Super Eight

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The Super Eight is the name of the Massachusetts hockey tournament that determines the state champion. The tournament is technically called the Division IA tournament. Both public and private high schools from the MIAA compete in this tournament. The Independent School League does not compete in the MIAA and has its own tournament

The format of the Super Eight tournament is a round-robin in which the top eight Division I teams compete against each other. Since 2001, there are actually 10 teams selected [http://www.boston.com/sports/schools/graphics/2007super8_seedings/] , with the bottom four seeds playing a play-in game. The winners of those games compete in the Super Eight tournament while the losers return to the respective Division I tournaments (e.g. Division I North tournament) and are seeded at the top of their respective tournaments.

History

While Catholic Memorial has won the well over half of the tournaments with 12. BC High's 2007 championship marked the first time a school other than Catholic Memorial has won back-to-back tournaments and only the second time Catholic Memorial has gone three years without a championship (the first time was in 1996 and 1997). Reading Memorial High School became the first public team to win the Super Eight after defeating Malden Catholic 3-0 in 2008.Through 2007 tournament

1991 seeds

# Catholic Memorial High School^
# St. John’s Prep, Danvers
# Boston College High School
# Matignon High School
# Medford High School
# Reading High School
# Arlington High School
# Billerica High School^ Tournament Champion

1992 seeds

# Catholic Memorial High School^
# Matignon High School
# Woburn High School
# St. John’s Prep, Danvers
# Don Bosco High School
# Newton North High School
# Reading High School
# Arlington High School^ Tournament Champion

1993 seeds

# Catholic Memorial High School^
# Medford High School
# Archbishop Williams High School
# Billerica High School
# Arlington High School
# St. John’s, Shrewsbury
# Burlington High School
# Weymouth High School^ Tournament Champion

1994 seeds

# Catholic Memorial High School^
# St. John’s Prep, Danvers
# Arlington High School
# Arlington Catholic High School
# Wakefield High School
# Framingham High School
# Matignon High School
# Falmouth High School^ Tournament Champion

1995 seeds

# Catholic Memorial High School^
# Boston College High School
# Arlington Catholic High School
# Matignon High School
# Arlington High School
# Newton North High School
# Reading High School
# Acton-Boxboro High School^ Tournament Champion

1996 seeds

# Boston College High School^
# Catholic Memorial High School
# Matignon High School
# Reading High School
# Arlington Catholic High School
# Arlington High School
# Acton-Boxboro High School
# Tewksbury High School^ Tournament Champion

1997 seeds

# Catholic Memorial High School
# Matignon High School
# Arlington Catholic High School^
# St. John’s, Shrewsbury
# Boston College High School
# Reading High School
# Billerica High School
# Chelmsford High School^ Tournament Champion

1998 seeds

# Catholic Memorial High School^
# Archbishop Williams High School
# Arlington High School
# Boston College High School
# Billerica High School
# Reading High School
# Arlington Catholic High School
# St. John’s Prep, Danvers^ Tournament Champion

1999 seeds

# Boston College High School
# Reading High School
# Archbishop Williams High School
# Arlington High School
# St. John’s Prep, Danvers
# Catholic Memorial High School^
# Matignon High School
# Walpole High School^ Tournament Champion

2000 seeds

# Catholic Memorial High School^
# Boston College High School
# Arlington High School
# Austin Preparatory School
# Arlington Catholic High School
# Reading High School
# Needham High School
# St. John’s Prep, Shrewsbury^ Tournament Champion

2001 seeds

# Winchester High School
# Arlington High School
# Catholic Memorial High School^
# Austin Preparatory School
# Boston College High School
# Reading High School
# Springfield Cathedral High School
# St. John’s High School, Shrewsbury
# Archbishop Williams High School
# Matignon High School^ Tournament Champion

2002 seeds

# St. John’s High School, Shrewsbury
# Boston College High School^
# Austin Preparatory School
# Hingham High School
# Catholic Memorial High School
# Billerica High School
# Chelmsford High School
# Reading High School
# Arlington Catholic High School
# Arlington High School^ Tournament Champion

2003 seeds

# Boston College High School
# Catholic Memorial High School^
# Arlington High School
# Hingham High School
# Austin Preparatory School
# Arlington Catholic High School
# Belmont High School
# Chelmsford High School
# St. John’s, Shrewsbury
# St. John’s Prep, Danvers^ Tournament Champion

2004 seeds

# Catholic Memorial High School^
# Boston College High School
# Arlington Catholic High School
# Hingham High School
# Waltham High School
# St. John’s Prep High School
# Belmont High School
# Duxbury High School
# Billerica High School
# Framingham High School^ Tournament Champion

