MIAA Division 1A boys' ice hockey tournament

The MIAA Division 1A Boys' Ice Hockey Tournament, commonly referred to as the Super Eight, is an annual boys' high school ice hockey tournament held by the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) to determine the top boys' team in the state.

The tournament's future is in jeopardy. 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. The Ice Hockey Committee will appeal the decision.

History
The Super Eight is a double-elimination tournament that has 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 TD Garden. The games leading up to the finals have been scheduled at neutral sites, including Tsongas Center, Chelmsford Forum, 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 COVID-19 pandemic. 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–present
 * 10 teams (4-team single-game play-in; double-elimination with a single-game championship)

1991
^ Tournament Champion
 * 1) Catholic Memorial School ^
 * 2) St. John's Preparatory School
 * 3) Boston College High School
 * 4) Matignon High School
 * 5) Medford High School
 * 6) Reading Memorial High School
 * 7) Arlington High School
 * 8) Billerica Memorial High School

1992
^ Tournament Champion
 * 1) Catholic Memorial School ^
 * 2) Matignon High School
 * 3) Woburn Memorial High School
 * 4) St. John's Preparatory School
 * 5) Don Bosco Technical High School
 * 6) Newton North High School
 * 7) Reading Memorial High School
 * 8) Arlington High School

1993
^ Tournament Champion
 * 1) Catholic Memorial School ^
 * 2) Medford High School
 * 3) Archbishop Williams High School
 * 4) Billerica Memorial High School
 * 5) Arlington High School
 * 6) St. John's High School
 * 7) Burlington High School
 * 8) Weymouth High School

1994
^ Tournament Champion
 * 1) Catholic Memorial School ^
 * 2) St. John's Preparatory School
 * 3) Arlington High School
 * 4) Arlington Catholic High School
 * 5) Wakefield Memorial High School
 * 6) Framingham High School
 * 7) Matignon High School
 * 8) Falmouth High School

1995
^ Tournament Champion
 * 1) Catholic Memorial School ^
 * 2) Boston College High School
 * 3) Arlington Catholic High School
 * 4) Arlington High School
 * 5) Newton North High School
 * 6) Reading Memorial High School
 * 7) Matignon High School
 * 8) Acton-Boxborough Regional High School

1996
^ Tournament Champion
 * 1) Boston College High School ^
 * 2) Catholic Memorial School
 * 3) Matignon High School
 * 4) Reading Memorial High School
 * 5) Arlington Catholic High School
 * 6) Arlington High School
 * 7) Acton-Boxborough Regional High School
 * 8) Tewksbury Memorial High School

1997
^ Tournament Champion
 * 1) Catholic Memorial School
 * 2) Matignon High School
 * 3) Arlington Catholic High School ^
 * 4) St. John's High School
 * 5) Boston College High School
 * 6) Reading Memorial High School
 * 7) Billerica Memorial High School
 * 8) Chelmsford High School

1998
^ Tournament Champion
 * 1) Catholic Memorial School ^*
 * 2) Archbishop Williams High School
 * 3) Arlington High School
 * 4) Boston College High School
 * 5) Billerica Memorial High School
 * 6) Reading Memorial High School
 * 7) Arlington Catholic High School
 * 8) St. John's Preparatory School


 * Catholic Memorial School won the Super Eight tournament with a perfect 24-0-0 season record.

1999
^ Tournament Champion
 * 1) Boston College High School
 * 2) Reading Memorial High School
 * 3) Archbishop Williams High School
 * 4) Arlington High School
 * 5) St. John's Preparatory School
 * 6) Catholic Memorial School^
 * 7) Matignon High School
 * 8) Waltham High School

2000
^ Tournament Champion
 * 1) Catholic Memorial School ^
 * 2) Boston College High School
 * 3) Arlington High School
 * 4) Austin Preparatory School
 * 5) Arlington Catholic High School
 * 6) Reading Memorial High School
 * 7) Needham High School
 * 8) St. John's High School

