep vs. Burlington[]

March 6, 2016

St. John's Prep

6 – 1 (0–0, 2–1, 4–0)

Burlington

Tsongas Center, Lowell, Massachusetts

Game reference

March 9, 2016

St. John's Prep

5 – 4

Burlington

Tsongas Center, Lowell, Massachusetts

Game reference

Malden Catholic vs. Austin Prep[]

March 5, 2017

Malden Catholic

1 – 2 (0–1, 0–0, 1–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Austin Prep

Tsongas Center, Lowell, Massachusetts

Game reference
	0–1 Louis Finocchiaro – 13:48 Sean Wrenn (Nick Botticelli) – 40:25 1–1 1–2 Louis Finocchiaro (Patrick Lundy) – 51:51
	29	Shots

March 10, 2016

Malden Catholic

4 – 1

Austin Prep

Tsongas Center, Lowell, Massachusetts

Game reference

March 12, 2016

Malden Catholic

4 – 0

Austin Prep

Chelmsford Forum, Billerica, Massachusetts

Game reference

Pope Francis vs. Hingham[]

March 6, 2016

Pope Francis

8 – 1

Hingham

Tsongas Center, Lowell, Massachusetts

Game reference

March 10, 2016

Pope Francis

2 – 0

Hingham

Tsongas Center, Lowell, Massachusetts

Game reference

Semifinals[]

March 16, 2016

Malden Catholic

3 – 1

Arlington

Tsongas Center, Lowell, Massachusetts

Game reference

March 16, 2017 5:30 p.m.

Boston College High

5 – 3

St. John's Prep

Tsongas Center, Lowell, Massachusetts

Game reference

Finals[]

March 20, 2016 7:45 p.m.

Malden Catholic

2 – 1 (OT)

St. John's Prep

TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts

Game reference

Record by conference[]

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Champions
Catholic	3	9–4	.692	3	3	2	1
Middlesex	3	0–4	.000	1	-	-	-
Catholic West	1	2–2	.500	1	1	-	-
Merrimack Valley	1	2–2	.500	1	-	-	-
Catholic Central	1	1–2	.333	1	-	-	-
Independent	1	0–2	.000	1	-	-	-

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