Sean Leetch celebrates scoring with 1:10 to play against Salisbury on Wednesday night. (Brian Kelly/NEHJ)
There's nothing quite like the chaos of the NEPSAC boys hockey quarterfinals. That was the case on Wednesday.
There were upsets and close games, although all three of the No. 1 seeds in the Elite 8, Large School and Small School Tournaments moved on.
Somehow, no overtimes were needed, a deviation from last season.
Here are the complete results from all three tournaments.
Elite 8
- No. 1 Deerfield 4, No. 8 Nobles 1
- No. 7 Rivers 5, No. 2 St. Mark’s 3
- No. 3 Dexter Southfield 3, No. 6 Salisbury 2
- No. 4 Cushing 6, No. 5 Brunswick 3
Large School
- No. 1 Belmont Hill 5, No. 8 Kent 3
- No. 2 Avon Old Farms 5, No. 7 Thayer 3
- No. 3 Phillips Andover 6, No. 6 Trinity-Pawling 0
- No. 5 Westminster 6, No. 4 Governor’s Academy 4
Small School
- No. 1 Kimball Union 8, No. 8 Frederick Gunn 1
- No. 2 Berkshire 3, No. 7 Groton 0
- No. 3 Holderness 6, No. 6 Pomfret 1
- No. 5 St. George’s 5, No. 4 Tilton 3
I only watched the four Elite 8 games. Watching four games at once is where I draw the line for my sanity. This story will mainly be Elite 8 takeaways, but I sprinkled in some overarching thoughts about the Large and Small School Tournaments at the end.
Let's dive in.