2001
^ Tournament Champion
 * 1) Winchester High School
 * 2) Arlington High School
 * 3) Catholic Memorial School^
 * 4) Austin Preparatory School
 * 5) Boston College High School
 * 6) Reading Memorial High School
 * 7) Springfield Cathedral High School
 * 8) St. John's High School
 * 9) Archbishop Williams High School
 * 10) Matignon High School

2002
^ Tournament Champion
 * 1) St. John's High School
 * 2) Boston College High School^
 * 3) Austin Preparatory School
 * 4) Hingham High School
 * 5) Catholic Memorial School
 * 6) Billerica Memorial High School
 * 7) Chelmsford High School
 * 8) Reading Memorial High School
 * 9) Arlington Catholic High School
 * 10) Arlington High School

2003
^ Tournament Champion
 * 1) Boston College High School
 * 2) Catholic Memorial School^
 * 3) Arlington High School
 * 4) Hingham High School
 * 5) Austin Preparatory School
 * 6) Arlington Catholic High School
 * 7) Belmont High School
 * 8) Chelmsford High School
 * 9) St. John's High School
 * 10) St. John's Preparatory School

2004
^ Tournament Champion
 * 1) Catholic Memorial School^
 * 2) Boston College High School
 * 3) Arlington Catholic High School
 * 4) Hingham High School
 * 5) Waltham High School
 * 6) St. John's Preparatory School
 * 7) Belmont High School
 * 8) Duxbury High School
 * 9) Billerica Memorial High School
 * 10) Framingham High School

2005
^ Tournament Champion
 * 1) Catholic Memorial School^
 * 2) Boston College High School
 * 3) Hingham High School
 * 4) Waltham High School
 * 5) Arlington Catholic High School
 * 6) Reading Memorial High School
 * 7) Duxbury High School
 * 8) Medford High School
 * 9) Austin Preparatory School
 * 10) St. John's Preparatory School

2006
^ Tournament Champion
 * 1) Catholic Memorial School
 * 2) Boston College High School^
 * 3) Arlington Catholic High School
 * 4) Medford High School
 * 5) Hingham High School
 * 6) Duxbury High School
 * 7) Winchester High School
 * 8) Acton-Boxborough Regional High School
 * 9) Austin Preparatory School
 * 10) St. John's Preparatory School

2007
The ten teams to qualify for the 2007 Super Eight tournament are listed below.


 * 1) Catholic Memorial School (14-1-2)
 * 2) St. John's Preparatory School (11-3-6)
 * 3) Boston College High School (14-4-2)
 * 4) Malden Catholic High School (13-4-2)
 * 5) Weymouth High School (19-1-0)
 * 6) Reading Memorial High School (19-3-0)
 * 7) Woburn Memorial High School (16-2-2)
 * 8) Central Catholic High School (16-2-2)
 * 9) Waltham High School (18-3-1)
 * 10) 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.


 * 1) Catholic Memorial School (14-1-3)
 * 2) Hingham High School (17-3-2)
 * 3) St. John's Preparatory School (12-5-3)
 * 4) Boston College High School (11-4-5)
 * 5) Reading Memorial High School (20-1-0)
 * 6) Malden Catholic High School (11-5-4)
 * 7) Needham High School (16-3-2)
 * 8) Waltham High School (15-3-4)
 * 9) Westford Academy (15-5-1)
 * 10) Xaverian Brothers High School (10-6-3)

2009
The ten teams to qualify for the 2009 Super Eight tournament are listed below.


 * 1) Catholic Memorial School (10-4-4)
 * 2) Needham High School (18-3-1)
 * 3) Malden Catholic High School (15-3-2)
 * 4) Hingham High School (15-2-5)
 * 5) Central Catholic High School (15-0-7)
 * 6) Xaverian Brothers High School (14-4-2)
 * 7) Burlington High School (17-2-1)
 * 8) Winchester High School (16-3-1)
 * 9) Springfield Cathedral High School (13-4-2)
 * 10) Arlington Catholic High School (12-4-4)

