The MIAA Division 1A Boys' Ice Hockey Tournament, commonly referred to as the Super Eight, was an annual boys'

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held by the

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(MIAA) to determine the top boys' team in

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. The Tournament Management Committee voted to not accept any Division 1A tournament proposals until at least the 2025–26 academic year. If the MIAA Board of Directors votes to side with the TMC, then no Division 1A boys' ice hockey tournament would be held until 2026 at the earliest.

History

The Super Eight was a

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that determined the high school state champion since the inaugural 1991 tournament. The tournament features 10 teams. The selection committee seeds the teams 1 to 10. The tournament begins with two play-in games culminating with the finals played at

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. The games leading up to the finals have been scheduled at neutral sites, including

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, and other rinks in the state. The tournament is the basis for the creation of the Division 1A Baseball Tournament, which was established in 2014, to crown a state champion. On March 12, 2020, the MIAA announced that the state finals games across all divisions scheduled for that weekend would be canceled due to the

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. Thus, Arlington and Pope Francis were both declared co-champions for the first time in the Super Eight tournament. The MIAA did not sponsor winter tournaments in 2021, thus no Super Eight was held. On April 16, 2021, the MIAA Tournament Management Committee voted to accept the Blue Ribbon Committee's proposal that they will “not consider any applications for a 1A Tournament until July 1, 2025, to ensure MIAA sport committees can support their applications with four years of data under the new statewide tournament structure starting in the fall 2021 season.” The Blue Ribbon Committee cited "consistency, equity, and Title IX compliance across all sports" as the reasoning. The MIAA Division 1A Boys' Ice Hockey Tournament along with the Division 1A Baseball Tournament cannot return until the 2025–26 academic year if the committee votes to approve. The TMC believes that the 4-year gap will allow sports committees to gather substantial data with the new statewide tournament to better support their future proposals for a Division 1A tournament. However, the Board of Directors must approve the TMC vote before it becomes official. On April 29, the MIAA Ice Hockey Committee announced that they will appeal the decision made by the TMC.

Tournament format history

;1991–2000 : 8 teams (double-elimination) ;2000–2003 : 10 teams (4-team single-game play-in; double-elimination) ;2004–2012 : 10 teams (4-team single-game play-in; round-robin; single-game semifinal and final) ;2013–2017 : 10 teams (4-team single-game play-in; best-of-three quarterfinals; single-game semifinal and final) ;2018–2021 : 10 teams (4-team single-game play-in; double-elimination with a single-game championship)

Results

Team titles

Tournaments

1991

# Catholic Memorial School ^ # St. John's Preparatory School #

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# Matignon High School # Medford High School #

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# Arlington High School #

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^ Tournament Champion

1992

# Catholic Memorial School ^ # Matignon High School #

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# St. John's Preparatory School # Don Bosco Technical High School #

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# Arlington High School ^ Tournament Champion

1993

# Catholic Memorial School ^ # Medford High School # Archbishop Williams High School #

# Arlington High School # St. John's High School # Burlington High School # Weymouth High School ^ Tournament Champion

1994

# Catholic Memorial School ^ # St. John's Preparatory School # Arlington High School #

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# Wakefield Memorial High School # Framingham High School # Matignon High School # Falmouth High School ^ Tournament Champion

1995

# Catholic Memorial School ^ #

# Arlington High School #

# Matignon High School #

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^ Tournament Champion

1996

^ # Catholic Memorial School # Matignon High School #

# Arlington High School #

# Tewksbury Memorial High School ^ Tournament Champion

1997

# Catholic Memorial School # Matignon High School #

^ # St. John's High School #

# Chelmsford High School ^ Tournament Champion

1998

# Catholic Memorial School ^* # Archbishop Williams High School # Arlington High School #

# St. John's Preparatory School ^ Tournament Champion * Catholic Memorial School won the Super Eight tournament with a perfect 24-0-0 season record.

1999

# Archbishop Williams High School # Arlington High School # St. John's Preparatory School # Catholic Memorial School^ # Matignon High School # Waltham High School ^ Tournament Champion

2000

# Catholic Memorial School ^ #

# Arlington High School # Austin Preparatory School #

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# St. John's High School ^ Tournament Champion

2001

# Winchester High School # Arlington High School # Catholic Memorial School^ # Austin Preparatory School #

# Springfield Cathedral High School # St. John's High School # Archbishop Williams High School # Matignon High School ^ Tournament Champion

2002

# St. John's High School #

^ # Austin Preparatory School # Hingham High School # Catholic Memorial School #

# Chelmsford High School #

# Arlington High School ^ Tournament Champion

2003

# Catholic Memorial School^ # Arlington High School # Hingham High School # Austin Preparatory School #

# Belmont High School # Chelmsford High School # St. John's High School # St. John's Preparatory School ^ Tournament Champion

2004

# Catholic Memorial School^ #

# Hingham High School # Waltham High School # St. John's Preparatory School # Belmont High School # Duxbury High School #