2005 seeds

# Catholic Memorial High School^
# Boston College High School
# Hingham High School
# Waltham High School
# Arlington Catholic High School
# Reading High School
# Duxbury High School
# Medford High School
# Austin Preparatory School
# St. John’s Prep, Danvers^ Tournament Champion

2006 seeds

# Catholic Memorial High School
# Boston College High High School^
# Arlington Catholic High School
# Medford High School
# Hingham High School
# Duxbury High School
# Winchester High School
# Acton-Boxboro High School
# Austin Preparatory School
# St. John’s Prep, Danvers^ Tournament Champion

2007

eeds

# Catholic Memorial High School
# St. John's Prep, Danvers
# Boston College High School^
# Malden Catholic High School
# Weymouth High School
# Reading High School
# Woburn High School
# Central Catholic High School
# Waltham High School
# Austin Preparatory School^ Tournament Champion

2008

eeds

#Catholic Memorial High School
#Hingham High School
#St. John's Prep, Danvers
#Boston College High School
#Reading High School^
#Malden Catholic High School
#Xaverian Borothers High School
#Waltham High School
#Needham High School
#Westford Academy

^Tournament Champion

tandings

Overall Rank	Bracket	Team	Bracket Record	Overall Record	Bracket GF	Bracket GA
1	2	BC High5	3-0	5-0	22	4
2	1	Weymouth4	3-0	4-1	16	15
3	1	Catholic Memorial3	2-1	2-2	16	5
4	2	Austin Prep3	2-1	3-2	11	14
5	2	St. John's Prep2	1-2	1-2	7	7
6	1	Central Catholic2	1-2	2-2	11	18
T-7	1	Malden Catholic2	0-3	0-3	6	16
T-7	2	Reading2	0-3	0-3	5	15
T-9	N/A	Waltham1	N/A	0-1	N/A	N/A
T-9	N/A	Woburn1	N/A	0-1	N/A	N/A

:¹ Eliminated in Play-In Round:² Eliminated in Bracket Round:³ Eliminated in Cross-Over Round:⁴ Eliminated in Championship Game:⁵ Tournament Champion

Game results

Play-In Games

Date	Location	Teams		Result
February 26	Chelmsford Forum, Billerica, MA	Austin Prep	Woburn	Austin Prep, 2-1 (shoot-out)
February 26	Chelmsford Forum, Billerica, MA	Central Catholic	Waltham	Central Catholic, 2-1

Bracket Games

Date	Bracket	Location	Teams		Result
February 27	1	Chelmsford Forum, Billerica, MA	Malden Catholic	Weymouth	Weymouth, 3-2
February 27	2	Chelmsford Forum, Billerica, MA	BC High	Reading	BC High, 5-2
February 28	1	Chelmsford Forum, Billerica, MA	Catholic Memorial	Central Catholic	Catholic Memorial, 10-1
February 28	2	Chelmsford Forum, Billerica, MA	St. John's Prep	Austin Prep	Austin Prep, 2-1
March 4	1	Tsongas Arena, Lowell, MA	Catholic Memorial	Weymouth	Weymouth, 2-1
March 4	1	Tsongas Arena, Lowell, MA	Malden Catholic	Central Catholic	Central Catholic, 8-3
March 4	2	Tsongas Arena, Lowell, MA	St. John's Prep	Reading	St. John's Prep, 5-2
March 4	2	Tsongas Arena, Lowell, MA	BC High	Austin Prep	BC High 7-0
March 11	1	Tsongas Arena, Lowell, MA	Catholic Memorial	Malden Catholic	Catholic Memorial, 5-1
March 11	1	Tsongas Arena, Lowell, MA	Weymouth	Central Catholic	Weymouth, 5-2
March 11	2	Tsongas Arena, Lowell, MA	St. John's Prep	BC High	BC High, 3-1
March 11	2	Tsongas Arena, Lowell, MA	Reading	Austin Prep	Austin Prep, 5-1

Cross-Over Games
"Both games played at Bright Hockey Center at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts on March 15

Teams	Result
Weymouth vs. Austin Prep	Weymouth, 5-4 (OT)
BC High vs. Catholic Memorial	BC High, 1-0

Championship Game
"Played at TD Banknorth Garden in Boston, Massachusetts on March 18

Teams	Result
BC High vs. Weymouth	BC High, 6-1

External links

[http://www.boston.com/sports/schools/hockey/super8/ Boston Globe coverage of tournament]