2010
The ten teams to qualify for the 2010 Super Eight tournament are listed below.


 * 1) Catholic Memorial School (14-3-1)
 * 2) Austin Preparatory School (16-1-3)
 * 3) Hingham High School (17-2-3)
 * 4) Malden Catholic High School (13-3-4)
 * 5) Needham High School (17-1-3)
 * 6) Springfield Cathedral High School (15-2-5)
 * 7) Xaverian Brothers High School (12-5-3)
 * 8) Winchester High School (13-4-2)
 * 9) Burlington High School (14-4-2)
 * 10) Central Catholic High School (13-4-3)

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


 * 1) Malden Catholic High School (16-2-2)
 * 2) St. John's Preparatory School (14-5-1)
 * 3) Boston College High School (13-4-3)
 * 4) Weymouth High School (17-3-2)
 * 5) Hingham High School (13-5-4)
 * 6) Needham High School (12-6-4)
 * 7) Woburn Memorial High School (17-3-1)
 * 8) Central Catholic High School (16-5-1)
 * 9) St. Mary's High School (13-4-3)
 * 10) Springfield Cathedral High School (12-9-1)

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


 * 1) Malden Catholic High School (15-1-4)
 * 2) St. Mary's High School (18-0-3)
 * 3) St. John's Preparatory School (13-5-2)
 * 4) Hingham High School (16-4-2)
 * 5) Boston College High School (10-5-5)
 * 6) Springfield Cathedral High School (10-6-6)
 * 7) Burlington High School (14-1-6)
 * 8) Needham High School (16-4-1)
 * 9) St. John's High School (15-4-3)
 * 10) 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.


 * 1) St. John's Preparatory School (17-2-1)
 * 2) Springfield Cathedral High School (16-1-4)
 * 3) Boston College High School (14-3-3)
 * 4) Austin Preparatory School (13-1-6)
 * 5) Reading Memorial High School (16-1-5)
 * 6) Catholic Memorial School (12-6-2)
 * 7) Archbishop Williams High School (12-4-4)
 * 8) Central Catholic High School (13-5-3)
 * 9) Hingham High School (13-7-2)
 * 10) Malden Catholic High School (11-6-3)

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


 * 1) Boston College High School (14-2-4)
 * 2) Malden Catholic High School (16-4-0)
 * 3) Springfield Cathedral High School (15-2-5)
 * 4) Austin Preparatory School (13-4-4)
 * 5) Central Catholic High School (16-3-3)
 * 6) Duxbury High School (16-2-3)
 * 7) Braintree High School (13-4-3)
 * 8) Xaverian Brothers High School (11-3-6)
 * 9) Archbishop Williams High School (12-5-3)
 * 10) Catholic Memorial School (9-7-4)

2015
The ten teams to qualify for the 2015 Super Eight tournament are listed below.


 * 1) Springfield Cathedral High School (20-0-2)
 * 2) Malden Catholic High School (16-1-2)
 * 3) Austin Preparatory School (19-1-1)
 * 4) Boston College High School (13-5-2)
 * 5) St. John's Preparatory School (14-5-1)
 * 6) Central Catholic High School (15-5-2)
 * 7) Franklin High School (Massachusetts) (16-1-3)
 * 8) Woburn Memorial High School (15-1-4)
 * 9) Burlington High School (16-1-4)
 * 10) Xaverian Brothers High School (11-3-6)

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


 * 1) Boston College High School (17-0-3)
 * 2) Pope Francis High School (15-3-2)
 * 3) Malden Catholic High School (14-3-3)
 * 4) St. John's Preparatory School (14-2-4)
 * 5) Burlington High School (17-1-3)
 * 6) Austin Preparatory School (13-4-3)
 * 7) Arlington High School (15-3-3)
 * 8) Reading Memorial High School (12-2-6
 * 9) Central Catholic High School (14-7-1)
 * 10) Hingham High School (11-8-3)