St. Mary’s boys hockey team in Division 1A
The St. Mary’s boys hockey team has climbed another rung in its mission to join the hockey elite in Massachusetts.The Spartans, who were a Division 3 program a little over a decade ago, have been selected as one of the 10 teams in the MIAA Division 1A (or Super 8) hockey tournament, which begins Monday.
The Spartans drew the ninth seed out of 10 invitees, which means they will play a preliminary round game (or play-in) Monday at the Chelmsford Forum at 8 p.m. against eighth-seeded Central Catholic.
Should the Spartans win, they will proceed into the Super 8 tournament. Should they lose, they would drop down to the Division 1 North category and participate in that sectional.
Malden Catholic, whose premiere player, Mike Vecchione, comes from Saugus, is the top seed in Division 1A. St. John’s Prep of Danvers is right behind at No. 2.
The rest of the field, in order is as follows: Weymouth, Hingham, Needham, Woburn, Central Catholic, St. Mary’s, Springfield Cathedral.
Once the play-ins are settled, the tournament becomes a round-robin series with two pools for four teams each.
Pool A will consist of Malden Catholic, Weymouth, Hingham and the Central/St. Mary’s winner. Pool B consists of St. John’s, BC High, Needham and Woburn/Springfield.
The MIAA is doing the pairings for the entire hockey tournament today. Stay tuned to itemlive.com for further developments.
