After previewing the upcoming prep hockey playoffs on Thursday, Jeff Cox and Kirk Luedeke discuss the upcoming MIAA postseason on the latest episode of New England Hockey Journal’s “RinkWise” podcast.
In the first season since the elimination of the Super 8, this will be the MIAA’s first winter with the statewide tournament model that went into effect in the fall.
Under the new format, the top 32 teams will make the Division 1 state tournament in single elimination to decide the winner of the Massachusetts high school hockey crown.
From the high-flying members of the Catholic Conference to several darkhorse public schools, Cox and Luedeke make their way around the MIAA landscape and hit on myriad teams and expected high-impact performers who are vying for a chance to raise a trophy at TD Garden on March 20.