# Framingham High School ^ Tournament Champion

2005

# Catholic Memorial School^ #

# Hingham High School # Waltham High School #

# Duxbury High School # Medford High School # Austin Preparatory School # St. John's Preparatory School ^ Tournament Champion

2006

# Catholic Memorial School #

^ #

# Medford High School # Hingham High School # Duxbury High School # Winchester High School #

# Austin Preparatory School # St. John's Preparatory School ^ Tournament Champion

2007

The ten teams to qualify for the 2007 Super Eight tournament are listed below. # Catholic Memorial School (14-1-2) # St. John's Preparatory School (11-3-6) #

(14-4-2) #

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(13-4-2) # Weymouth High School (19-1-0) #

(19-3-0) #

(16-2-2) # Central Catholic High School (16-2-2) # Waltham High School (18-3-1) # Austin Preparatory School (13-5-2)

Bracket

;Bracket A ;Bracket B ;Semifinals and Finals

2008

The ten teams to qualify for the 2008 Super Eight tournament are listed below. # Catholic Memorial School (14-1-3) # Hingham High School (17-3-2) # St. John's Preparatory School (12-5-3) #

(11-4-5) #

(20-1-0) #

(11-5-4) #

(16-3-2) # Waltham High School (15-3-4) #

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(15-5-1) # Xaverian Brothers High School (10-6-3)

2009

The ten teams to qualify for the 2009 Super Eight tournament are listed below. # Catholic Memorial School (10-4-4) #

(18-3-1) #

(15-3-2) # Hingham High School (15-2-5) # Central Catholic High School (15-0-7) # Xaverian Brothers High School (14-4-2) # Burlington High School (17-2-1) # Winchester High School (16-3-1) # Springfield Cathedral High School (13-4-2) #

(12-4-4)

2010

The ten teams to qualify for the 2010 Super Eight tournament are listed below. # Catholic Memorial School (14-3-1) # Austin Preparatory School (16-1-3) # Hingham High School (17-2-3) #

(13-3-4) #

(17-1-3) # Springfield Cathedral High School (15-2-5) # Xaverian Brothers High School (12-5-3) # Winchester High School (13-4-2) # Burlington High School (14-4-2) # Central Catholic High School (13-4-3)

2011

The ten teams to qualify for the 2011 Super Eight tournament are listed below. #

(16-2-2) # St. John's Preparatory School (14-5-1) #

(13-4-3) # Weymouth High School (17-3-2) # Hingham High School (13-5-4) #

(12-6-4) #

(17-3-1) # Central Catholic High School (16-5-1) # St. Mary's High School (13-4-3) # Springfield Cathedral High School (12-9-1)

2012

The ten teams to qualify for the 2012 Super Eight tournament are listed below. #

(15-1-4) # St. Mary's High School (18-0-3) # St. John's Preparatory School (13-5-2) # Hingham High School (16-4-2) #

(10-5-5) # Springfield Cathedral High School (10-6-6) # Burlington High School (14-1-6) #

(16-4-1) # St. John's High School (15-4-3) # Central Catholic High School (12-3-5)

Bracket

;Bracket A ;Bracket B ;Semifinals and finals * indicates one overtime period
** indicates shootout

2013

The ten teams to qualify for the 2013 Super Eight tournament are listed below. # St. John's Preparatory School (17-2-1) # Springfield Cathedral High School (16-1-4) #

(14-3-3) # Austin Preparatory School (13-1-6) #

(16-1-5) # Catholic Memorial School (12-6-2) # Archbishop Williams High School (12-4-4) # Central Catholic High School (13-5-3) # Hingham High School (13-7-2) #

(11-6-3)

Bracket

2014

The ten teams to qualify for the 2014 Super Eight tournament are listed below. #

(14-2-4) #

(16-4-0) # Springfield Cathedral High School (15-2-5) # Austin Preparatory School (13-4-4) # Central Catholic High School (16-3-3) # Duxbury High School (16-2-3) #

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(13-4-3) # Xaverian Brothers High School (11-3-6) # Archbishop Williams High School (12-5-3) # Catholic Memorial School (9-7-4)

Bracket

2015

The ten teams to qualify for the 2015 Super Eight tournament are listed below. # Springfield Cathedral High School (20-0-2) #

(16-1-2) # Austin Preparatory School (19-1-1) #

(13-5-2) # St. John's Preparatory School (14-5-1) # Central Catholic High School (15-5-2) #

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(16-1-3) #

(15-1-4) # Burlington High School (16-1-4) # Xaverian Brothers High School (11-3-6)

Bracket

2016

The ten teams to qualify for the 2016 Super Eight tournament are listed below. #

(17-0-3) # Pope Francis High School (15-3-2) #

(14-3-3) # St. John's Preparatory School (14-2-4) # Burlington High School (17-1-3) # Austin Preparatory School (13-4-3) # Arlington High School (15-3-3) #

(12-2-6 # Central Catholic High School (14-7-1) # Hingham High School (11-8-3)

Bracket

References

External links

Boston Globe coverage of tournament

MIAA Mens State Champions 1943 Present
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